A Bronx drill rapper with ties to hip-hop superstar Cardi B is facing 25 years in prison for a slew of felony charges over a pair of violent robberies in the Boogie Down — including a stickup involving a 5-year-old, authorities said.
Rapper Dougie B, whose real name is Arion Howard, was among five goons who allegedly ambushed a 33-year-old dad and his young son inside an apartment in the Belmont neighborhood on Aug. 27, according to a Bronx Criminal Court complaint.
After Howard, 23, allegedly blocked the man and his child from escaping the Cambreleng Avenue dwelling, another perp flashed a gun at the dad and seized his phone, which was used to drain $2,500 from his cash accounts, authorities said in court records.
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The rapper and his accomplices were busted by police nine days later, after he and four others allegedly carried out another violent robbery in the same building, according to a second Bronx Criminal Court complaint.