Because he got raided.<\/p>\n
A flamboyantly dressed Afroman clashed with Ohio law enforcement in court Tuesday, leaving one deputy in tears as the rapper testified in a lawsuit filed by a sheriff\u2019s office over his 2022 satirical music video.<\/a><\/p>\n The 51-year-old \u201cBecause I Got High\u201d rapper, whose real name is Joseph Foreman, blamed the Adams County Sheriff\u2019s Office for the high-profile court case after it executed a search warrant at his home in August 2022.<\/p>\n \u201cAll of this is their fault,\u201d Foreman, clad in a red, white and blue suit with matching sunglasses, told the court on Tuesday, according to WCPO. <\/a><\/p>\n Rapper Afroman testifies in Adams County court during his suit against the sheriff\u2019s office on March 17, 2026. WCPO 9, \/Facebook<\/p>\n \u201cIf they hadn\u2019t wrongly raided my house, there would be no lawsuit, I would not know their names, they wouldn\u2019t be on my home surveillance system, and there would be no songs \u2026 my money would still be intact.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Afroman wrote the song \u201cLemon Pound Cake\u201d about the raid on his Winchester home, using security footage of officers storming side.<\/p>\n The song title was inspired by one of the cops in the raid, who had glanced at a lemon pound cake in the kitchen inside the home.<\/p>\n Four deputies, two sergeants and a detective with the sheriff\u2019s office filed the suit alleging that the music video, which has been viewed over 3 million times since December 2022, defamed them, invaded their constitutional privacy and was an intentional infliction of emotional distress.<\/p>\n The agents had been acting on a warrant asserting probable cause for narcotics being stored and kidnappings taking place on the property.\u00a0<\/p>\n No evidence of criminal activity was found on the property, and no charges were filed.<\/p>\n Adams County sheriff\u2019s agents outside Foreman\u2019s home during the raid in August 2022. YouTube \/ ogafroman<\/p>\n Foreman claims his front gate leading to his house was damaged during the raid. YouTube \/ ogafroman<\/p>\n Sheriff\u2019s deputies inside Foreman\u2019s home while executing the search warrant. YouTube \/ ogafroman<\/p>\n During the raid, captured on multiple cameras at Foreman\u2019s home, deputies broke down a front gate, busted down a door and caused other damage around the property.<\/p>\n Foreman previously said he created the \u201cfunny rap song\u201d to make money and pay for the damages.<\/p>\n He continued to create a series of videos leading up to the trial that featured footage of the raid and the names of the law enforcement agents involved.<\/p>\n Adams County Deputy Sheriff Lisa Phillips breaks down while on the stand during the Afroman trial on March 16, 2026.<\/p>\n Afroman attends the \u201cJay and Silent Bob Strike Back\u201d premiere on Aug. 15, 2001. Getty Images<\/p>\n Lisa Phillips, an Adams County deputy sheriff, was called into work to help execute the warrant despite being off duty that day, she told the court, according to the outlet.<\/a><\/p>\n Phillips has been a target of Foreman\u2019s satire as he released several posts, including a 13-minute music video that featured highly suggestive innuendos directed at the official.<\/p>\n Phillips broke out in tears as the video was played in court on Monday.<\/p>\n On Tuesday, another official on the raid, Sgt. Randy Walters, was questioned on the type of harassment from Foreman he had been the subject of since the raid.<\/p>\n During his testimony, Walters was asked if he had been called a \u201cson of a bitch,\u201d with the sergeant saying he was, but nothing that was published online.<\/p>\n