The fans of Lil Skies are wondering if the Pennsylvania rapper has been arrested, as his mugshots are going viral on the internet. As per the reports, Lil Skies became a focal point for Hip Hop enthusiasts after the news broke out that the well-known rapper was arrested and his mugshot was released on social media. Is it true? This article aims to provide a closer look at the arrest news of Lil Skies and what are the possible charges against him. Everything that is imperative and being sought by the fans regarding Lil Skies’s arrest has been explained comprehensibly in the following sections. Continue reading this article. Drag down.
Is Lil Skies Arrested? Where Is He Right Now?
The recently surfaced mugshot of Lil Skies seems to be fake because the rapper was not recently arrested. It seems that Lil Skies’s history of spending a stint in jail was used to spread rumors about his arrest once again. However, Lil Skies was indeed apprehended last month on May 20, 2024, in connection with the hit-and-run car accident case. Denying the rumors swirling on the internet and claiming Lil Skies was arrested, we debunk it and call his viral mugshot false. Due to the lack of official confirmation of Lil Skies’s arrest after his arrest on May 20, we don’t believe the ongoing rumors are true at all.
Last month, Lil Skies whose real name is Kimetrius Christopher Foose was arrested for allegedly fleeing the accident scene after crashing his car. On May 20, 2024, the Pennsylvania rapper was arrested in connection with the hit-and-run car accident, confirmed the Chambersburg Police Department. According to the official reports, Lil Skies who hails from Pennsylvania fled the accident scene in Chambersburg, PA, without sharing details with the other driver. Meanwhile, the local police arrested the 25-year-old rapper and held him in the Franklin County Jail.
However, the record of Franklin County Jail’s prisoner revealed that the rapper was granted bail and released from jail. It remained unknown what were the conditions of his bond. But we can say that Lil Skies was released following the hit-and-run car accident. Recently, the rapper was not arrested in any case and his circulating mugshot is fake although it features the rapper’s real face and correct personal information. We debunk the news and suggest you ignore the ongoing rumors about the rapper’s arrest. He was arrested only on May 20, 2024, but the rumors are claiming he was apprehended recently.
For the unversed, Lil Skies is a prolific rapper who surged to fame and prominence across the country through SoundCloud. He is the son of Michael Burton Jr. His father played a key role in shaping Lil Skies’s musical career as he was the person who carved his interest in music at a young age. Michael Burton Jr was previously known as Dark Skies but later he changed his name to BurntMan. Nevertheless, the Pennsylvania rapper, Lil Skies, honors Michael Burton Jr’s previous moniker through his stage name.
It was 2017 when Lil Skies surged to fame for the first time and gained people’s attention after releasing his famous song “Rude”. He further gained fame by releasing another banger titled “Signs of Jealousy”. After finding success and emerging as a new rapper, Atlantic Records collaborated with his label All We Got to release a superhit mixtape like Life of a Dark Rose which was released in 2018 and peaked at number 23 on the Billboard 200 chart. As of now, rapper Lil Skies lives in Waynesboro, PA and he also has entered parenthood with the birth of his 5-year-old child.
