Hip Hop Artist YG Detained Just Before Grammy Performance

Only two days ahead of his scheduled major performance at the 2020 Grammy award ceremony, rapper and notable outspoken public figure YG has been arrested at his home in Chatsworth, Los Angeles on suspicion of robbery, as per the LA Times. Further details regarding his arrest have not been shared.

He is held on $250,000 bail and is due to be arraigned on Tuesday, a whole two days after he was set to take the stage at the largest music awards show in the world.

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"This arrest is one that caught YG completely off guard because there is no truth to them," attorney for the artist, Joe Tacopina, told TMZ, "YG has no idea what investigators are talking about and we have not been provided with any details ... we are learning about this case through the media."

"Rest assured, my client will be cleared of all charges, if they even survive past the arraignment," Tacopina went on to say, "YG has a performance scheduled at The Grammy's Sunday where he will honor Nipsey Hussle... so the timing is suspect, to put it mildly."

The attorney added to TMZ in regards to the situation that it, "became even more outrageous" due to the fact that YG was detained as part of an already ongoing investigation. "The motives here are pretty clear," Tacopina concluded.

YG was set to perform at the Grammy awards as part of a tribute to honor his late friend and collaborator, rapper Nipsey Hussle. Nipsey was gunned down last year outside of his Marathon Clothing store and since his death has become almost a cultural rallying point for those in the industry.

This instance, however, is not YG's first run-in with law enforcement officials. Prior gang affiliation claims aside, he was most recently involved in the investigation that stemmed from a shooting and high-speed chase back in July. In this situation, a blacked-out Cadillac Escalade owned by the rapper was evading police and while doing so someone in the vehicle shot and killed a pedestrian on a bicycle.

Weeks later, the rapper's home was raided and one person was brought up on weapon's charges.

"I was nowhere near the scene of this incident and had been in a recording studio all day in Hollywood," YG maintained in an innocence statement to TMZ, "I was there until after midnight on the Fourth of July and didn't learn of these events until after they happened."

There's no word as to what moves YG's legal team has planned to try to free the rapper, but his attorney appears hopeful that his client will be free and able to go about his scheduled performances after this situation is handled.