Posted on 03/26/2019 2:33:56 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
wearing a Confederate-flag hat at Texas airport
Rapper Tone Loc was briefly detained at a Texas airport after an explosive confrontation with a teenager over his hat.
The rapper, whose real name is Anthony Terrell Smith, was not triggered by a Make America Great Again hat, but by the white teen’s cap with a Confederate flag on it, according to KOSA-TV.
A witness, who wished to remain anonymous, caught the foul-mouthed exchange at Midland International Air & Space Port in a video that shows the 53-year-old musician and producer calling out the young boy at baggage claim, slamming him for wearing the controversial symbol.
‘How are you going to wear that in front of a black man?’ Smith said to the teen, a witness told KMID-TV.
The boy’s parents told Smith he had no right to speak to their son in that manner and pointed out that he is a minor, prompting an apology from Smith. However, he pressed the issue that the boy should not be wearing anything with a Confederate flag symbol.
The argument escalated as the mother yelled, “You ain’t nobody!” at the rapper who is known for the ’80s hits “Funky Cold Medina” and “Wild Thing.”
Smith physically confronted the father, yelling at his face, “F**k your Confederate sh**!”
The man could be heard in the video telling the rapper that his son could wear “whatever the f**k he wants,” while the mother told Smith, “You know why he can wear it? Because it’s f***ing America! Freedom of speech! Freedom of religion!”
The rapper’s heated and profane confrontation was cut short when security agents arrived and handcuffed him, according to KMID.
Although he was detained, Smith was not arrested, according to a spokesperson for the City of Midland. The witness shooting the video noted that shortly after the recording ended, the rapper and the family decided to go their separate ways with no charges being filed.
Smith explained the origin of his stage name to Billboard earlier this year as his debut album “Lōc-ed After Dark” turned 30 in January.
“The name Lōc, a lot of people don’t know, is a gang name,” the raspy-voiced rapper explained. “It’s a Crip name. So by me adopting that name, and my records not necessarily being gangsta, I was still kinda up in that realm because I used that name. But only people from Los Angeles would know that.”
Smith has taken a career stint as an actor, appearing in the 1994 film, “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” which starred Jim Carrey as well as roles in films like “Blank Check” and “Heat.” Smith also made guest appearances in several series from the 1990s, including “NewsRadio,” “Touched by an Angel,” and “Martin.”
The Grammy Award nominee has had some past run-ins with the law, having been arrested in 2010 for an alleged DUI which he claimed was actually a seizure he had behind the wheel due to a medical condition. In June 2011, he was arrested on suspicion of felony domestic violence in Southern California after an alleged physical quarrel with the mother of one of his children.
Smith posted $50,000 bail and was free in a few hours. Later that year, he pleaded no contest and was sentenced to one day in county jail, three years of probation, 52 weeks of anger management counseling and 30 days of community service.
One Takeaway, the parents confronted him and pointed out the boy was a minor, and Tone Loc then apologized. It should’ve ended right then. But then ... the mom started running her mouth after he apologized, insulting him.
Another of these wonderful stories where a woman runs in with her mouth and inflamed the situation, which then escalates. That husband should be very careful to not visit any biker bars with her. Sounds like the type that will flip off a bunch of hells angels and then screech to her husband and say “do something”.
On a separate topic, what the heck was Tone Loc doing in Midland Texas?
I think it is useless to try to be civil to jackwagons like this rapper.
Why is it that there are always brawls, shootings, and riots whenever there is rap “music” being performed?
The main thing I saw in that video was three cases of type two diabetes.
I’m surprised liberals don’t want the song banned for suggesting having sex under the influence of date-rape drug and being anti-trans hate speech. #me-dina-too
On the contrary-bravo for those parents-nothing to be gained by being prim and prissy when attacked by a jerk-just ask George W. Bush or a few other RINOs who got themselves-and us- a boot in the ass for their polite discourse with democrat hood rats...
If someone accosted my kid like that, they’d get the same from me-in English and Spanish...
Oh, come on, FRiend-do you really dislike us so much that you’d have us walking 5 paces behind you, in modest silence unless spoken to, deferring to your wisdom, etc, and we are not equals? That’s like Sharia without the burquas and beatings...
“you going to wear that in front of a black man?”
I thought black people weren’t allowed at the airport.
And as one who was made to visit relatives who lived on a ranch in the Midland-Odessa area in summer sometimes-I’m guessing this Tone person is in Midland because he is a masochist...
Conservatives don’t going around screaming F this F that in public.
That’s liberals and leftists.
Not conservatives.
He was an early MTV star. Most of his records were no doubt bought by suburban white kids like the kid at the airport he was abusing.
That’s great. Thanks. I love language and it’s history etc...
I guess you can tell by the threads reaction to you that you suck
When you South bashers troll outside civil war threads and the light shines on your anti southern bigotry
You lose your echo chamber
Must suck ....like you
Call X and rock and Mack to come lend a hand..lol
I like you on some stuff
But you really suck on this thread finny
Why doesn’t anybody come after me when I am wearing my MAGA hat? I am really beginning to feel left out of all of the fun.
JoMa
He’s lucky he was still in the security zone or some redneck might have busted a cap in his ass. Just sayin’ a lot of us good ol’ boys have a 40 point Buck tag...
There are at least 100 punch lines but I'd like to complete my 21st year on FR.
Some of you should just stay in the foxhole, its dangerous out here.
It’s the flip side of the same coin.
Powers that be aftively stoke the race baiting and use peoples as wedge issues, the music they listen to is all violent and anger and hate, no suprise they act this way.
What you put it your head, you’re gonna get out.
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