Snoop Dogg was released on bail Thursday after a fracas over access to a first-class lounge at Heathrow Airport, which injured seven police officers, his lawyers said.
The 34-year-old rapper was driven away from the airport's police station, police said, while speaking on condition of anonymity in line with department policy. They did not give details of five other men arrested with him.
"Snoop has been released on bail," said his attorney, Peter Binning. "He will return at a later date."
Binning declined to reveal the amount of money posted for the rapper's bail, and said that Snoop, whose real name is Calvin Broadus, has not been not charged with any offense.
London's Metropolitan Police said officers responded late Wednesday to reports of a disturbance involving 30 people at British Airways' first-class lounge.
When officers told the group they wouldn't be allowed to board their flight, "a number of the group became abusive and pushed officers," a police spokeswoman said on the force's customary condition of anonymity.
The six men were arrested on charges of "violent disorder and affray" - or creating a brawl or disturbance - and spent the night at London police stations. Police said all those arrested were U.S. citizens in their 30s.
Seven officers received cuts, bruises and other minor injuries, the force said.
Snoop and his party were denied entry into the lounge because some were flying first class while others were flying economy class, said Richard Goodfellow, a spokesman for British Airways.
"They became very rude and abusive to our staff and we took the decision to ... refuse them travel," Goodfellow said.
Snoop's performance in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Thursday will be rescheduled, but others set for the weekend will go on as planned, Binning said.
A former associate of Los Angeles gang the Crips, Snoop built his early career on recordings offering gritty details of gang life.
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