Local artist 2G.Kaash arrested on murder charge in Grand Prairie, authorities say

Local artist 2G.Kaash was arrested Friday in Grand Prairie in connection with the slaying of a 33-year-old man in January, authorities say.

The rapper, whose legal name is Ghazi Harris, was detained at a hip-hop concert at the Texas Trust CU Theatre in the 1000 block of Texas Trust Way in Grand Prairie, authorities said. It was unclear whether he had an attorney.

Harris, 20, faces a murder charge in connection with the killing of Khurram Ali, who was found with a gunshot wound in a vehicle Jan. 19 about 10:40 p.m. in the 6000 block of North Central Expressway in Dallas, according to an arrest-warrant affidavit. Ali was taken to a hospital, where he died.

Harris is a rapper from Irving who’d recently signed a record deal with Atlantic Records and Sniper Gang Records, the label of acclaimed rapper Kodak Black, according to the Dallas Observer. Harris had several hits with singles including “Nobody Love,” “Never Lost” and “Walk Down,” the Observer reported.

Black, who has sold more than 30 million singles, was performing Friday at the Grand Prairie venue where Harris was arrested by the U.S. Marshals and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, authorities said.

A security guard who was near the shooting that killed Ali told Dallas police he noticed two vehicles — one with Ali and the other with the suspect — parked next to each other when Ali’s vehicle took off and struck a different unoccupied vehicle, the affidavit says. The guard said a trash bag fell out of Ali’s vehicle, and then one person exited and ran to the suspect’s vehicle, according to the affidavit.

The security guard said he heard a gunshot and saw two other people run from Ali’s vehicle to the suspect’s vehicle, which then drove off, the affidavit says. A different security guard told police he saw three people run to the suspect’s vehicle, according to the affidavit. A detective obtained surveillance footage of the shooting, the affidavit notes.

Authorities searched Ali’s vehicle and found two cell phones, both of which belonged to Ali, the affidavit says. Police found texts to Ali from someone whose Cash App was $Kaash2G, according to the affidavit. Police said they opened the Cash App on one of the phones and saw the same $Kaash2G account and a $60 payment for an Uber ride in December. The account’s profile picture was an image of Harris, police wrote in the affidavit.

The text thread included messages setting up a meeting time and location, as well as photos of “what appear to be illegal narcotics,” the affidavit says. The last text from that same number to Ali was at 10:53 p.m. and read, “You gone try to runoff on me?,” according to the affidavit.

Police obtained the sender’s cell phone records, and confirmed the phone was at the same location as Ali when he was killed, the affidavit says. Ali’s friend told investigators that he was meeting with Harris to buy marijuana, according to the affidavit.

Handprints taken from Ali’s vehicle were searched in a national database and matched Harris’ palm print, the affidavit says.

Harris remained in the Dallas County jail on Monday. He was denied bond, according to court records.

Harris has faced a murder charge in the past. He was arrested in February 2021 in connection with the killing of Keenon Culver, 35, in Irving. A grand jury later declined to indict him, according to court records.