US rap star held after gun found

The rapper plays a soldier in US TV series Over There

US rapper Sticky Fingaz has been arrested after allegedly leaving an unlicensed gun in a hotel room.

Police said a handgun was found in Manhattan hotel Flatotel, in a room in which the rapper had been staying.

Sticky Fingaz, whose real name is Kirk Jones, was not licensed to carry a weapon. He was subsequently arrested.

Jones, 35, was a member of rap group Onyx and appeared in 2004 movie Flight of the Phoenix. He currently stars in US television series Over There.

The drama series, about US soldiers in Iraq, features Jones as a character named Smoke who joins the army to avoid a prison sentence.

Jones' agent declined to comment about the star's arrest on Wednesday.