Key Takeaways:

• The rapper’s arrest adopted an alleged music video shoot on I-75, the place he was seen dancing on a concrete barrier.
• He addressed the viral mugshot on Instagram, saying he smiled to keep away from being painted as a legal.
• Armani White’s forthcoming album, There’s a Ghost in My House, stays scheduled for launch on Halloween.

Armani White isn’t letting one dangerous day derail his album rollout. On Tuesday (Oct. 14), the rapper addressed reviews of his arrest for allegedly filming a music video on the freeway.

“I smiled in that picture because I refuse to let anyone paint me as a criminal,” White shared by way of his Instagram Stories, seemingly referencing his mugshot. He continued, “None of this should’ve happened, and it definitely should not be news.”

According to TMZ, White was arrested and booked into Kentucky’s Laurel County Detention Center on Sunday (Oct. 12) evening. The outlet reported that passersby noticed him “jumping up on the middle concrete barrier” alongside I-75, the place he allegedly began dancing.

Local station Channel 32 added that White was “running across lanes of traffic” and “forcing cars to slow down.” He was charged with second-degree disorderly conduct and stopping, standing, or parking on a limited-access freeway — each misdemeanors — earlier than being launched.

Although the “BILLIE EILISH.” hitmaker was speculated to be arraigned Monday (Oct. 13) morning, court docket filings present that “the jail told him to call and schedule a court date,” provided that he is a “professional rapper.”

In a follow-up Story, White assured followers that his arrest received’t delay the discharge of There’s a Ghost in My House. “And the album is still coming out on Halloween (Oct. 31). I’m not moving it because of this,” he stated. “I’ve worked entirely too hard to let this slow me down.”

The undertaking’s title alone makes its Halloween launch make sense. While White hasn’t revealed the total tracklist but, he confirmed that each “GHOST.” that includes Samara Cyn and “MOUNT PLEASANT.” will seem on the undertaking, together with a visitor spot from T-Pain.

“I had a ghost in my house. I mean, it’s pretty self-explanatory, but yeah, I don’t know. It just made sense,” White advised Z107.9’s Ro Digga and DJ Ryan Wolf final Wednesday (Oct. 8). “I wanted to do it last year, but a bunch of things kind of, you know, went how they went.”