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Kodak Black To Remain In Jail Until September

kodak-1.3761072 INGLEWOOD, CA - AUGUST 27: Kodak Black attends the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on August 27, 2017 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images) (Alberto E. Rodriguez/Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images)

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Kodak Black was nominated Tuesday in the Top New Artist category at the Billboard Music Awards – but he will have to watch the show from behind bars.

The 20-year-old rapper will remain in a Florida jail until September, according to a deal his lawyer reached with prosecutors on Tuesday.

Black, whose real name is Dieuson Octave, was arrested earlier this year after someone live-streamed video from inside his house showing marijuana and guns around an infant. He was under house arrest at the time.

Since 2015, Black has been charged with a long list of offences – felony criminal sexual conduct, robbery, battery, false imprisonment of a child, possession of marijuana, possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, fleeing from officers – and has been in and out of jail.

Under the new deal, Black will not be subject to house arrest or probation following his release.