Rapper Afroman sued by police for using raid footage in music videos WIKIMEDIA COMMONS \/ YOUTUBE: OGAFROMANSeven law enforcement officers in Ohio are suing the rapper Afroman for using footage of their raid on his house in music videos. Police officers who conducted an armed raid of the rapper\u2019s home last year have filed a lawsuit against him for invasion of privacy and emotional distress after he used footage of it in his music videos. Afroman, whose real name is Joseph Foreman, had his house raided in August 2022 by the Adam\u2019s County Sheriff\u2019s Office. The Ohio officers were acting on a warrant asserting probable cause for narcotics being stored and kidnappings taking place on the property. No evidence of criminal activity was found on the property, and no charges were filed. According to reports, Afroman himself was not present during the raid. His wife, however, was there and \u201crecorded portions of the search on her phone,\u201d while several security video cameras in the home also captured \u201cportions of the search.\u201d In the footage, police were seen ramming down the rapper\u2019s door, searching his wardrobe, opening CD cases, and at one point glancing at a lemon pound cake on his counter. Afroman would later use the footage of officers searching his home in music videos, mocking the situation. These music videos include \u2018Why You Disconnecting My Camera,\u2019 \u2018Will You Help Me Repair My Door\u2019 and \u2018Lemon Pound Cake.\u2019 The seven law enforcement officers argue they are entitled to all the profits made from using their \u201cpersonas,\u201d including song revenue, music videos, merchandise sales, and concert tickets. They have also requested an injunction to take down all photos, videos, and posts about the raid. Responding in an Instagram post, Afroman promised to countersue \u201cfor the undeniable damage this had on my clients, family, career, and property.\u201d \u201cMy video footage is my property,\u201d he argued, adding that he used the raid footage to \u201craise money to pay for the damages\u201d he claims were done to his home and possessions. For more entertainment news and other viral stories, be sure to check out our hub.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Rapper Afroman sued by police for using raid footage in music videos WIKIMEDIA COMMONS \/ YOUTUBE: OGAFROMANSeven law enforcement officers in Ohio are suing the rapper Afroman for using footage of their raid on his house in music videos. Police officers who conducted an armed raid of the rapper\u2019s home last year have filed a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}