UPDATE 10:39PM EST: 2Chainz tweeted a picture and a tweet (NC he is on his way!)
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One of our favorite rappers, 2 Chainz, has just been arrested.
TMZ reports:
Kanye West‘s rap prodigy 2 Chainz was arrested at LaGuardia Airport in New York today … after cops say he was packin’ brass knuckles in his carry-on bag … TMZ has learned.
2 Chainz — real name Tauheed Epps (who also goes by the name Titty Boi) — was entering the Delta terminal to fly to a show in North Carolina … when the TSA discovered brass knuckles in his bag.
Law enforcement tells TMZ … police were called to the scene … and 2 Chainz was taken into custody for misdemeanor possession of a criminal weapon at 1:45 local time.
Detroit rapper and friend of 2 Chainz, Big Sean tweeted about the alleged brass knuckles, saying: