Rapper Tone Loc arrested after clashing with a white teenager wearing a Confederate hat

Rapper Tone Loc was briefly arrested Saturday by police in a Texas airport after being engaged in a rude confrontation with a teenager wearing a hat adorned with the Confederate flag.

Part of the stormy interaction between the Los Angeles rapper, whose real name is Anthony Terrell Smith, and the boy's parents was filmed by a spectator of the Midland International Air & Space Port.

According to a testimony, the 53-year-old musician and producer, better known for his 1989 successes, "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina", spotted the teenager wearing the Rebel flag hat at the time of the baggage claim and reprimanded him for wearing the division symbol.

"How are you going to wear this in front of a black man? Smith, who is African-American, reportedly told the teenager, who is white.

The boy's parents came to the defense of their son and told Smith that he was not allowed to talk so to their son, pointing out that he was a minor, KOSA said.

Smith apologized but continued to insist that the teenager not carry the Confederate flag.

The argument quickly turned into a screaming match full of explosives, which was recorded by a pbaderby.

"You are nobody!" One could hear the mother screaming angrily at Smith in the cell phone registration.

The argument then spread across the sidewalk near the airport, where the boy's father was told to tell the rapper that his son could wear "whatever he wanted".

The mother intervened and said to Smith, "Do you know why he can wear it? Because it's screwed up America! Freedom of expression! Freedom of religion! & # 39;

Smith was not impressed by the woman's argument, said: "F *** all that Confederate s ***."

At that time, two Midland uniformed officers approached the warring parties and handcuffed Smith, giving him a firm response.

The Grammy-nominated artist was released shortly after he and the teenage family decided to separate without filing a complaint, according to the KMID channel.

Saturday was not Smith's first clash with the law: the hit killer of the '80s was arrested in 2011 in Southern California on a charge of domestic violence in Southern California.

Later, he did not plead any contest and was sentenced to one day's imprisonment in a county jail, three years of probation, community service and services. anger management.