Rapper Wiz Khalifa was seemingly slammed to the ground and handcuffed by police Saturday for refusing to step off of a “hoverboard” at an airport terminal, according to social media updates shared by the rapper.
The incident occurred Saturday afternoon at Los Angeles International Airport, according to Time.
In the first video shared by the rapper on Twitter, Khalifa, real name Cameron Jibril Thomaz, can be seen arguing with police.
All because I didn't want to ditch the technogy everyone will be using in the next 6 months. Do what you want kids. pic.twitter.com/7F0KIQgFrA
— Wiz Khalifa (@wizkhalifa) August 23, 2015
“This? I didn’t do nothing anyway,” the “See You Again” rapper tells the police. “What you want to do? Put me in jail because I didn’t listen to what you say? You can’t do nothing, we can have all the conversations you want to, you can end up on TMZ, destined to become as famous as you wanna be.”
A second video uploaded to Instagram and timestamped one minute after the preceding video shows Khalifa being handcuffed on the ground while at least two officers tell him to “stop resisting.”
“I’m not resisting, sir,” Khalifa can be heard telling the police.
On Twitter, the rapper wrote that the confrontation happened “all because I didn’t want to ditch the technology everyone will be using in the next 6 months.”
Haven't been slammed and cuffed in a while. That was fun.
— Wiz Khalifa (@wizkhalifa) August 22, 2015
Yup 😂all them cops. https://t.co/u4UouzToSD
— Wiz Khalifa (@wizkhalifa) August 23, 2015
What's even funnier than them not bein able to do shit is they'll be riding them soon as well. Maybe ones I design. https://t.co/ITTewi2NzZ
— Wiz Khalifa (@wizkhalifa) August 23, 2015
I stand for our generation and our generation is gonna be riding hover boards so if you don't like it eat a dick!
— Wiz Khalifa (@wizkhalifa) August 23, 2015
Neither the LAPD or Khalifa’s camp has commented yet on the incident.
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