Kevin Gates’ Jail Woes Immediately Wreck Havoc On His Career

Louisiana rapper Kevin Gates‘ now-publicized jail sentencing in a fan-kicking case has forced him to fall back on performing at this week’s Voodoo Fest concert.

According to reports, Gates has now been removed from his slated Friday (October 28) set.

Publicists for a festival in Louisiana say rapper Kevin Gates has cancelled his performance due to “an unforeseen incarceration.” The New Orleans Advocate reports Gates was slated to perform on Voodoo’s Pepsi Stage at 8:45 p.m. on Friday. No word yet on who, if anyone, will replace him. He has presumably also scrapped his post-fest show at the House of Blues, which was slated for later Friday night. (La Cross Tribune)

This week, Kevin’s wife Dreka lit up social media over her husband’s jail woes.

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A day prior, buzz developed about Gates’ 180-day jail sentencing.

Rapper Kevin Gates was sentenced to 180 days in a Polk County jail after being found guilty of kicking a fan at a concert last year in Lakeland. The judge also ordered a one year probation after Gates’ jail time. The sentence was three times what prosecutors requested. (Fox 13 News)

Back in April, Gates filed paperwork to have his now-infamous August 2015 case tossed.

Gates says Miranda Dixon tried to grab him twice during the show last August in Lakeland, FL — and since he gave her a verbal warning after her first failed attempt … he had every right to fight back. In the docs, he says Dixon managed to grab his shorts the second time, and he thought she was trying to pull him offstage … so he used necessary force to defend himself and prevent further harm. (TMZ)