Rapper Travis Scott was arrested at a Paris hotel after an altercation with a security guard, French prosecutors said Friday. The arrest occurred after police were called to the Georges V hotel 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 security guard had intervened in an altercation between the rapper and his own bodyguard, the statement said. Police are still investigating.
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Scott was in Paris for Olympics. He was seen watching the USA take on Serbia in the men’s basketball semifinals on Thursday night.
One of the biggest names in hip-hop, Scott – whose birth name is Jacques Webster – has over 100 songs that have charted on the Billboard Hot 100. He has two children with his former girlfriend, media personality and businesswoman Kylie Jenner.
The Associated Press sent a message to Scott’s representative seeking comment.
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