Will Smith

In 1989 Will Smith was arrested in Philadelphia on charges of aggravated assault and criminal conspiracy. The then 20-year-old was involved in an argument, which nearly left one man blind in one eye. Although the charges were later dismissed, Smith did have to spend one night in prison.

50 Cent


In 1994, 50 Cent was arrested for selling four vials of cocaine to an undercover officer. He was arrested again a few weeks later for heroin and crack possession. He was sentenced to nine years in prison and served six months in a boot camp in which he earned his GED.

Kobe Bryant


One of the most powerful and controversial players in the NBA, Kobe Bryant was arrested in Colorado in 2003 for the alleged rape of a 19-year old hotel employee. However, the charges were dropped when the accuser refused to testify in the trial.

R. Kelly


In 1997, R. Kelly was not only found guilty of battery but also sued by Tiffany Hawkins for alleged sexual abuse. A year later, he was arrested for disorderly conduct. His big arrest came later in 2003, but the charges were dropped by 2004 because of lack of probable cause for search warrants that had led to the arrest.

Bill Gates


Fortunately, the criminal mastermind known as Bill Gates was apprehended in 1975. He was arrested for speeding and driving without a license. He was eventually stopped on several occasions speeding in his Porsche 911.

1. Dammy Krane


Dammy Krane





Popular musician, Johnson Oyindamola, popularly known as Dammy Krane was arrested in Florida for charges of theft, credit card scam and fraud on Friday, June 2, 2017. It was gathered that an American jet company, Tapjets, accused the singer of using five different credit cards which did not belong to him while trying to book a private jet with them. He was released from jail in Miami after meeting his bail conditions, set at $7,500, after pleading not guilty to the charges and demanded a trial by jury. The singer was assigned an attorney and was billed to appear in court on June 23, 2017. In August 2017, American courts struck out all charges including credit card forgery, armed conspiracy and grand theft filed against him.

On September 16, 2019, He was also arraigned by the Lagos State Police Command on three counts of threat to life, defamation and conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace. He pleaded not guilty to the charges. He was however granted bail in the sum of N50, 000 with one surety in like sum and case adjourned to October 11.

2. Sinzu


Sinzu

Rapper Babalola Falemi, popularly known as Sinzu, was arrested and jailed for two years for aggravated identity theft.
He was jailed after he pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft which was described in the US penal code as the unlawful taking of the property of another person or business, ranging from $1000 to $500,000.
Sinzu was said to have stolen over 15 bank cards, encoded the bank numbers into blank cards, changed the PINs, and withdrew cash from ATMs. He allegedly stole $15,388 from the unsuspecting victims.
Before he went to prison, Sinzu’s music career had taken a nosedive but he was struggling to revive it.



According to the mugshot that surfaced online, he has been in jail since July 2016. Sinzu has spent two years at Ada County Jail, a medium security prison attached to the Idaho Sheriff Department.

Earlier, in 2014, Sinzu was arrested after a video was circulated, which showed him fraudulently withdraw $300 from an ATM at a supermarket. He was released from prison on 25th of March, 2018.

3. Naira Marley


Naira Marley

Azeez Adeshina Fashola is a Nigerian musician popularly known as Naira Marley who was arrested alongside four others for alleged money laundering by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The singer was arrested a day after his hit single “Am I a Yahoo boy” dropped online. He was slammed with 11- count charges.
After spending days inside Ikoyi Prison, Naira Marley was arraigned in court and granted bail for N2 million with two sureties in like sum. After his release, Marley, in a video which surfaced online said he’s been arrested 124 times in United Kingdom, where he grew up. He rose to fame in 2018 with the remix of ‘Issa goal’ which features Olamide, Falz, Simi and Lil kesh.

5. Justin Bieber has had some trouble with the law in the past for marijuana possession, drag racing and a number of other crimes.

6. Chris Brown is currently in jail for violating his probation.


7. OJ Simpson

8. James Brown was sentenced to 6 years in 1988 for not stopping his car in a police chase.


9. Meek Mill was sentenced to 2-4 years for violating his probation and driving dirt bikes in NYC.

10. Suge Knight was indicted by a grand jury for threatening death to director F. Gary Gary in August of 2017.(AP)