Rapper Shy Glizzy arrested after ‘pulling gun on girlfriend and threatening to harm her’

Rapper Shy Glizzy was arrested over the weekend for allegedly pulling a gun on his girlfriend and threatening to harm her, TMZ reports. 

The musician, real name Marquis Amonte King, 30, was arrested on Saturday following a ‘verbal altercation’ with his on-off girlfriend.

The row is said to have escalated when Shy grabbed a gun and made a threat towards his girlfriend on a public street around 9am.

Shy is said to have left after the argument – with West Hollywood Sheriff’s Deputies becoming involved and a criminal report filed.

Shy was later arrested at 6pm. He was booked on a felony charge of making criminal threats – he was released on on a $50,000 bond after four hours behind bars.

Sources told the publication police did not find a gun on Shy and that he denied threatening his girlfriend of four months,

DailyMail.com has contacted a representative for Shy Glizzy for comment.

Glizzy shot to fame with the release of his first studio album Fully Loaded in 2018 – which charted at 35 on the Billboard 200.

His sophomore effort Flowers  was released in February 2023.

His last single Fools Fall N Love (featuring YoungBoy Never Broke Again) was released in 2023.

The star has also collaborated with artists such as Tory Lanez, A$AP Rocky and 2Chainz.

He was nominated for a 2018 Grammy in the  Best Rap/Sung Performance category for his song Crew (with GoldLink and Brent Faiyaz). 

Alleged: The musician, real name Marquis Amonte King, 30, was arrested on Saturday following a ‘verbal altercation’ with his on-off girlfriend (pictured February 2023)

He was booked on a felony charge of making criminal threats – he was released on on a $50,000 bond after four hours behind bars (pictured 2015)