Booba and Kaaris: French rappers sentenced over airport brawl
[ad_1] Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Booba (pictured) is a well-known rival of Kaaris Two French rappers who were involved in a public brawl in an airport have been handed 18-month suspended sentences. Booba and Kaaris were arrested in August after a fight erupted in the terminal of Orly airport, footage of which was widely shared online. The pair are established rivals, and were arrested along with members of their respective entourages. A French court ordered both men to pay a €50,000 fine on top of their suspended sentences. Nine other defendants were handed sentences of up to 12 months each. The fight erupted on 1 August when Booba – whose real identity is 41-year-old Elie Yaffa – met his rival Kaaris, née Okou Gnakouri, 38, in the terminal. Both rappers were on their way to Barcelona - and ended up in the same part of the airport. The two men had previously collaborated with one another, but had fallen out in recent ye...