14 DAY TRIAL // Rapper Afroman, real name Joseph Edgar Foreman, famous for the hit “Because I Got High,” was arrested the other night in Biloxi, Mississippi, and booked for assault after punching a female fan during a show.
Video of the powerful and unprovoked punch is available below. It also shows that Afroman continued performing even though he saw the woman was bleeding and crying, and this is also confirmed by eyewitnesses on the scene, TMZ reports.
No warning
The video shows a woman walking up on stage behind Afroman, dancing to the music. At one point, right before she’s punched in the face so hard she literally falls flat on her back, she appears to want to either twerk for the crowd or dance-rub on the rapper.
This is when he turns around, and without a warning or as much as a second look at his victim, he lands one powerful punch smack in her face. She goes down instantly and isn’t seen for a few seconds, but eventually gets up and stumbles down from the stage.
A man from the audience walks up to help her out, and leaves the stage shortly after her. Probably afraid of getting the same kind of treatment, he motions to the rapper that he means nothing more but to aid the woman.
Afroman acted in self-defense
The aforementioned celebrity publication says that the rapper continued to perform despite boos and screams from the audience, and even though he knew he’d hit a woman who didn’t do anything to him to warrant a violent response.
He played the entire scheduled set and left the venue when the lights went out. Police were waiting for him outside, called to the scene most likely by the woman, who, the report says, was bleeding and crying.
He was cuffed and booked for assault, and was released on bail, set at a very small amount. His attorney claims that he somehow acted in self-defense, because he just “reacted” to hearing someone on stage. Admittedly, he didn’t know if the person on stage was male or female - but even when he saw it was a woman, he didn’t stop to check on her.
The same attorney notes that security was lax at the event, which could mean that Afroman “reacted” this way because he was fearing for his personal safety.