Afroman hits a female fan who climbs up on stage

[Sage Ninja]

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A video shows the rapper and guitarist playing his guitar Tuesday at a concert in Biloxi, Mississippi, when he whirls around and apparently slugs a woman who was dancing on stage behind him. After she goes down, he continues to play.

“On 17 February 15, the Biloxi Police Department responded to a reported assault at the Kress Live Entertainment Venue involving Mr. Joseph Edgar Foreman who performs under the stage name Afroman,” the Biloxi Police Department arrest report read. “Mr. Foreman was arrested for Assault as a result of a Citizen’s Affidavit, booked in, and released after paying a 330 Dollar Bond.”

“My understanding is (the woman) got up on stage, and he hit her,” Police Chief John Miller told the Biloxi Sun Herald.

On the video, the woman gets up and looks back at Afroman in surprise. An audience member climbs on stage and leads her away.

Wednesday afternoon, Afroman apologized for the incident, telling “TMZ Live” that he’s going to be “enrolling in an anxiety foundation right now.”

“I’m here to apologize,” he said. “I need some help.”

He said that he had been heckled by a man off-stage and was irritated by the women who got on stage, and he added that security should have taken action.

Nevertheless, he shouldn’t have lashed out, he said.

“It was wrong,” he said. “What happened shouldn’t have happened.”

The rapper has had trouble with fans getting on stage before, a rep told Billboard.

“This was a completely involuntary reflex reaction to people infringing on his stage space,” the rep said in a statement. “It was uncharacteristic behavior that was initiated by outside uncontrolled forces.” The rep blamed poor security at the venue, Kress Live.

Afroman had a big hit in 2000 with “Because I Got High.”

I don't know. The girl definitely should not have been up on the stage and she certainly should not have twerking right next to him...but his reaction just seemed out of proportion to what she did. A lot of the people in the comments section are saying that she deserved it because he did not know if she was a man or a woman. But he clearly saw her climb up on stage. He did not see any guys climb on stage. Just the girl. Some people say that he probably feared an attack. Which is possible since performers have been killed by wayward fans stepping up to the stage. But some how I do not think he genuinely felt threatened. I think he was just annoyed she was disrupting his performance. If you see some of the reactions to this, you will see that some people are turning this into a race or gender wars thing. Like if a male fan got fresh with a female performer and she decked him it would not be an issue. I'm not sure how I feel about that. What about you guys, do you think Afroman's reaction was uncalled for?

[The Stryker]

All he needs to say is that he did it because he got high.

Problem solved.

[Creativemind]

He certainly has problems.

[BubblyShell22]

I saw this on TMZ Live, and he said that he did it because he was under stress and that he shouldn't have done it. But I think he's definitely got some anger issues and really needs help for it.

[turtlefanforever]

sticky situation. Low security place, someone unexpectedly gets on stage in your space. it'd be understandable to instinctually throw a punch, but in his remorseful apology he appears to admit having knowledge of it being a women and not being the right thing to do but doing it anyway.

[BubblyShell22]

It doesn't matter whether it was a man or a woman. It would have been different if she had hit him or something, but she didn't. She was just dancing, and he turned around and clocked her one. Bad move.

[shuriken]

Originally Posted by The Stryker

All he needs to say is that he did it because he got high.

Problem solved.

Pretty much

[Leo656]

Tough call after what happened to Dimebag Darrell. Fan just ran up on stage and shot him dead. Only takes a second. Do you want to hit anybody? No, course not, but when someone's suddenly that close to you, anything at all could happen and you have to protect yourself. Shouldn't have happened, but plenty of blame to go around.

Unfortunate situation. Security should have stepped in before it got that far, no matter who it was.

[Amaranthus]

I'm going to be perfectly honest.
If I gave a show and some drunk lowlife crawled on the stage, I'd punch them too.
Before you freak out, think about it. Technically she was sexually harassing him by twerking him. If a man would do that to a female artist on stage and she punched him, everybody would praise the sh*t out of her. Double standards.

[Guitar_Raph]

If she had been touching Afroman near his private parts, it would be a different story.

[Amaranthus]

Originally Posted by Guitar_Raph

If she had been touching Afroman near his private parts, it would be a different story.

Are you like one of those special kids?

[Krutch]

It takes one second for something to happen but less than a second to see whats happening. What he did was out of annoyance, nothing else. He saw it was a girl, he took a swing. If he was genuinely shocked at what he did he would have at least stopped playing and reassessed. Instead he just kept on playing.

I don't see how theres even confusion in all of this. He was annoyed, he wanted to hit her, he hit her. Case closed.

[shuriken]

Originally Posted by Amaranthus

Are you like one of those special kids?

He just likes using All Caps and Bold man leave him be. Dude's been around here longer than most of us.

[Sage Ninja]

Originally Posted by Krutch

It takes one second for something to happen but less than a second to see whats happening. What he did was out of annoyance, nothing else. He saw it was a girl, he took a swing. If he was genuinely shocked at what he did he would have at least stopped playing and reassessed. Instead he just kept on playing.

I don't see how theres even confusion in all of this. He was annoyed, he wanted to hit her, he hit her. Case closed.

This. I have a hard time sympathizing with the situation when he clearly acted out of annoyance like Krutch said. He knew she was just being stupid, not a threat. I think to some degree the girl asked for it, she had no right acting like that when someone is trying to give a performance. What is more disturbing is the lack of reaction of the audience...

[Andrew NDB]

Anybody keeping up with the latest Afroman shenanigans?

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Anybody keeping up with the latest Afroman shenanigans?

I've watched a few YouTube videos this weekend.
Had no idea he actually was somewhat prominent and notorious before all the mess with the police incursion.

[ToTheNines]

Afroman being in the public discourse in 2026 is very funny.

[IMJ]

I thought that Afroman was a cartoon voiced by Sam Jackson.....

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by IMJ

I thought that Afroman was a cartoon voiced by Sam Jackson.....

Afro Samurai!

[Prowler]

I, too, have no clue who Afroman is.

I'm guessing it's a black man who wears an afro and either makes rap music or reggae music.

What's my score?