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Travis Scott arrested at Paris hotel after altercation with security guard, prosecutors say
Police were called to the Georges V hotel on Friday morning to arrest a person “aliased Travis Scott” for violence against a security guard, French prosecutors said.
PARIS (AP) — Rapper Travis Scott was arrested at a Paris hotel after an altercation with a security guard, French prosecutors said Friday.
The arrest got here after police were called to the Georges V hotel on Friday morning to arrest a person “aliased Travis Scott for violence against a security guard,” in response to an announcement from the Paris prosecutor’s office.
A hotel security guard intervened in an altercation between the rapper and his own bodyguard, the statement said. Police are still investigating.
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The rapper was in Paris for the Olympics, watching the U.S. beat Serbia in the boys’s basketball semifinals on Thursday night.
One of the most important names in hip-hop, Scott, whose real name is Jacques Webster, has had greater than 100 songs chart on the Billboard Hot 100 and released 4 number-one 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.
The Associated Press has sent a message to Scott’s representative in search of comment.