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Afroman Was Filmed Punching a Woman on Stage Last Night

Footage shows "Because I Got High" singer knocking a female fan to the ground.
Ryan Bassil
London, GB

Post by Adam White.

Afroman—the guy behind the world's most iconic puff-puff-pass anthem "Because I Got High"—has long-been a cult hero in the Rolling Stoned world. His theme-song gave burn-outs the perfect excuse for not doing anything. But not anymore.

While Afroman was performing at a show in Biloxi, Mississippi last night, a female fan found her way on stage and started dancing next to Afroman when—suddenly and without warning - he turned around and socked her in the jaw. As you'll see in the video above the woman went down hard, yet Afroman keeps on playing, oblivious to the fact he's just knocked a woman out in a room full of people.

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He has since been arrested (and released on bail for $330). TMZ reports that Afroman's rep says the rapper had no idea if the fan was a man or a woman—he was just reacting to someone being on stage. Which, if true, would mean he knew there was at least 50 percent chance it was a woman.

Afroman's story follows an incident last week at a Ghostface Killah show when, after being told to "eat a dick", the Wu-Tang member urged the crowd to beat down on a fan.

UPDATE: While one immediate reaction to the video is that there did not appear to be enough security at the show, Chase Taylor, the owner of the Biloxi nightclub where the incident happened, told local news station WLOX News that this was not the case. "We had roughly 12-15 security guards in a crowd of 500 people," Taylor told WLOX. "Kress Live does not condone this type of behavior. We like to keep a safe environment, and we addressed the situation the best way we could."

A rep for Afroman offered the following prepared statement to Billboard: "This was a completely involuntary reflex reaction to people infringing on his stage space. It was uncharacteristic behavior that was initiated by outside uncontrolled forces."

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