Post by JessieLou on Aug 8, 2011 20:38:51 GMT -5
I found this article by accident while I was reading something about Adele.
www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/5406694/Big-Boi-arrested-on-drug-charges
I guess there's a new OutKast album in the works!
www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/5406694/Big-Boi-arrested-on-drug-charges
Big Boi arrested on drug charges
Grammy-winning OutKast rapper Big Boi has been arrested in Miami on charges of illegally possessing drugs including ecstasy and Viagra pills, just weeks before his upcoming New Zealand show.
The rapper, whose real name is Antwan Patton, was charged with three counts of possession of a controlled substance and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia.
The Miami Herald reported that Big Boi faces a fourth count of possession of drug paraphernalia. Celebrity website TMZ.com said he was arrested by customs officials exiting a cruise ship, and that he'd been booked into jail in the afternoon but was released after posting a bond.
New Zealand promoters say they are checking to see if his Auckland show, at the Logan Campbell Centre on August 25, will still go ahead following his arrest.
An attorney for the rapper issued a statement saying he expects Big Boi will beat the charges.
"While Big Boi was travelling with his group and friends, a small amount of contraband was found in the collective luggage," attorney Daniel Kane said in a statement.
"I am confident when the entire facts are aired Big Boi will be completely exonerated."
Big Boi is best known as half of the groundbreaking rap duo OutKast, which includes Andre 3000.
The Atlanta-based group won six Grammys and churned out six platinum-plus albums, including Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, which sold more than 10 million copies.
Since then he has released a highly acclaimed solo album Sir Luscious Left Foot.
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Grammy-winning OutKast rapper Big Boi has been arrested in Miami on charges of illegally possessing drugs including ecstasy and Viagra pills, just weeks before his upcoming New Zealand show.
The rapper, whose real name is Antwan Patton, was charged with three counts of possession of a controlled substance and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia.
The Miami Herald reported that Big Boi faces a fourth count of possession of drug paraphernalia. Celebrity website TMZ.com said he was arrested by customs officials exiting a cruise ship, and that he'd been booked into jail in the afternoon but was released after posting a bond.
New Zealand promoters say they are checking to see if his Auckland show, at the Logan Campbell Centre on August 25, will still go ahead following his arrest.
An attorney for the rapper issued a statement saying he expects Big Boi will beat the charges.
"While Big Boi was travelling with his group and friends, a small amount of contraband was found in the collective luggage," attorney Daniel Kane said in a statement.
"I am confident when the entire facts are aired Big Boi will be completely exonerated."
Big Boi is best known as half of the groundbreaking rap duo OutKast, which includes Andre 3000.
The Atlanta-based group won six Grammys and churned out six platinum-plus albums, including Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, which sold more than 10 million copies.
Since then he has released a highly acclaimed solo album Sir Luscious Left Foot.
*Comments have been closed on this story.
I guess there's a new OutKast album in the works!