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Afroman’s House Raided By Ohio Police As They Reportedly Searched For Drugs At “Because I Got High” Rapper’s Home

<p><strong>Afroman<&sol;strong> had his Ohio home <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;blueface-says-chrisean-rock-is-in-police-custody-after-they-were-involved-in-another-public-altercation&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">raided by police<&sol;a>&comma; who came in with guns drawn&comma; as they tore his place apart looking for reported drugs&comma; according to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2022&sol;08&sol;22&sol;afroman-home-raided-police-ohio-drugs&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><strong>TMZ<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The &&num;8220&semi;Because I Got High&&num;8221&semi; rapper&comma; originally from Palmdale&comma; California&comma; told the outlet that the Adams County Sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s Department literally knocked his door down and entered with guns drawn&comma; during a search for narcotics on Sunday&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For his part&comma; the 48-year-old says he wasn&&num;8217&semi;t sure why they thought he was hiding illegal drugs&comma; as all that they turned up was a jar of hemp and a vape pen&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Photos obtained by TMZ show a door torn off of its hinges and on the floor&comma; as well as officers searching a bedroom and cop cars parked outside his home&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Afroman&comma; who&&num;8217&semi;s real name is Joseph Foreman&comma; wasn&&num;8217&semi;t even home at the time of the raid&comma; and was in Chicago&comma; but was notified by his neighbors upon his return&comma; who showed him video and photos of the raid&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Officers Break Down Door With Guns Drawn&comma; Find Nothing Of Note In Drug Raid<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The rapper told TMZ that this latest attempted drug bust&comma; which ultimately turned up nothing of note&comma; is complete bulls&ast;&ast;&ast; and added he&&num;8217&semi;s likely being profiled over his music&comma; which often includes themes of drugs and alcohol&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1561715090486726656" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His biggest hit&comma; which was about getting high&comma; was back in 2000&comma; so it&&num;8217&semi;s unclear as to why he would be profiled over his music now&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Afroman is no stranger to law enforcement&comma; however&comma; with <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;afroman-avoids-jail-time-for-punching-fan-ordered-to-get-counseling-and-fined&sol;"><strong>The Shade Room<&sol;strong><&sol;a> reporting back in 2015 that the rapper punched a fan on stage during a performance that year at Mardi Gras in Biloxi&comma; Mississippi&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But he did express outrage over the latest legal issue following Sunday&&num;8217&semi;s raid&comma; and took to Instagram afterward to add some more context as to why this search could have happened&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Afroman Accuses Police Department Of Retaliation After Reportedly Filing Burglary Report&comma; Rapper Claims<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Afroman accused the department of retaliation&comma; and hinted that the raid may have had something to do with him checking on a police report regarding a burglary at his home&comma; which he says upset the ACSD&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<section id&equals;"cb-c04344a3485b8036bc49d24ebd8c703c" class&equals;"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default " data-context&equals;"&lbrace;&quot&semi;section&quot&semi;&colon;&quot&semi;permalink&quot&semi;&comma;&quot&semi;name&quot&semi;&colon;&quot&semi;text&lowbar;block&quot&semi;&rcub;">&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;One time my house got burglarize while I was on tour&period; For home insurance purposes I tried to fill out a police report&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he writes&period; &&num;8220&semi;The cop came out three days later he told me they was really busy&period; He took my report&period; I would call every day and see if there was any progress being made&period; The Adams county sheriff department threaten to arrest me for checc-ing up on the case too frequently&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<&sol;section>&NewLine;<p>https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;TMZ&sol;status&sol;567849625123614720<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The rapper went on to say that he &&num;8220&semi;expected&&num;8230&semi; the police department &lpar;to&rpar; not protect and serve me as a Black man in America&comma;&&num;8221&semi; and likened the raid to what &&num;8220&semi;Donald Trump calls&&num;8230&semi; witch-hunts&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;I excepted the fact that the police department is not necessary here to protect and serve me a blacc man in America so I just took my loss and never called bacc&period; Now here they are kicc-ing in my door looking for weapons of mass destruction and 100&comma;000&comma;000 pounds of weed lol wow Donald Trump calls these investigations witchhunts&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<section id&equals;"cb-ae55b59391a21f6969644c7dec801125" class&equals;"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--hip-hop ">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"image-block">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"img-wrapper">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"magnify-icon icon icon-lg">The sheriff&&num;8217&semi;s department did not immediately respond to requests for comment&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;section>&NewLine;<p>Following his 2015 arrest for assaulting a fan&comma; Afroman was forced to take anger management classes as well as drug tests while on probation&period; He faced six months in jail had he violated the terms of his release&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1559501192690110466" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Rapper&&num;8217&semi;s Music Has Recently Found It&&num;8217&semi;s Way Inside Courtroom&comma; As He Plans Upcoming Canadian Tour<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Oddly enough&comma; Afroman&&num;8217&semi;s music has found its way into the courtroom in recent years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A 17-year-old arrested for possessing a marijuana pipe was forced to listen to Afroman&&num;8217&semi;s song &&num;8220&semi;Because I Got High&&num;8221&semi; and write a report about it by a Massachusetts District Court judge&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;mtv&period;com&sol;news&sol;16fd1q&sol;teen-sentenced-to-listen-to-afroman-because-he-got-high"><strong>MTV<&sol;strong><&sol;a> reported in December 2021&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Matthew Fournier of East Hartford&comma; Connecticut&comma; was sentenced Wednesday in Springfield to listen to the &&num;8220&semi;stupid rap song&comma;&&num;8221&semi; as Judge Nancy Dusek-Gomez referred to Afroman&&num;8217&semi;s 2000 hit&comma; while emphasizing the line &&num;8220&semi;Now&comma; I&&num;8217&semi;m a quadriplegic and I know why&sol; Because I got high&comma;&&num;8221&semi; according to the Associated Press&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The judge continued the case for six months and said she would dismiss misdemeanor alcohol and drug charges&comma; if the teen completed his report on the song and stayed away from liquor and drugs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Afroman has kept a steady profile on social media&comma; and has turned up in a number of fan photographs in recent weeks&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He is planning a fall tour throughout Canada&comma; according to a tweet last week&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; 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