The rapper was ordered to pay a fine for the use of narcotics, the Paris prosecutor’s office said Friday morning.
Rapper Lil Baby, one of two people detained by French police as part of a drug investigation, has been released, officials said
He was ordered to pay a fine for the use of narcotics, the Paris prosecutor’s office told NBC News Friday morning. The amount of the fine and the name of the second person detained were not released.
Lil Baby, whose real name is Dominique Armani Jones, was in Paris with NBA star James Harden for Fashion Week.
Harden, who had been seen with Jones around Paris over the past week, was not in custody.
An investigation was opened by the city’s 8th district police precinct, the prosecutor’s office said.
Video recorded by a bystander and shared online appears to show Harden and at least one other Black man being surrounded by police and having their pockets searched.
“It’s OK,” Harden can be heard in the short clip telling someone off camera. “I don’t understand.”
News of the arrest was first reported by the French newspaper Le Parisien and confirmed by NBC News. The newspaper said both Jones and Harden were among a group who were stopped by police about 4:50 p.m. local time after three people exited a car smelling of marijuana.
Representatives for Jones and Harden did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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