Big Boi Arrested, Pills and Viagra Found [PHOTOS]
OutKast rapper Big Boi was arrested in Miami on Sunday for drug possession, and he had quite the stash of goods, according to an official police report filed on Monday.
A drug-sniffing dog named Cezar led border officials to find various items on the 36-year-old rapper as he was getting off a cruise ship with friends at the Port of Miami. Officials found 5.7 grams of MDMA powder, three pills of ecstasy and nine pills of Viagra, among other items, TMZ reports.
Big Boi, whose real name is Antwan Patton, was arrested on three counts of narcotics possession and one count of drug paraphernalia possession. He was held on a $16,000 bond and was released late Sunday afternoon.
Patton and his cruise party were vacationing in Puerto Rico and Grand Turk Island, according to MTV.
"While Big Boi was traveling with his group and friends, a small amount of contraband was found in the collective luggage . . . I am confident when the entire facts are aired Big Boi will be completely exonerated," his attorney Daniel Kane said in an official statement.
The statement was published on Patton's official Twitter account, and he wasted no time in celebrating his release from the Pre-Trial Detention Center in Miami.
"Fresh out Baby!" he wrote via Twitter.
In 2010, Patton released his first solo studio album, "Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty," producing hits like "Shutterbugg" and "For Yo Sorrows." Janelle Monae appears as a guest on the album. A second solo album is already in the works, with plans for a release later this year.
The Miami arrest comes just days after Killer Mike, a regular OutKast collaborator, mentioned to CNN that the group was scheduled to make a new album.
Facts about Big Boi and OutKast:
OutKast, made up of Big Boi and André "3000" Benjamin, formed in 1992.
The group has sold more than 25 million albums worldwide, and has received six Grammy Awards.
The last OutKast studio album was 2006's "Idlewild," which doubled as a soundtrack to a film of the same name.
The group's two most successful songs are "Hey Ya!" and "The Way You Move" from the 2003 double album "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below."
Big Boi appears in the hip hop video game "Def Jam: Icon," along with The Game, Lil Jon, Ludacris and other rappers.
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