Katie Got Bandz Has Been Arrested For Identity Theft

By Stephen Gossett in Arts & Entertainment on Aug 9, 2017 11:30PM

Katie Got Bandz / 'I Need a Hitta' video

Chicago rapper Katie Got Bandz has been arrested for identity theft, according to the Cook County Sheriff's Office and reports.

The 24-year-old rapper, born Kiara Johnson, was arrested on Monday and is due in court on August 21, according to the Sheriff's Office. The full nature of the charges were not fully clear. As Spin points out, Illinois state law states in part that a person is guilty of identity theft who "uses, obtains, records, possesses, sells, transfers, purchases, or manufactures any personal identification information... of another knowing that such" information was stolen or illegally produced.

Katie Got Bandz broke out of Chicago's then-nascent drill scene with now-staple tracks like "Pop Out" (2013) and "I Need a Hitta" (2011).

The story was first reported by XXL.