Two hip-hop producers arrested after LAPD retrieves gun stockpile in Studio City

Police have arrested two music producers who discovered a cache of assault weapons and ammunition inside a Studio City residence, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

Deavonte Kimble, 30, and Max Lord, 31, were taken into custody Wednesday after a roadblock situation in which LAPD SWAT teams took action, police said. , “multiple assault rifles, handguns, three firearm suppressors, large-capacity magazines, assault rifle parts/components, and thousands of rounds of ammunition,” the agency said in a news release. release.

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Kimble was arrested on suspicion of illegal firearm possession in Chicago with rapper G Herbo in 2018. He joined G Herbo’s album “25” as a producer. LAPD sources have confirmed that Kimble is a hip-hop producer for several Compton-based rappers.

Kimble was charged with assault with a lethal weapon by the LAPD, but police have not disclosed the circumstances surrounding the assault. He was also charged with general parole. He has had his bail revoked and is being held at Van Nuys Prison. Lorde was charged with possession of an assault rifle and released on $35,000 bail.

According to LAPD sources, Lord is a hip-hop producer and sound engineer, and has produced artists such as Cardi B, Future, Travis Scott, and the late Juice WRLD, with whom he has worked for much of the rapper’s career. I was. According to sources, Lord has also faced threats from Juice World’s entourage.

Lorde told The Times on Friday that he was hosting Kimble on a sofa in the studio when the SWAT team arrived around 5:20 a.m. Wednesday.

“There was a very violent show of force. There are a large number of officers with a lot of equipment. Luckily they didn’t break much, except to flip the house over.”

Lorde said he was unaware of Kimble’s alleged assault with a deadly weapon.

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“They obtained a warrant containing housing [Kimble] It’s my studio.In short, dragged in because of other warrants [for Kimble]said the Lord.

Lord declined to comment when asked about the weapons and ammunition found in his studio.

“I wasn’t being targeted. Detectives told me this would never happen to me,” he said.

Kimble could not be reached for comment.

This story was originally published in the Los Angeles Times.