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Grammy-Winning Rapper and Kendrick Lamar Collaborator Reportedly Arrested on Assault Charges

Rapper Lefty Gunplay, who appeared on Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy-winning song “TV Off”, was reportedly arrested on assault charges.

By Stephen Andrew Galiher

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Grammy Award-winning hip-hop star Lefty Gunplay was reportedly arrested on assault charges over the weekend.

According to local news outlet KY3, the rapper—whose real name is Franklin Holladay—was booked into the Greene County, Missouri, jail on August 29, 2026. The outlet noted that jail records indicated Holladay was being held on fourth-degree assault charges. However, online court records later showed no charges against the rapper.

Holladay, 30, had been in Springfield, MO, on Friday night for a concert. The city’s Regency Live venue was a stop on his “Did This for Me Tour”.

This was not Lefty Gunplay’s first run-in with the law

Interestingly, this was not Lefty Gunplay’s first run-in with the law over the past couple of........

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