R&B singer D’Angelo returns to the headlines—and police custody—over the weekend in New York City.
Grammy Award-winning R&B singer D'Angelo was arrested early yesterday after allegedly offering an undercover policewoman $40 for oral sex while cruising alone through the West Village -- with $12,000 stashed in his SUV D'Angelo, 36, whose real name is Michael Archer, was in his top-of-the-line Range Rover at Greenwich and Horatio streets at about 2:30 a.m. when he spotted a woman he took to be a prostitute, sources said. He was arrested and charged with solicitation after asking the woman for sex, the sources said. His manager declined to comment.
The arrest comes as D'Angelo is recording his third studio album, the first since 2000’s platinum-selling Voodoo.
FYI: The location is about three blocks from where I used to live near Horatio and West. After dark, that strip of the Meatpacking District is notorious for drag queens and transgender prostitutes. Oh and lolz @ carrying around 12 grand and offering only 40 bucks for a blowjob.
okay??!!
that is the trannie hoe stroll, ain't no way that man wasn't lookin for that lol
Posted by: DeAndre | 07 March 2010 at 16:13
Back in the day, women (and men) wouldve lined up for free. That man was phine....
Posted by: M. Mark | 07 March 2010 at 16:31
$40 for a BJ in the West Village? Really???!
Posted by: Automatic Prince | 07 March 2010 at 16:54
How interesting. If this area was the trannie & drag queen hoe stroll, it's apparent that D'Angelo was most definitely interested in "freaking" on the DL.
Posted by: twitter.com/AdodiBro | 07 March 2010 at 17:16
wow. that is tranny country...how can u be that when u were so fine ..dayum
Posted by: Rik | 07 March 2010 at 17:50
Oh please,please,please, I hope the "news cycle" does not pick this up. Hopefully "Faux news" is busy being "fair and balanced" with Obama
Posted by: Craig Merkey | 07 March 2010 at 17:55
Damn, I told him to call me! LOL...
Still no word when his new album is dropping?
Posted by: John Ozed | 07 March 2010 at 20:45
Miss? Excuse me. Do you take Penny Save Coupons?
Posted by: Honut Sinti | 07 March 2010 at 21:36
a damn shame, get it together bro!
angie stone said he was a mess.
Posted by: Tristan | 07 March 2010 at 23:12
Well, not a classy as Eddie Murphy, but nevertheless, we knew Eddie wasn't alone. Those of us who've experienced that "side" of the gay world always knew that there were so many men who have a thing for transwomen (I still don't believe "drag queen" is a derogatory term, but I'll be politically correct here). In fact, trans porn sells very well among men who consider themselves "straight". There's someone for everybody out there...if you feel like lookin' for him or her. It's wonderful world, isn't it?
Posted by: Derrick from Philly | 08 March 2010 at 11:40
I love how on all the straight gossip blogs all the comments are saying thank god it was a female cop. Not knowing that area is the trans stroll, lol.
Posted by: Dluv | 08 March 2010 at 19:03
“There’s someone for everybody out there...if you feel like lookin’ for him or her. It’s wonderful world, isn’t it?”
Is there someone new in your life, Derrick?
Posted by: Jim | 08 March 2010 at 22:21
:::Searching storage of old Halloween costumes for the right wig:::: LOL
It almost hurts your heart when artists we admire show their flawed humanity. :::sigh::::
Posted by: Cocoa Rican | 09 March 2010 at 09:20
I may be alone on this, but here goes. I think the real shame is not that he was near the "ho stroll" looking for some action, but that he got arrested. I personally feel that prostitution should not be illegal, but rather unionized, since it IS a profession. Also, I was wondering how that policewoman was dressed in order for De'Angelo to approach her like that. Was that entrapment?
And I do have to agree: there'd be plenty of women and men who'd give it to him for free! Remember that next time, De'Angelo...
Posted by: Rodney M. | 09 March 2010 at 14:05