Killer Mike, left, at the Grammy Award premiere party.
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After winning three Grammy Awards, Killer Mike was captured at Crypto.com Arena, the awards site. The video was tweeted by the Hollywood ReporterIt shows the rapper's Chris Gardner, born Michael Rinder, being walked through the venue in handcuffs by police officers. “Mike, are you serious?” someone asks in the clip. “Yes, I'm serious,” he replies. A source told Gardner that the arrest was for a misdemeanor unrelated to the party and was “no big deal.” However, sources told TMZ that Render was arrested after an altercation outside the Crypto.com arena. Mike had just attended the premiere party at the nearby Peacock Theater without incident. There, he swept nominations in Best Rap Performance, Best Rap Song, and Best Rap Album, making him one of the day's top winners. The LAPD Media Relations Department posted on Twitter that Killer Mike has been booked on misdemeanor battery charges and will be released soon. Vulture has reached out to the Los Angeles Police Department as well as representatives for Killer Mike and the Recording Academy.
This article has been updated.
