--- title: Rick Ross Arrested For Bailing On Court Appearance description: Another run-in with the law over pot canonical: https://time.com/2939961/rick-ross-arrested-court-appearance-marijuana/ author: Megan Gibson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-30T11:45:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T08:41:36.554Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Rick Ross was arrested for bailing on a court appearance og:description: The rapper was taken into custody after his 2014 SuperJam performance og:url: https://time.com/2939961/rick-ross-arrested-court-appearance-marijuana/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf2473f8b72583825/698699d706f2c102a032fb5a/492097225.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Rick Ross Performs At Roundhouse In London og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rick Ross was arrested for bailing on a court appearance twitter:description: The rapper was taken into custody after his 2014 SuperJam performance twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf2473f8b72583825/698699d706f2c102a032fb5a/492097225.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Rick Ross Arrested for Bailing on Court Appearance by [Megan Gibson](https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Jun 30, 2014 11:45 AM UTC  Rick Ross performs on stage at The Roundhouse on May 18, 2014 in London, United Kingdom. Rick Ross performs on stage at The Roundhouse on May 18, 2014 in London, United Kingdom.Joseph Okpako--Redferns via Getty Images by [Megan Gibson](https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Jun 30, 2014 11:45 AM UTC The rapper Rick Ross [was arrested](http://www.news-record.com/news/article%5F6b501bde-fefc-11e3-8de2-001a4bcf6878.html) on Friday night after his performance at the 2014 SuperJam concert in Greensboro, N.C. Ross—real name William Leonard Roberts II—was taken into custody for failing to show up to a scheduled court appearance, which stemmed from the musician’s 2013 arrest in Greensboro for a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge. When Ross failed to show, a warrant for his arrest was issued. Greensboro police were waiting for the rapper to finish his spot at the annual show before they placed him under arrest. “After he was done performing, we escorted him to the magistrate’s office,” Greensboro police spokeswoman Susan Danielsen told the Greensboro[ _News and Record_](http://www.news-record.com/news/article%5F6b501bde-fefc-11e3-8de2-001a4bcf6878.html). Ross reportedly posted a $1,000 bail and was released. This isn’t Ross’s first run in with the law over pot. He was first arrested for marijuana charges in Miami in 2008 (as well as for carrying a concealed firearm) and he was also charged a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge in Shreveport, La., in 2011. \[[_News and Record_](http://www.news-record.com/news/article%5F6b501bde-fefc-11e3-8de2-001a4bcf6878.html)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2939961/rick-ross-arrested-court-appearance-marijuana/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2939961/rick-ross-arrested-court-appearance-marijuana/"},"headline":"Rick Ross Arrested for Bailing on Court Appearance","datePublished":"2014-06-30T11:45:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:41:36.554Z","description":"Another run-in with the law over pot","url":"https://time.com/2939961/rick-ross-arrested-court-appearance-marijuana/","keywords":["Crime","Drugs","Music","court"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf2473f8b72583825/698699d706f2c102a032fb5a/492097225.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Gibson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf2473f8b72583825/698699d706f2c102a032fb5a/492097225.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Rick Ross Performs At Roundhouse In London","caption":"Rick Ross Performs At Roundhouse In London","creditText":"Joseph Okpako--Redferns via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2939961/rick-ross-arrested-court-appearance-marijuana/","name":"Rick Ross Arrested for Bailing on Court Appearance"}}]}] ```