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Published 10:19 19 Mar 2026 GMT
Cop breaks down in tears in court over Afroman's music video mocking failed police raid
Rapper Afroman has caused a scene when he took to the stand in a defamation law suit, managing to leave one deputy police officer in tears.
The 51-year-old musician, best known for his 2000 hit 'Because I Got High', is being sued over a 2022 music video for his track 'Lemon Pound Cake', which incorporated actual footage from a police raid of Afroman's house that same year.
The title of the song was inspired by one of the officers who took part in the raid, who glanced at the very same cake while searching Afroman's kitchen. During the trial, Afroman was dressed in an eye-catching suit referencing the American flag.
Lisa Phillips, a deputy sheriff for Adams County broke down in tears at the court when the video was played. The music video features many innuendos directed towards the officials who had conducted the raid, which included Phillips.
Why was Afroman taken to court?
This all stems over the incident that led Afroman to release the song and video for 'Lemon Pound Cake'.
The 'Lemon Pound Cake' visuals were taken from security camera footage at his property during the raid in 2022; no criminal charges were brought as a result of the raid. The rapper is now being sued by four of the officials featured in the video, who are saying the visuals invaded their constitutional right to privacy.
But on the stand, Afroman - dressed in his signature coif with both a suit and sunglasses that directly referenced the American flag - remained resolute.
"All of this is their fault," said the rapper, real name Joseph Foreman. "If they hadn’t wrongly raided my house, there would be no lawsuit, I would not know their names, they wouldn’t be on my home surveillance system, and there would be no songs … my money would still be intact."
Foreman had originally put the visuals for 'Lemon Pound Cake' together to help him recoup costs from the damages his property had been subject to during the search.
Why was Afroman's home raided in the first place?
The raid had originally taken place in August 2022 on a warrant asserting probable cause for narcotics being stored and kidnappings taking place at the property.
But following the raid, no charges were brought against Foreman, since no evidence of criminal activities was found.
The rapper clipped the footage together of the raid, which features four deputies, two sergeants and a detective that took part in the raid.
During the raid, a front gate was broken, a door was busted down and other damage was caused to the property throughout the search.
The rapper's defence team has argued that 'Lemon Pound Cake' and its visuals are protected by free speech.