Rapper Lil Baby and NBA star James Harden were stopped in Paris during the city’s fashion week, having recently joined Kanye West for a Balenciaga show.
The video of the incident first surfaced on social media as Harden was involved in a confrontation with police officers and other unidentified men. The Brooklyn Nets guard stated that he doesn’t “understand” what was happening in the video.
Bravo à la police française 🤦🏾♂️ des incompétents… même pas capable de reconnaître James HARDEN pic.twitter.com/YLAeBFdaXk
— cateregardeap (@TiSoldier971) July 8, 2021
Someone had always captured footage of Harden by a police van, where inside Lil Baby was sat at the rear of the vehicle. According to TMZ via Complex, Lil Baby and two others were arrested for marijuana-related charges after a stop and search by the police.
Harden meanwhile wasn’t arrested but was detained by officials after trying to intervene according to ESPN. Police allegedly found 20 grams of marijuana inside the vehicle that Lil Baby was driving.
Damn lil baby got arrested
wtf Paris doing pic.twitter.com/ZDFRZk5yPu— ASAP CURRY 🐐🐐 (@RatiodbyWardell) July 8, 2021