Rapper Niko arrested for drug pushing and dodging jail

(ANSA) - ROME, OCT 19 - Neapolitan 'neomelodic' rapper Niko was arrested Wednesday for drug pushing and dodging jail after he was sentenced recently.
    The 31-year-old singer, whose real name is Vincenzo Pandetta and who has two gold discs to his name for the single Pistols in my Fendi and the album Bella Vita, made himself scarce after publishing the news of his arrest on his social media platforms.
    The supreme Court of Cassation last month rejected his appeal against a four-year sentence for distributing narcotics.
    The sentence thus became definitive.
    Niko posted a photo of himself dressed as a Carabiniere on his Instagram profile on September 6 saying "Officer, you won't get us".
    The artist, who is the nephew of Camorra boss Turi Cappello, told his fans "I'll get out and you'll see me stronger than before".
    Five days ago he added "I've changed but I'll pay for my past as long as it takes to pay for it. I'm not going to flee the police, nor my responsibilities".
    His last photo, taken a few hours ago, shows him behind bars in Milan's Opera Prison.
    Police had tracked him down to the Quarto Oggiaro district of the Lombard capital. (ANSA).