Aussie rapper charged for having sex with 12-year-old

An Australian rapper from Sydney's southwest has been charged with having sex with a 12-year-old girl he met through social media, Fairfax Media reported on Wednesday.

Noor Raad, who raps under the name Thundah MC, was arrested at his home in Bankstown, in Sydney on Tuesday after a tip-off to the New South Wales State Crime Command's Child Abuse Squad that an underage girl had been procured online for sex.

Police will allege Raad, 21, spoke to the young girl on social media and then arranged to meet her in person.

They allegedly met once in May and had sexual intercourse.

He has been charged with sexual intercourse with a child aged 10-16 and using a carriage service to procure persons under 16 years of age.

Police searched his unit on Tuesday and seized a mobile phone, desktop computers, laptops, cameras, portable media and storage devices including USBs

Two days before his arrest, he posted a message on Facebook saying; "Feeling really down atm [at the moment]."

Raad appears to be an avid social media user with a small fan base across Facebook, Instagram, Periscope, Snapchat, Kik and Soundcloud.

In one his social media post, he said he started rapping this year and practises every day, hoping to achieve "greatness".

He is an occasional user of live video-sharing website YouNow and has shared videos of young girls singing pop songs or talking to him.

Raad had applied for bail in Bankstown Local Court on Tuesday but was refused.

He will reappear in Burwood Local Court on November 23 to answer to those charges. Enditem