According to the celebrity outlet, a Florida judge has allowed Kodak to change his name from Dieuson Octave to Bill K. Kapri. Kodak`s attorney, Bradford Cohen, said the former XXL freshman was simply looking for a fresh start given his current problems. This name change was one way to do it. In June 2020, Kodak Black is serving his federal sentence at the U.S. penitentiary, Big Sandy, a maximum security prison in Inez, Kentucky. He is serving his sentence as Bill K Kapri (BOP# 18149-104). In October 2020, Kodak was transferred to the U.S. Penitentiary, Thomson. [107] Despite legal problems, Bill continues to release new music.
On Valentine`s Day, Kodak released its latest project, Kodak Heart Break. His real name is now legally Bill K. Kapri. However, the rapper goes by the stage name Kodak Black or Project Baby. His birth name was Dieuson Octave, but he changed his name to prison. PA Kodak Black is a big difference. On Wednesday, May 2, TMZ reported that the rapper, who has currently been in jail for 364 days after being convicted last month on gun and marijuana charges, has changed his legal name. TMZ has learned that the currently jailed rapper has requested and received a name change from a Florida judge. Bill`s lawyer, Bradford Cohen, tells us that his client wanted a “fresh start” in the midst of everything that is happening to him now. Fun fact: His real name was Dieuson Octave.
As he counts down the days ahead of his release from prison, Kodak Black has changed his official name from Dieuson Octave to Bill K. Kapri. In 2009, at the age of 12, Kodak Black joined a rap group called Brutal Youngnz under the stage name J-Black. He then joined a local rap group called The Kolyons.[1] In December 2013, Kodak Black released his first mixtape, Project Baby,[17] followed in December 2014 with the mixtape Heart of the Projects,[18] and in December 2015 with the mixtape Institution.[10] [19] In his latest title, the Broward County native announces a name change that was recently approved by a Florida judge. Kodak will now legally be called Bill K. Kapri, a transition from his original birth name Dieuson Octave. Attorney Bradford Cohen said the name change should give Kodak a “fresh start” amid all its current problems. In June 2016, Kodak Black was named one of XXL magazine`s “2016 Freshman Class”. Bill Kahan Kapri,[7][8][9] (born June 11, 1997 as Dieuson Octave), better known by his stage name Kodak Black,[10] is an American rapper, singer and songwriter.[27] He first became known with his single “No Flockin”. His debut album Painting Pictures (2017) reached number 3 on the US Billboard 200 and included the single “Tunnel Vision” from the Billboard Hot 100 Top 10, while his second album Dying to Live (2018) reached number one on the Billboard 200, supported by the single “Zeze”, which reached number 2 on the Hot 100. Rapper Kodak Black has changed his name, his lawyer announced on Twitter.
From the age of six, Kodak Black used the nickname “Black”. He also used the nickname “Lil` Black”. When he joined Instagram, he chose the username “Kodak Black,” “.. because you know Kodak, it`s photos and all that. This later became his stage name when he started rapping, and a favorite name by his fans. [10] [5] The 20-year-old MC was born Dieuson Octave and is called Bill K. Kapri. His attorney Bradford Cohen told TMZ it should give him a “fresh start” after a series of legal troubles. During his imprisonment, Kodak Black began identifying himself as a Hebrew Israelite after a priest serving in prison studied the scriptures with him. He then requested that his name be changed to Bill Kahan Blanco, Kahan being allegedly an alternative spelling of Kohen, a term used in Judaism to refer to priests descended from the prophet Aaron, the brother of Moses.[53] [54] On May 2, 2018, he legally changed his name from “Dieuson Octave” to “Bill K.
Kapri.” [7] [8] In late 2018, he donated $2,500 to South Carolina police officer Terrence Carraway, who was killed in a stabbing attack on duty. On May 3, 2019, Kodak Black donated $12,500 to a girl named Paige Cook, the girl`s goal was to donate pencils and notebooks to give to the 7,600 students in the low-income Cleburne Independent School District in Texas. In 2018, Paige raised enough money to buy over 40,000 pencils. [59] [60] Kodak Black cleans the board by throwing away his name and turning over his initials – because he is now Bill K. Kapri. And everything is legal and all that. Kodak Black receives a name change. While the Pompano Beach rapper will still have his famous stage name, he is legally changing his government name. Kodak Black was born Dieuson Octave on June 11, 1997 in Pompano Beach, Florida, the son of Haitian immigrant Marcelene Octave.
[11] He then changed his name to Bill K. Kapri. Kodak Black was raised by his mother in Golden Acres, a public housing project in Pompano Beach. [10] Name change granted to @KodakBlack1k new name Bill K. Kapri. New beginning. The DCF case regarding the alleged video has also been dismissed According to his lawyer Bradford Cohen, Kodak Black`s official name will be Bill K. Kapri.
Cohen also said the Kodak investigation was dropped after police investigated the situation that found his son at the scene when they discovered grass and ammunition in Kodak`s crib last January. The news comes weeks after Kodak called his last stint in prison a blessing. He is currently behind bars at Broward`s main prison in Fort Lauderdale after being arrested in January for allegedly violating the conditions of his house arrest and probation.
