Maxo Kream Arrested for Engaging in Organized Criminal Act

Houston rapper Maxo Kream has been arrested and charged with two counts of engaging in an organized criminal act, a felony crime. XXL confirmed his arrest with the Fort Bend County Jail, where Maxo is currently in custody, in Richmond, Texas. His bail for each count is set at $100,000.

News broke of his arrest on Twitter Friday (Oct. 21) when an associate tweeted the below photo and captioned it, “Free big bro @MAXOKREAM.”

Maxo, real name Emekwanem Ogugua Biosah, is currently opening on Danny Brown’s tour along with ZelooperZ, and on Thursday they were in Maxo’s hometown of Houston for a show.

Back in June, Maxo released his latest project called The Persona Tape with features from Playboi Carti, Rich the Kid and Paul Wall and production from Chuck Inglish, Tommy Kruise and others.

XXL will update this story when we learn more details.

Free big bro @MAXOKREAM fucc 12 #1137 #1018 pic.twitter.com/MG4i1FnVaX

— KREAM CLICC (@Kreamdslim) October 21, 2016

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