In 2022, police in Adams County, Ohio raided the home of Afroman, the musician who had a huge novelty hit with the 2000 song "Because I Got High." The cops suspected him of drug possession and kidnapping, but they found no evidence in the raid, and no charges were filed. Afroman wasn't home during the raid, but his wife filmed it, and he used that footage, as well as security camera footage, while singing about the raid on viral songs like "Will You Help Me Repair My Door" and "Lemon Pound Cake." Soon afterward, some of those cops sued Afroman for using their images without permission, and the ACLU filed an amicus brief in Afroman's support. Now, the case is going to trial, and the video of Afroman's testimony is the kind of thing you might really want to see.
In the run-up to the trial, Afroman has been putting out more songs and videos about the raid, and he's been using them to name his police adversaries directly. On Monday, for instance, he shared a DIY funk song called "Randy Walters Is A Son Of A Bitch," all about one of the officers involved in the raid. It's going to be stuck in my head for a while.
Afroman Day 2: Deputy claims Afroman singing about sleeping with his wife has caused him “tremendous pain” as grounds for defamation.
— The Facts Dude ?? (@Thefactsdude) March 17, 2026
Day 2 of the Afroman defamation case has begun, and Randolph L. Walters, Jr. testified that Afroman singing about sleeping with his wife caused… https://t.co/pnqcXdXKl0 pic.twitter.com/1hLXdXrCtD
Walters took the stand during the civil trial, and so did Lisa Phillips, another sheriff's deputy who took part in the raid. The New York Post reports that Phillips broke down in tears after one of Afroman's videos mocking her was played in court. But the real main event was when Afroman himself testified yesterday, in the same American flag suit and sunglasses that he wore in his "Randy Walters Is A Son Of A Bitch" and "Batteram Hymn Of The Police Whistle Blower" videos.
From the stand, Afroman said:
The sheriff was never supposed to have raided my house in the first place. The whole raid was a mistake. All of this is their fault. If they hadn't have wrongly raided my house, there would be no lawsuit, I would not know their names, they wouldn't be on my home surveillance system, and there would be no songs, nothing...
Under the circumstance that I got freedom of speech, after they run around my house with guns and kick down my door, I got the right to kick a can in my back yard, use my freedom of speech, turn my bad times into a good time. Yes, I do. And I think I'm a sport for doing so. 'Cause I don't go to their house, kick down their doors, flip them off on their surveillance cameras, then try to play the victim and sue them.
It's really not enough to read his words, though. You have to hear him make his case in his sonorous voice, with that suit on. Behold:
WCPO shared the full half-hour video of Afroman's testimony, and you can watch it here.
