EBK Jaaybo stays in custody after a federal indictment tied to a machine gun and drug trafficking case that would ship him to jail for 30 years.

EBK Jaaybo confronted a federal choose in Arkansas final week after a site visitors cease led to severe drug and weapons fees that would land him behind bars for 3 many years.

The Stockton, California, rapper was arrested on May 18 in Pope County after Arkansas State Police pulled him over on Interstate 40. A search of his car uncovered marijuana, unidentified drugs, $8,379 in money and a Glock pistol outfitted with a machine gun conversion system.

Authorities later confirmed the firearm was reported stolen in California.

Federal prosecutors just indicted Jaaybo on a number of fees, together with possession of a machine gun in furtherance of drug trafficking, possession of a firearm by a felon and transporting a firearm throughout state traces whereas beneath indictment.

If convicted on probably the most severe counts, he faces a compulsory minimal of 30 years in jail, based on the Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

He entered a plea of not responsible and a trial date was set for late July.

The arrest got here at a important level in Jaaybo’s profession. He had simply been introduced as a performer on NBA YoungBoy’s “MASA” (Make America Slime Once more) tour however was dropped from the lineup following the fees.

This isn’t Jaaybo’s first encounter with the regulation in 2025. On March 6, he was taken into custody on separate fees, together with drug possession, ammunition violations, driving and not using a license and probation violations.

He was launched on bond on March 19 for that arrest. Earlier than that, he served over a yr in San Joaquin County Jail for unlawful gun possession.

Regardless of his rising authorized troubles, Jaaybo’s music profession had been gaining traction on the West Coast Hip-Hop scene.

As of Sunday (June 29), Jaaybo stays in custody on the Pope County Detention Heart awaiting trial.

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