CNN: Man arrested after barricading self in Plantation home identified as rapper iHeartMemphis
Feb 10, 2026
A man who was arrested after he barricaded himself inside of a home in Plantation for hours was identified by CNN as rapper iHeartMemphis.
Video livestreamed on social media shows the suspect as he surrendered to authorities through the garage, early Tuesday morning.
An overturned Tesla was se
en against the broken garage door of the residence, located along the 8600 block of Gatehouse Road, off Pine Island Road.
“Don’t kill me, my hand’s up, my hand’s up!” he said as he showed his left hand on camera and kept livestreaming.
“Stay right there, stay right there! Do not move, do not [expletive] move,” an officer is heard saying.
Plantation Police said iHeartMemphis was wanted for making written threats wth intent to kill.
The video goes on to show an officer wearing a gas mask as iHeartMemphis tells officers he is not armed.
“I don’t have nothing,” he said.
The arrest of the 33-year-old rapper, whose real name is Richard Maurice Colbert, brought an 11-hour standoff with police to an end.
7’s Drone Force captured a heavy police presence as SWAT units surrounded the home and forced their way inside through the garage.
No injuries were reported. A dog at the home was relocated safely.
An area resident told 7News such a heavy police presence is unheard of in this neighborhood.
“Our neighborhood? Yeah. we’ve never had anything like this at all, absolutely, and I’ve lived in my house on Lake Dasha Drive for 39 years,” he said.
IHeartMemphis was transported to an area to be checked out after he was taken into custody.
According to the rapper’s social media, police had been to his home on Monday. A video clip posted to Instagram shows two police officers and two women who appear to be outside the house in some official capacity.
“Get away from my house. I don’t need help, I need water,” iHeartMemphis is heard telling these people in the video.
The rapper is best known for his 2015 hit “Hit the Quan.” Now he sits in the Broward County Jail on two charges. In addition to the original charge of making written threats with intent to kill, he also faces one count of resisting arrest.
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