Joseph Edgar Foreman, better known as Afroman, was recently sued by seven members of law enforcement who raided his home last August. Now, the rapper says he’s suing them back.
On Aug. 21, 2021, a number of armed Adams County Sheriff’s Office deputies pushed through the gate to Afroman’s property in Adams County, Ohio. Some of the deputies then knocked one of the doors off the hinges to gain entry to the residence itself.
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According to the search warrant authorized by Adams County Court Judge Roy E. Gabbert, the sheriff’s office claimed they had probable cause to believe they would find evidence of drug trafficking and kidnapping inside the rapper’s and his family’s home.
But they didn’t find any of that.
No criminal charges were filed. After a sustained furor arose over the raid, Adams County Sheriff Kimmy Rogers, months later, told the Cincinnati Enquirer that charges could be filed pending lab results.
The lab results apparently did not vindicate those claims about the rapper either. The Adams County Prosecutor’s Office said the raid failed to turn up any probative criminal evidence, Afroman’s attorney Anna Castellini told Cincinnati-based Fox affiliate WXIX.
But the raid did result in the online equivalent of a hit single for the rapper who is largely known for two comedic and marijuana-themed songs: “Because I Got High” and “Crazy Rap” aka “Colt 45.”
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