Gunplay attributes the 2023 incident that resulted in his arrest to his estranged wife’s supposed mental health struggles.
In a preview of his forthcoming interview with K. Foxx on 99 Jamz Miami, the rapper finally spoke out about the situation, where he’s accused of threatening wife Vonshae Taylor-Morales with an AK-47 while she was holding their baby.
“Who does that, bro?” the 45-year-old rapper asked when questioned about the incident. “I was just at Fleming’s Steakhouse the night of, and like a couple hours later, I woke up and I was, like, in a cell with two bologna sandwiches and a jumper. I couldn’t understand what just happened.”
Gunplay, whose real name is Richard Welton Morales Jr., said the whole situation caught him completely off guard. “She just flipped the switch out of nowhere and, you know hindsight is 20/20 when I just look at [it]overall,” he said.
He went on to explain, “I did my research, okay? and the things that she fell under were NPD, that’s narcissistic personality disorder, and it’s a real disorder that people don’t go get diagnosed for because they don’t feel that nothing’s wrong. They live in their own bubble, their own reality, they have their own delusions … that’s a protective shell around them.”
Meanwhile, Gunplay maintains he “always knew” he would eventually be cleared.
“I always knew I was gonna be vindicated cause I didn’t do anything, but I just knew that this was gonna be a process I was gonna have to go through by myself. This was gonna be a spiritual journey that I was gonna have to go through by myself.”
Gunplay was taken into custody in August 2023 facing several charges including aggravated battery, false imprisonment, and child abuse. Officials claim he aimed an AK-47 at his wife and their six-month-old baby during a dispute, allegations he firmly denies. The rapper was held at Miami’s Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center before posting bond and being released.
