The New York Police Department arrested up-and-coming rapper Ackquille Pollard, more popular known as Bobby Shmurda, after a lengthy investigation linking him in shootings and illegal drug trafficking, Billboard reports.

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This is the third time that Shmurda has been legally entangled. He was also slapped with charges for illegal possession of gun and marijuana.

According to Kati Cornell, director of public information for New York City's special narcotics prosecutor, the rapper was in his car during his arrest morning Thursday. Several members of the Brooklyn group GS9 were also arrested.

Shmurda's rap team was named after the gang.

The official charges against the artist won't be announced after the indictment is unsealed tomorrow in Manhattan Supreme Court.

Cornell said that NYPD will be holding a press conference tomorrow afternoon to explain the case in public.

Aside from Shmurda, Chad Marshal, also an aspiring hip-hop singer that goes with the name of Rowdy Rebel, was  arrested while in a recording studio, where handguns were confiscated during the raid.

Brooklyn-born Shmurda is associated with his hit song, "Hot Boy," as well as for the music video that that made the "Shmoney dance" a popular dance step.

His "Hot Boy" YouTube video posted last August went viral that it reached tens of millions of views. Pollard performed the song live on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

In an interview with New York Magazine, Shmurda said that his songs tell stories.

"My music is straight facts," he said.

"There are a lot of gangsters in my 'hood."

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