Weed-puffin’ Afroman won civil lawsuit with deputies

Afroman prevails.

Blog King, Mass Appeal

CINCY — “🎵I was gonna go to court before I got high 🚬 (ooh-ooh-ooh)…🎵” Afroman (né Joseph Foreman) made headlines after he came out victorious in his civil defamation lawsuit with Adams County sheriff’s deputies. If you recall, the 51-year-old rapper found weed-puffin’ success with his 2001 hit song “Because I Got High🌿.” We ain’t heard sh*t from that n*gga since. As for the lawsuit? All hell broke loose when officers obtained a warrant and raided Afroman’s home in Cincinnati, Ohio in August 2022 amid allegations of drug trafficking and kidnapping. They found zero evidence of either, but the probe resulted in serious destruction of Afroman’s property and one of the cops stole $400. Rather than let bygones be bygones, a pissed-off Afroman released a chronicled diss album mocking the deputies. He even addressed some of ’em by name.

In his song “Randy Walters Is A Son Of A Bitch,” Afroman unloaded on Deputy Walters, saying, “I f*cked his wife!” In his other track “Lemon Pound Cake,” Afroman said, “The Adams County Sheriff kicked down my door. Then I heard the glass break. They found no kidnapping victims. Just some lemon pound cake.” Then, to add kerosene to the blazing inferno🔥, Afroman used home security camera footage of the raid in his music videos.

Deputies sought reprisal by suing his black ass for $4 million in damages.

The 3-day trial — which began on March 16, 2026 — has since reached its cessation.

Jurors ruled in favor of Afroman after his attorney gave ’em a spill about free speech and First Amendment rights.

“In all circumstances, the jury finds in favor of the defendant; no plaintiff verdict prevailed,” said Judge Jonathan Hein.

Even though he won, a lachrymose Afroman was ordered to pay 50 percent of court costs.

He talked sh*t to reporters afterwards.

“I didn’t win, America won,” Afroman said.

“America still has freedom of speech.”

Donning an American flag suit, Afroman told court members a mendacious 304 informant lied and told police he had several keys of cocaine and a dungeon of popsies held captive in the basement.

A squad of rifle-wielding deputies busting his door down moments later.

Afroman wasn’t there, but his wife and two children were.

Fortunately, they weren’t harmed.

Do you agree with the verdict?

Did deputies overstep their bounds?

Watch Afroman’s court appearance, music videos and interviews.

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