Convicted of violence in a meeting and subject to an arrest warrant, the artist who currently lives in Dubai announced the cancellation of his concert planned at the Accor Arena in Paris on December 19.
Bad news for fans of rapper Maes. The artist, convicted in June for acts of violence in meetings, announced on X the cancellation of his concert scheduled for December 19 at the Accor Arena in Paris, due to an arrest warrant issued to him. opposed by the Paris Criminal Court.
“Sorry team… Refund of tickets tomorrow 2 p.m.,” Maes said on X.
Faced with the risk of incarceration if present on French soil, Maes, who currently lives in Dubai, therefore preferred to cancel her show. This concert, which was sold out, had already been postponed in February for the same reasons.
According to Maes' entourage, contacted by the media Ouest France, another show by the rapper, scheduled for December 7 at the Swiss festival The Beat, in Lausanne, will also be canceled.
Sentenced to 10 months in prison and a fine of 10,000 euros
Prosecuted for acts of violence in meetings in 2018 after leaving a Parisian recording studio, the rapper Maes was sentenced on June 5, in his absence, to 10 months in prison and a fine of 10,000 euros by the Paris criminal court.
The 29-year-old artist, who lives in Dubai “for the sun” according to his lawyer, had already been the subject of a trial in October 2023, but he had already not come to court, forcing the French justice to issue an arrest warrant against him.
Successful author like Greenbacks, Avenue Montaigne or GodmotherMaes is not his first trouble with the law. He was sentenced to one year in prison in 2015 for a case linked to drug trafficking.
