{"id":29150,"date":"2023-01-11T00:37:23","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T00:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2023\/01\/11\/afroman-turns-security-footage-of-bullshit-raid-of-his-home-into-viral-rap-video-hit\/"},"modified":"2023-01-11T00:37:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T00:37:23","slug":"afroman-turns-security-footage-of-bullshit-raid-of-his-home-into-viral-rap-video-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2023\/01\/11\/afroman-turns-security-footage-of-bullshit-raid-of-his-home-into-viral-rap-video-hit\/","title":{"rendered":"Afroman Turns Security Footage Of Bullshit Raid Of His Home Into Viral Rap Video Hit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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from the every-so-often,-the-police-fuck-themselves<\/i> dept<\/h3>\n

Rap artist Afroman\u2019s biggest hit is \u201cBecause I Got High<\/a>,\u201d a track that details how his best intentions were undone by his weed intake. So, one might reasonably suspect marijuana might be found at his residence. But there\u2019s very little that\u2019s reasonable about what happened to Afroman four months ago<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Earlier this year, he became yet another statistic: a black person whose house was raided by heavily armed officers, all over the supposed existence of drugs and paraphernalia. But it\u2019s not just about the raid. It\u2019s about the damage done, which goes beyond the door officers destroyed en route<\/a> to finding almost nothing but some loose cash they decided to keep.<\/p>\n

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After the Adams County Sheriff\u2019s Office conducted a raid on his Ohio property in 2022 with a warrant for drug trafficking and kidnapping, Afroman, real name Joseph Foreman, told VICE he lost out on gigs and felt angry and powerless. He channeled that energy into a pair of songs, \u201cLemon Pound Cake\u201d and \u201cWill You Help Me Repair My Door,\u201d with music videos that feature actual footage of deputies smashing their way onto his property, rifling through his belongings, and checking out the baked goods sitting on his counter before they cut power to his personal security cameras altogether. Clips from Afroman\u2019s music videos have since\u00a0gone viral on TikTok<\/a>. He was never charged with a crime, and maintains that the sheriff\u2019s department stole $400 of his money that they seized during the raid.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Fortunately for Afroman, his cameras were rolling. From that unjustified invasion of privacy, he managed to salvage a viral video<\/a>, which racked up more than a million views in nine days.<\/p>\n

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