A member of the Southern rap group Nappy Roots was kidnapped, robbed and shot at his brewery in Atlanta Wednesday night time, police mentioned.
Rapper Melvin Adams Jr., higher identified by his alter-ego Fish Scales, was leaving the Nappy Roots-owned Atlantucky Brewery at 11 p.m. when two males approached and robbed him at gunpoint.
The assailants pressured Scales to drive to his Hapeville residence. As soon as in Hapeville, Scales tried to flee and was shot within the leg by one of many kidnappers.
The abductors then fled, and Scales went to a neighbor’s home for assist. Police arrived and Scales was taken to the hospital.
Skinny DeVille, who opened the brewery with Scales earlier this yr, advised WXIA of Atlanta {that a} patron was shot exterior the bar.
“I’m actually relieved that my enterprise associate and brother Scales is secure and recovering…that’s what is most essential,” mentioned DeVille. “We’re actually additionally praying for the patron who was shot exterior the institution.”
The group posted a photograph of a posed Scales in a hospital mattress, including that “he’s wanting ahead to getting again to work each on music and brewery.”
The brewery stays closed however ought to reopen Friday, August 19, in response to the Atlanta Eater.
Police are nonetheless investigating the incident.
