VIDEO. Paris 2024 Olympics: images of Travis Scott's arrest in Paris after United States – Serbia

Travis Scott arrested by French police. dpa – Marcus Brandt

Travis Scott, one of the biggest stars of American rap, was arrested and taken into custody this Friday, August 9, at dawn for violence, indicated the Paris prosecutor's office, confirming information from Valeurs Actuelles.

Early in the morning, “the police were called to the Georges V hotel and arrested the one nicknamed Travis Scott for violence against a security guard. The latter had himself intervened to separate the rapper from his bodyguard", the public prosecutor said.

"The 1st judicial police district has been given charge of the investigation" and Travis Scott is in police custody, the Paris prosecutor's office has also indicated.

Travis Scott posted a video on Instagram on Thursday evening showing him at Bercy, where the basketball events of the Paris Olympic Games are being held.

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On the same account at 57 million subscribers, he then released footage of himself at a nightclub party. The rapper rose to fame with his debut album, “Rodeo”, in 2015.

Since then, the Houston native has become a figure in American rap and has released four other albums, including the hit “Astroworld” (2018).

Real name Jacques Bermon Webster II, Travis Scott has a son and a daughter with his ex-partner, American influencer Kylie Jenner.

He has already had a few legal troubles across the Atlantic. In June, he was arrested in the United States, in Miami Beach (Florida), for disturbing the peace while he was drunk.