Cyndi Lauper’s rapper son Dex, 26, flashes a peace sign after appearing in court on gun charges following shooting in Harlem

Cyndi Lauper’s rapper son ‘Dex’ flashed a peace sign today after appearing in court on gun charges following a shooting in Harlem.

Declyn “Dex” Lauper, 26, attended Manhattan Supreme Court Tuesday morning for a procedural hearing after his actor His father bailed him out with a $20,000 bond.

He wore a yellow bomber jacket with glasses and his hair in braids during his final appearance at the courthouse. Dex also gave a thumbs up at the courthouse shortly after his hearing.

He was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a loaded firearm, according to court documents.

Dex was taken into custody after a shooting occurred Thursday in Harlem in the area near 135 W. 112th St., where a 24-year-old man was found shot in the leg near an apartment building.

Cyndi Lauper’s husband, actor David Thornton, was previously pictured bailing their son out of jail with a pile of cash. He also accompanied Dex to his hearing on Tuesday.

Wearing a black jacket, blue shirt, stripped tie and a red and gray scarf, Thornton posted his son’s $20,000 bond Friday at a New York City Department of Correction facility.

Prosecutors requested bail of $50,000 cash or $150,000 surety, reported Daily news from New Yorkbut a judge granted $20,000 bail.

After Dex was released, father and son were escorted out of the building with their attorney.

Dex was arrested Wednesday after police searched the area for evidence and found him with a loaded gun and drugs in his possession. ABC7 reported.

The 24-year-old victim was also charged with criminal possession of a weapon and is reportedly in stable condition at Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital.

According to the criminal complaint filed, Dex was found with a fanny pack containing a Glock with seven rounds in the magazine. The complaint stated that he possessed the weapon “with the intent to use it unlawfully against another.”

Dex, the only son of the Girls Just Want to Have Fun singer and Thornton, has been in trouble with the authorities before.

He was arrested after being found in possession of a stolen 2014 Mercedes Benz during a July 14, 2022, memorial service for an aspiring rapper named Ethan Reyes, who was fatally stabbed days earlier.

Dex was arrested while sitting in the idling vehicle that was double-parked at the intersection of 140th Street and Broadway, the New York Post reported.

Prosecutors in the case said Dex told police officers when questioned about the vehicle, “You probably know who I am.”

Dex entered a guilty plea to disorderly conduct with no jail time in connection with the incident.

As a condition of his plea deal, Dex was ordered by the Manhattan Criminal Court to avoid further trouble for a year; and performing a community service order that lasted five days. According to the newspaper, he faces up to a year in prison if convicted.

After the October 2022 court hearing, Dex was seen smoking marijuana (which is legal in New York City) with friends as he boarded an SUV parked outside the courthouse.

In a post to Instagram Stories that day, Dex posted an image of a smoke-filled vehicle with the caption, “Court.”

Dex, who has collaborated with rapper G-Eazy in the past, told the Post at the time that he and his famous mother had collaborated on musical material.

“My mom and I have a few songs that we recorded,” he says the newspaper said at the timeadding that the end of the earlier case was “absolutely a blessing” for him.

Lauper told me last year Vanity fair that Dex’s musical tastes tended to be “more underground,” adding, “He’s on SoundCloud and he’s a great artist.”

In the chat, Lauper talked about the balance between parenting and her career.

“People said I was so career-driven, but once the child came I looked at how I could support everything: making a record, going on tour – and my husband said, ‘Go to Europe, I’ve got him,’” she said. ‘I sometimes took my son on tour, but he needed his own space.’