Rapper Kodak Black is back in legal trouble after being arrested in Florida on an MDMA trafficking charge tied to a 2025 investigation involving gunshots, drugs, and tens of thousands of dollars in cash found in a vehicle allegedly connected to him.
Prosecutors argued his status as a “professional rapper” justified a higher bond, sparking laughter and pushback from defense attorney Bradford Cohen, who says there’s not enough evidence to support the charges and is already preparing a motion to dismiss. Despite the judge rejecting the idea that Kodak’s rap career alone warranted harsher treatment, she still raised his bond to $75,000 based on his lengthy criminal history, and the rapper has since been released from jail after posting bond. Kodak’s attorney, Bradford Cohen, immediately went on offense after the release. Cohen called the probable cause affidavit behind this case one of the worst he’s read in years, and he’s been a defense attorney for three decades.
“Ridiculous probable cause affidavit,” Cohen said. “I haven’t seen one this bad in years. Thin is an overstatement.”
That kind of language from a veteran lawyer isn’t bluster, and Cohen made clear he’d say the same thing if his client were a plumber or a construction worker, not a rap star. The legal argument at the center of everything is constructive possession, which is what prosecutors need to prove to connect Kodak to a bag he never touched inside a car he was never in. Cohen also said he plans to post the affidavit online for the public to read and judge for themselves. The charge itself goes back to a November 2025 incident in Orlando, where officers responded to a gunshot call and found two luxury SUVs parked nearby. Police found a pink bag inside a Lamborghini containing 25.34 grams of MDMA and $37,000 in cash, along with documents bearing Kodak’s name. Neither vehicle was registered to him, and he wasn’t inside either one, which is exactly the gap Cohen says the affidavit can’t close.