• Rapper Kodak Black was arrested on drug and weapons charges as the rapper tried to cross from Canada into the United States near Niagara Falls, N.Y., law enforcement officials said Thursday. Black, whose legal name is Bill Kapri, was driving two other people in a Cadillac Escalade with temporary California registration across the Lewiston-Queenston International Bridge at 7:20 p.m. Wednesday, according to New York state police. It was unclear where the men in the Escalade and a second car were headed, but Black had been scheduled to perform that night in Boston, about 400 miles east. The men told border agents that they had marijuana and firearms, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in an emailed statement. State police, who were called in, said that Black was found to have marijuana, and a loaded Glock 9mm pistol was discovered in the vehicle. No one in the car had a permit for the pistol. The 21-year-old rapper from Miramar, Fla., was arrested on charges of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and unlawful possession of marijuana. The two passengers in the Escalade also face a weapons charge. The driver of the second car, a Porsche, faces marijuana and weapons charges after attempting to cross with three loaded handguns in the car, police said. Black, who also faces a charge in South Carolina of first-degree criminal sexual misconduct on allegations he raped a woman after a 2016 concert, was released from jail after posting bail, which was $20,000 cash or $40,000 bond. A phone message seeking comment was left with Black's attorney. Representatives at Black's record label and Live Nation didn't reply to emails seeking comment from The Associated Press.
• Aquaman is clean-shaven. Actor Jason Momoa on Wednesday released a video in which he shaved off his signature beard and mustache in order to promote recycling. He started by saying farewell to his "Game of Thrones" and DC characters Drogo and Arthur Curry. Momoa said he thought he last shaved in 2012. The 39-year-old said he wanted to do it to "bring awareness that plastics are killing our planet," adding that he believes aluminum is the one thing that can save it and he promoted his own line of sparkling water in aluminum cans. Momoa says "there's a change coming and it's aluminum."
A Section on 04/19/2019