The rapper, whose legal name is Bill Kapri, was shot in the leg while assisting another person after an “unprovoked attack,” his lawyer said.
The rapper Kodak Black was among four people shot outside a party in Los Angeles early Saturday after what his lawyer said was an “unprovoked attack” on a person he was with at the time. The injuries were not life-threatening and no arrests have been made, the Los Angeles Police Department said on Sunday. Black, who was born Dieuson Octave and whose legal name is Bill Kapri, was sentenced in 2019 to nearly four years in prison on federal weapons charges. President Donald J. Trump commuted his sentence in January 2021, in his final hours in office. His lawyer, Brad Cohen, confirmed that Black was one of the shooting victims in a statement on Instagram on Sunday. There was “an unprovoked attack on an individual Kodak was with,” Cohen wrote. Black came to this person’s aid, Cohen said, and “several shots were fired at them by an unidentified assailant.” He added: “Kodak was struck in the leg. It was not life threatening, he will make a full recovery and he is in stable condition.
