The other day AOL columnist, and
NY Daily News contributer Jawn Murray
dropped this blind item:
I hear a certain pretty-boy rapper had an international altercation with a promoter and almost ended up in a Dallas Austin-like predicament. The incident occurred with said hip hopper and a promoter, who happens to also be a former associate of the rapper's old label president. When the promoter failed to pay the production crew who worked on the rapper's music video, which was being shot in the African nation of Tanzania, the lyricist took matters into his own hands…literally. After "beating up the promoter," as one source put it, the country's president and his son had to hide the rapper because the promoter paid off several cops to have him arrested. In addition, when the hip hop artist contacted the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania about the matter, they were told: "The only thing we can do is make sure you're eating good if they lock you up." After nearly three days of playing duck-and-dodge with the promoter and Tanzanian authorities, said rapper was finally able to board a plane back to the States without doing prison time.
Then Illseed from All Hip Hop dropped this live item:
LOON ARRESTED IN AFRICA?Former Bad Boy rapper Loon has reportedly been arrested during a video shoot in Tanzania, based on my intel. The rapper allegedly punched a man on the set of a video he was shooting in the African nation after he failed to secure permits for a shoot. Additionally, a number of personnel had reportedly not been paid, including Nancy Sumari (Miss Tanzania). James Kinsey of Dusk Till Dawn Entertainment was the alleged recipient of the beatdown, but I can’t find much on this. What I do know is that Loon definitely went to the Motherland to do this video. The shovel-wielding rapper was upset, because Kinsey allegedly failed to secure permits. I been telling you all, Loon ain’t that dude all smoothed out with Diddy.
I guess it's safe to say Loon was arrested in Africa
