Rapper Koba LaD was under the influence of drugs

“Not yet” Placed in police custody due to his hospitalization according to this source Thursday morning, the artist was at the wheel during this accident which killed one of his passengers. An investigation has been opened for involuntary manslaughter by driver and involuntary injuries by driver, the prosecutor’s office said.

The 24-year-old rapper, who lives in Essonne, was driving on Tuesday evening, a source close to the case explained, when his vehicle, a luxury sports sedan, arrived “at full speed” on an exit ramp from a petrol station on the A86 motorway and hit a parked heavy goods vehicle.

The front passenger, born in 1994, died, the prosecutor’s office confirmed on Thursday, indicating that the rear passenger, born in 1999, was slightly injured. The driver of the heavy goods vehicle that was hit was also “slightly injured”the prosecution added. A source close to the case had initially indicated that he was unharmed.

The rapper already sentenced

Koba LaD was sentenced in 2020 to a three-month suspended prison sentence and 140 hours of community service for a car accident in Marseille. He fled after the incident, before reporting to the police three days later. He was also given a four-month license suspension during an appearance on prior admission of guilt (procedure for “plead guilty”).

The rapper with more than three million followers on Instagram made his mark on the rap planet in 2018 with his first album «VII». He released the song at the end of last week «911» alongside rap heavyweights Ninho and Niska. His latest album, “Enemy brothers”in collaboration with rapper Zola, another rapper from Essonne, was, according to several specialist media, one of the best debuts of rap albums by a duo.

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