Rapper Meek Mill's Instagram Feed Shows Him Speeding Dirt Bike Down NYC Streets, NYPD Says

INWOOD, NY — Rapper Meek Mill was arrested Thursday night in Inwood after cops saw him post photos of himself driving dirt bikes and all-terrain vehicles down city streets, an NYPD spokesman told Patch.

Meek Mill, 30, is expected to be charged with reckless endangerment for the stunt, an NYPD spokesman said. The arrest occurred around 10:15 p.m. at 10th Avenue and Dyckman Street, police told Patch.

The Philadelphia-born rapper, who's real name is Robert Rihmeek Williams, was seen riding down Inwood streets and popping wheelies without a helmet on, police told Patch.

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Meek Mill appeared on Thursday night's taping of "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon." The rapper appears to have removed the Instagram photo which tipped police off to his uptown ATV stunts from his account.

During his arrest, Meek Mill reportedly went live from Instagram to record his interactions with the arresting officers. That video is no longer on his Instagram page, but has been posted to YouTube.

Meek Mill's lawyer, Joseph Tacopina, told the Daily News that the rapper is being persecuted because of his celebrity status.

"That level of investigation is normally reserved for heinous crimes, not for petty offenses like doing a wheelie on the street where you're endangering no one's life but your own," Tacopina told the Daily News. "It really stinks of obvious targeting an individual who is a celebrity and maybe who law enforcement don't like, and it's not what the system is supposed to be about,"

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