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Kodak Black Arrested in Florida on MDMA Trafficking Charge
Kodak Black was booked May 6 in Orange County, Florida, on one count of trafficking MDMA. His attorney Bradford Cohen says the charge stems from a 2025 search of a vehicle and calls the prosecution "a clear case of targeting" while promising to fight the allegation.
Kodak Black has long been a lightning rod for conversations about Southern rap, legal volatility, and the ways fame can amplify small police encounters into headline stories. This week his legal troubles resurfaced: according to Orange County, Florida records obtained by XXL, Yak was booked on May 6 on a trafficking charge tied to MDMA.
The booking shows one count of trafficking MDMA, a synthetic substance with both stimulant and hallucinogenic effects. Police records list the arrest in Orange County, where Kodak has spent much of his on‑and‑off relationship with law enforcement.
Speaking to XXL, Kodak’s attorney Bradford Cohen framed the matter as legally weak and politically targeted. Cohen says the new filing stems from a 2025 investigation in which officers searched a vehicle that Kodak was not riding in and found a bag containing a bottle of prescription cough syrup allegedly bearing Kodak’s fingerprint.
“This is a case that legally is not sufficient to charge possession of the item,” Cohen says. “Then, instead of simple possession, they doubled down and filed it as a trafficking charge. I will be fighting the charge. This is an ongoing theme where cases that would normally not be filed due to a weak legal basis are filed against Mr. Kapri. We look forward to yet another fruitful resolution to another case that should have never been filed.”
UPDATE (May 7): Cohen followed up with an updated statement to XXL adding, “[Kodak’s] prints were not on any of the items. This is a clear case of targeting.”
Elsewhere in his legal timeline: Kodak’s rap career has been punctuated by multiple arrests in Florida for drug possession, weapons possession, trespassing and assault. His most recent high‑profile encounter before this week came in 2023, when he was arrested on charges of cocaine possession and witness tampering; that case was thrown out the following April.
The new trafficking allegation places Kodak once again at the center of scrutiny over how prosecutors pursue drug cases against high‑profile Black artists in Florida. Cohen says he’ll challenge the trafficking designation and called the charge an escalation beyond what the initial facts would support.
XXL reviewed the Orange County booking; Kodak has not posted a public statement on social channels at the time of publication. The case is active and legal developments are likely as his team moves forward with defense motions.
