Kanye West has also been arrested in the past for smashing up a paparazzo's equipment
Highlights
- Rapper Kanye West has been accused of attacking a photographer at the LAX airport.
- The rapper is said to have punched the "aggressive" photographer when he continued to ask questions after he was told not to, reports tmz.com.
- Both police and the paramedics were called soon after the incident although West left the scene immediately.
- According to LA Times, Los Angeles police has launched a battery investigation following the incident.
- "Five photographers started shooting pictures of him and one of them was over the microphone and was saying stuff to him. (Kanye) seemed like he was getting offended," Samir Chantre, a Brazilian jiujitsu instructor, who was returning from a flight from Brazil at the time, told the publication.
- The extent of the photographer's injuries are unclear, although onlookers claimed there were no visible signs of injury.
Rapper Kanye West has been accused of attacking a photographer at the LAX airport.
The rapper is said to have punched the "aggressive" photographer when he continued to ask questions after he was told not to, reports tmz.com.
Both police and the paramedics were called soon after the incident although West left the scene immediately.
According to LA Times, Los Angeles police has launched a battery investigation following the incident.
"Five photographers started shooting pictures of him and one of them was over the microphone and was saying stuff to him. (Kanye) seemed like he was getting offended," Samir Chantre, a Brazilian jiujitsu instructor, who was returning from a flight from Brazil at the time, told the publication.
The extent of the photographer's injuries are unclear, although onlookers claimed there were no visible signs of injury.