Most Awkward Rapper Arrests
Vanilla Ice gets nabbed for alleged home burglary.
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To the Extreme - In strange-but-true news, Vanilla Ice caught a case when he was renovating a home in Florida for his TV show, The Vanilla Ice Project. He allegedly stole furniture out of a nearby abandoned house and couldn't make a fast enough getaway.(Photo: Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office via Getty Images)
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Swae Lee of Rae Sremmurd - Swae Lee, one-half of Rae Sremmurd, was arrested in Miami Beach for driving while knowingly having a suspended license. That's a "No Flex Zone" for real. He was later released on a $1,000 bond.(Photo: Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images for BET)
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Bobby Shmurda - Bobby Shmurda lived up to his "Hot N***a" song in a whole new way when he was arrested for smoking weed while chillin' in his ride in Brooklyn. He was double parked.(Photo: Bennett Raglin/BET/Getty Images for BET)
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Too $hort - Too $hort managed to evade airport authorities when he was caught carrying a loaded handgun in his luggage. But Short wasn't hiding from it. He ran to get his lawyer, then he turned himself in.(Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)
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Lil Reese - Chicago rapper Lil Reese was caught sleeping, literally. The GBE crew member was arrested while snoozing in a car in April 2013. Police were looking for him in connection to criminal trespassing, mob action and battery charges. (Photo: Cook County Sheriff's Department)
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Too $hort - Too $hort's first bad break occurred in March 2013 when cops pulled him over in L.A. After he failed a breathalyzer test, the 19,999 rapper tried to run, but tripped up. (Photo: Mark Davis/PictureGroup)
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DMX - DMX has undergone a series of bizarro arrests throughout his career, but the strangest one has to be in 2004, when he was locked up for impersonating an FBI agent at a New York airport. (Photo: Thos Robinson/Getty Images)
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Travie McCoy - In October 2010, Gym Class Heroes frontman Travie McCoy was arrested after tagging on the Berlin Wall — and bragging about it on Twitter. (Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Victoria's Secret PINK)
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Capone - Queens rapper Capone let his child support debt get so steep, he was eventually arrested. He had racked up a bill of over $160,000 for one kid. That's a lot of baby Jordans. (Photo: Johnny Nunez/WireImage)
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Foxy Brown - Foxy Brown's had a few public tantrums, none more ill than when she was arrested in 2010 for violating an order of protection after mooning a neighbor. (Photo: Scott Gries/Getty Images)
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