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Kodak Black Released on $75,000 Bond After Turning Himself In in Florida
Kodak Black turned himself in May 6 and was released on a $75,000 bond the following day in Orange County, Fla. His attorney Bradford Cohen called the trafficking charge legally weak and promised to fight it; conditions include staying away from drugs, guns and specified associates.
Courthouse scenes in South Florida have become a recurring beat in the story of Kodak Black — part tabloid, part legal ledger. On Thursday morning, the latest chapter played out in Orange County, Fla., where the rapper born Bill Kapri, who often answers to Yak, walked out of a bond hearing after a judge set bail at $75,000.
Kodak turned himself in on Wednesday, May 6, and appeared in court the next day for the hearing. His lawyer, Bradford Cohen, argued for a much smaller amount — Cohen asked the court to set bond at $10,000, framing the evidence as largely circumstantial. The judge instead pointed to Kapri’s lengthy criminal history when deciding the higher figure; public records and reporting have noted more than a dozen prior felony arrests.
As conditions of release, the court ordered the usual prohibitions: stay away from controlled substances, firearms and specific associates tied to the investigation. Reporters swarmed the courthouse steps as Kodak left, microphones and cameras angling in. He declined to answer questions.
The underlying incident dates back to November 2025. Authorities say officers searching a vehicle found a bag containing MDMA that investigators tied to the rapper; prosecutors subsequently upgraded what the defense calls a weak possession claim into a trafficking charge.
“This is a case that legally is not sufficient to charge possession of the item,” Cohen said in a statement to XXL. “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.”
Elsewhere, Kodak’s public life — albums, streaming numbers, a steady rotation of feature slots and social-media controversies — keeps running parallel to his legal one. Those collisions make courtroom exits into public events: a half-performance of persona, half-legal proceeding.
Speaking to the logistics of the case, Cohen’s statement frames a defense strategy that will lean on questioning the sufficiency of the evidence. For now, the $75,000 bond buys Kapri time outside jail while the case proceeds. Prosecutors have not released an immediate public response to Cohen’s comments.
The case is open and ongoing. Expect more hearings, more filings and, likely, more moments outside court where the cameras wait and the questions come — and for now, Kodaks’ silence answered them all.
Watch Footage From Kodak Black’s Bond Hearing
