Welcome to America: Foota Hype arrested by US Immigration?
Controversial DJ Foota Hype (Photo: Instagram @footahypemusic)
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December 18, 2019

Welcome to America: Foota Hype arrested by US Immigration?

Dancehall disc jock and social media personality Foota Hype has seemingly found himself in hot water with US authorities as the Jamaican was arrested in Florida sometime over the weekend.

BUZZ has been unable to confirm the exact reason for Hype’s arrest, however, we have been reliably informed that the at the Krome Service Processing Center in Miami.DJ is being held

Born Oneil Ricardo Thomas, Foota Hype, who is

usually very active on Instagram, made his last post on Saturday, which has his

155,000 fans worried about his wellbeing.

More details to come later.

A screengrab from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainee locator search portal. (Photo: ICE.gov)

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