UK rapper Digga D had his house raided by police this week and he streamed the incident reside on Instagram.
Within the early hours of Wednesday morning (February 21), armed police appeared to smash their approach into the 23-year-old’s constructing whereas he was streaming to followers.
“What do you lot need? Oi, what do you lot need, bruv?” he might be heard saying within the clip. “I’m right here! I’m right here! Cease! What are you lot doing?!”
He continued: “I’m on the ground. What are you lot doing? Cease, man. I’m coming. Why are you lot doing that?”
An officer may then he heard shouting: “Armed police!” to which Digga D replied: “Sure, I heard you.”
He was then informed to “come to the entrance door together with his palms up.”
A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police confirmed the incident in a press release to NME.
“On Wednesday February 21, officers carried out a warrant at a residential handle in Lincolnshire below Part 23 of the Misuse of Medication Act,” the assertion learn.
“A 23-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of worrying within the provide of medicine. He stays in custody. Enquiries proceed. ”
Digga D (actual identify Rhys Herbert) has been plagued with authorized points all through his burgeoning profession.
His viral “Subsequent Up?” freestyle was faraway from YouTube in 2018 upon request by the police after it garnered over 11 million views, with officers claiming it was inciting violence.
That very same 12 months, he was convicted of conspiracy to commit violent dysfunction after members of his 1011 crew had been arrested with machetes whereas allegedly en path to assault a rival group, regardless of claims they had been filming a music video.
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Digga D was additionally positioned below a legal habits order (CBO), a contemporary model of the anti-social habits order (ASBO).
Phrases of the order restricted the place he may go, who he may meet and what he may discuss in his lyrics, requiring him to submit lyrics to the police inside 24 hours of releasing them in a track.
One other spell in jail noticed him getting stabbed within the eye after being recalled for breaching his CBO.
Regardless of all this, Digga D has continued to stay a power within the UK rap scene. His mixtape Noughty by Nature reached No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart in 2022, whereas 2021’s Made within the Pyrex and 2023’s additionally cracked the highest 10.
He has additionally achieved various hits on the UK Singles Chart with “Bringing It Again” at No. 5, “Wasted” at No. 6 and “Pump 101” at No. 9.
Throughout the pond, he’s collaborated with U.S. rappers akin to Moneybagg Yo and B-Lovee.
