Rapper Killer Mike detained by police at the Grammy Awards after collecting 3 trophies

LOS ANGELES -- Killer Mike was detained astatine the Grammy Awards connected Sunday aft the rapper and activistic won 3 Grammy awards including his archetypal successful much than 2 decades.

In a video posted by the commercialized website The Hollywood Reporter, Mike was escorted successful handcuffs by Los Angeles constabulary astatine Crypto.com Arena aft immoderate joyous moments for him astatine the Grammys' Premiere Ceremony connected Sunday, wherever helium won his awards successful speedy succession.

A constabulary spokesperson didn't connection a sanction oregon further details, but confirmed a Black antheral was detained.

A typical for Mike did not instantly respond to emails oregon substance messages requesting a comment.

"The lone happening that limits your property is not being truthful astir your property oregon what you're doing," the 48-year-old Mike said backstage. He won for champion rap performance, rap opus and rap album.

"At 20 years old, I thought it was chill to beryllium a cause dealer," helium said. "At 40, I started to unrecorded with the regrets and the things I've done. At 45, I started to rap astir it. At 48, I basal present arsenic a antheral afloat of empathy and sympathy for the things I've done."

Mike's archetypal triumph came aft helium won for champion rap show for "Scientists & Engineers," which besides took location champion rap song. The azygous features Andre 3000, Future and Eryn Allen Kane.

He won champion rap medium for "Michael."

Before Sunday, Mike's past Grammy came successful 2003 erstwhile helium won for "The Whole World" won for champion rap show by a duo oregon group.

When helium collected 3rd award, the Atlanta-based rapper shouted retired "Sweep! Atlanta, it's a sweep!"

As a subordinate of Run the Jewels, Mike, on with shaper El-P, pumped retired 4 critically acclaimed albums. He made sound extracurricular of euphony arsenic a social-political activistic who has spoken retired against inequality for Black people, contention relations and became a vocal protagonist of Sen. Bernie Sanders' 2016 U.S. statesmanlike campaign.

The Grammy-winner hosted Netflix's "Trigger Warning with Killer Mike," a 2019 documentary bid astir issues that impact the Black community. He besides made an affectional plea to calm a protestation against constabulary brutality that turned convulsive successful Atlanta.