The longtime TDE rapper — whose real name is Johnny Reed McKinzie — was arrested early Thursday evening in Nickerson Gardens, a public housing complex in Watts. Per NBC 4, the LAPD said they originally stopped McKinzie for trespassing and drinking in public. When McKinzie ran from his vehicle, police caught up with him and detained him

According to police records obtained by ABC 7, the rapper, born Johnny Reed McKinzie Jr., was arrested for possession of a firearm in the 13000 block of E. 115th Street in Watts. The arrest was unexpected for the Grammy winner,

The Watts-bred rapper allegedly fled before being detained, with police finding a gun in his vehicle afterward.