CINCINNATI (WKRC) – Afroman is headed to court in an unusual lawsuit filed by Adams County Sheriff’s Office deputies over a music video that uses surveillance footage from a raid on his home.
The video is for Afroman’s 2023 song Lemon Pound Cake. The rapper, whose legal name is Joseph Foreman, allowed Local 12 to excerpt scenes from the video. The footage shows deputies serving a search warrant at his home while searching for marijuana after what they said was a tip from a confidential informant. Deputies found no illegal material, and Afroman was not charged with a crime.
Foreman said he created the song and video to recover losses after deputies broke his front gate and caused other damage while searching the property.
“I’m being a sport. I’m singing a humorous song about a man taking too many glances at my mom’s lemon pound cake. And he’s up in arms in court suing me about this. Uh, these, these are not sports,” Afroman said…