OPA-LOCKA, Fla. – Cuban rapper Chocolate MC is again in trouble in South Florida.
The artist, whose real name is Yosvanis Sierra Hernandez, is accused of kidnapping a fan.
Authorities said it happened Tuesday outside of an Opa-locka grocery store.
Authorities said a fan asked Sierra Hernandez, 34, of Hialeah, for a photo while outside of Chavez Distributors at 101 Opa-locka Blvd.
But instead, police said the artist “walked over to the parking lot, placed a firearm on the victim’s chest and forced him to surrender his vehicle.”
Authorities said the rapper “pointed the firearm at him again and ordered the victim into the driver’s seat. Yosvanis demanded cash from the victim” and “forced the victim to drive him to several locations over the course of approximately two hours before eventually releasing him unharmed.”
Detectives said surveillance video from the store corroborated the victim’s account of the incident.
Sierra Hernandez was arrested in 2024 after authorities accused him of kidnapping and raping his ex-girlfriend.
He’s also accused of publicly advertising a bounty and a murder-for-hire plot over the head of a man who was arrested in connection with the shooting death of fellow rapper Jose “El Taiger” Carbajal.