Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden met with rapper DaBaby just weeks after the Charlotte native drew controversy for filming a music video that reenacted the fatal light rail stabbing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska.

The sheriff’s office announced the sit-down in a post on social media Saturday evening, sharing a photo of McFadden seated beside the 33-year-old rapper, whose real name is Jonathan Lyndale Kirk.

Both men flashed peace signs in the photo, sitting side by side on a couch in an undisclosed location.

“Yesterday, Sheriff McFadden sat down with DaBaby to discuss important issues and potential collaborations,” the sheriff’s office wrote in the caption. 6

“Stay tuned to what’s cooking up.”

The post didn’t say what kind of project the pair discussed. A sheriff’s

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