Rapper Tone Loc was briefly detained by police at a Texas airport on Saturday after getting into a foul-mouthed confrontation with a teenager wearing a hat decorated with the Confederate flag.
A portion of the heated interaction between the Los Angeles rapper, whose real name is Anthony Terrell Smith, and the boy's parents was captured on video by a bystander at the Midland International Air & Space Port.
According to a witness account, the 53-year-old musician and producer, best known for his 1989 hits 'Wild Thing' and 'Funky Cold Medina,' spotted the teen with the Rebel flag hat at baggage claim and rebuked him for wearing the divisive symbol.
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Wild thing: Rapper Tone Loc, 53, got into a heated exchange with a family (left and right) at a Texas airport Saturday after spotting a teen wearing a hat with the Confederate flag
'It's f***ing America': The boy's mother (pictured) said told the rapper, whose real name is Anthony Terrell Smith, that his son can wear whatever he wants because 'it's f***ing America'
Hitmaker: Tone Loc performs onstage during KEarth's Totally 80's Show at Honda Center on January 26, 2018 in Anaheim, California
'How are you going to wear that in front of a black man?' Smith, who is African-American, reportedly told the teen, who is white.
The boy's parents came to their son's defense and told Smith that he had no right to speak to their son like that, pointing out that he is a minor, KOSA reported.
Smith apologized but continued insisting that the teen should not be wearing the Confederate flag.
The dispute quickly turned into an expletive-filled shouting match, which was recording by a bystander.
‘You ain't nobody!' the mother could be heard angrily shouting at Smith in the cellphone recording.
Two police officers approached and detained him
The argument later spilled out onto the sidewalk outside the airport, where the boy's father was heard telling the rapper that his son can wear 'whatever the f*** he wants.'
The mother chimed in, telling Smith, 'You know why he can wear it? Because it's f***ing America! Freedom of speech! Freedom of religion!’
Unimpressed by the woman's argument, Smith declared, ‘F*** all that Confederate s***.’
At that point a pair of uniformed Midland police officers approached the feuding parties and handcuffed Smith, drawing a strong-worded response from him.
Smith is best known for his 1989 hits 'Wild Thing' and 'Funky Cold Medina' (pictured right with Paula Abdul)
The Grammy Award-nominated artist was let go a short time later after both he and the teenager's family decided to part ways without filing any charges, according to the station KMID.
Saturday was not Smith’s first run-in with the law: the ‘80s' hitmaker was arrested on a domestic violence charge in Southern California back in 2011.
He later pleaded no contest and was sentenced to one day in county jail, three years of probation, community service and anger management counseling.
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Main photo article Rapper Tone Loc was briefly detained by police at a Texas airport on Saturday after getting into a foul-mouthed confrontation with a teenager wearing a hat decorated with the Confederate flag.
A portion of the heated interaction between the Los Angeles rapper, whose real name is Anthony Terrell...
It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.
Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.
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