PARIS (AP) — Rapper Travis Scott was arrested after an altercation with a security guard at a Paris hotel, French prosecutors said on Friday.
The arrest came after police were called to the Georges V hotel early Friday to arrest a man “nicknamed Travis Scott for violence against a security guard,” according to a statement from the Paris prosecutor’s office.
The hotel’s security guard intervened in a dispute between the rapper and his own bodyguard, the statement said. The police are still investigating.
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A representative for the rapper said they were “in direct contact with local Paris authorities to resolve this matter quickly and will provide updates as needed.” They spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is still ongoing.
The rapper was in Paris for the Olympic GamesHe observed the US rally over Serbia in the men’s basketball semifinals on Thursday evening.
One of the biggest names in hip-hop, Scott, whose real name is Jacques Webster, has released more than 100 songs that have charted on the Billboard Hot 100 and four chart-topping singles: “Sicko Mode,” “Highest in the Room,” “The Scotts” and “Franchise.”
He has two children with his ex-girlfriend, media personality and businesswoman Kylie Jenner.
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Jonathan Landrum, a journalist with the Associated Press in Los Angeles, wrote
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