If you’re a rapper you might want to be careful what you put in your songs. Memphis rapper, Nuke Bizzle was arrested for filing over $1.2 million dollars in unemployment benefits which included using stolen identities. A music video for his song “EDD” was uploaded to YouTube last month had a line that said “you gotta sell cocaine, I just file a claim” which is what Bizzle, real name, Fontrell Antonio Baines, was arrested for. Bizzle was arrested on federal charges saying he fraudulently obtained unemployment insurance benefits under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. You can check out the music video below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZKnNhCTmeA
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(H/T: NBC Los Angeles)
