A$AP Rocky is being subjected to ‘inhuman’ conditions inside a Swedish jail where he is being held while police investigate a street brawl he was involved in, sources say.
The rapper, real name Rakim Meyers, is sleeping on a yoga mat without blankets and is housed in a cell next to a man with mental health issues who bangs his head against the wall and throws feces ‘every which way’, it is claimed.
Meyers, 30, survived on an apple a day during the first five days of his incarceration because food in the facility is inedible and the water is unclean, TMZ reports.
Officials from the US consulate, who should have been allowed to see Meyers immediately after his arrest, were barred from seeing him for two days, sources with direct knowledge of Rocky’s situation said.
The US consulate believes this is because guards did not want them to see conditions inside the facility, the sources said.
A meeting was eventually granted, but within earshot of Swedish guards.
Meyers was detained in Stockholm last week shortly after a gig in the city over video which shows him involved in a street brawl with two men on June 30.
He claims that the men kept following him, provoked him and swung at his security first, sparking the fight.
Meyers made his first court appearance Friday when a judge ordered him to be held for up to two weeks while police investigate.
Another court order would then be needed if the police need more time to carry out their investigation.
