The rapper 2Chainz was arrested on drug charges Thursday night, said the Maryland State Police, who briefly detained him on his way to play a concert. A police spokesman, Sgt. Marc Black, told The Associated Press that troopers had stopped a van for speeding on Route 50 near Easton, Md. The officers said they smelled marijuana in the car, conducted a seach and found a backpack with a marijuana grinder and trace amounts of the drug inside it.
The rapper, whose real name is Tauheed Epps, was in the car and told officers the backpack belonged to him, the police said. He was arrested and cited for possessing drug paraphernalia and marijuana, then released. A conviction could result in up to a year in jail and up to a $1,000 fine. Mr. Epps, 35, performed later that night at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. He was nominatd this year for a Grammy Award for best rap album, but lost out to Drake.
