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Joe Budden practically made it through the last weeks of 2024 with no debate. On Monday (Dec. 30), the Edgewater Police Department in New Jersey released a declaration validating that the “Pump It Up” rap artist had actually been charged with lewdness after presumably being identified outside his apartment building naked at 7:21 a.m. ET.
The event occurred on Dec. 4 after a next-door neighbor with 2 children reported seeing a male trying to go into the Edgewater structure through the keypad. Authorities were dispatched to the scene, however no arrest was made.
Not the perfect method to begin the New Year, however Budden relatively reacted to the headings on Tuesday (Dec. 31) afternoon. Requiring to his Instagram Stories, the Harlem native shared a meme of previous NBA gamer Jeff Teague smirking while holding up his phone.
Lawyers for the rapper-turned-podcaster have actually because knocked EPD for launching information surrounding the case. “The claims versus Mr. Budden are a small charge, not even leading to an arrest. A charge Mr. Budden is eagerly anticipating beating in court on the benefits, not in journalism,” Nima Ameri informed TMZ. “The Chief's remarks are negligent and, in our viewpoint, racially inspired.”
Ameri even more discussed, “Our research study has actually disappointed a single news release on a disorderly individual charge on the cops site this year. His option to single out Mr. Budden in our viewpoint is self-motivated and based off of Mr. Budden's race and star status.”
Previously in the month, the “Joe Budden Podcast” went back to co-host Parks Vallely's basement, leaving numerous to presume the rap artist was in fact displaced of their previous studio. “I simply sleptwalked someplace I should not have actually sleptwalked,” he meant the legal experience throughout episode 786. “Nobody might go through this things however me. It's just me. You got ta offer with what comes with that. You would've never ever thought it.”
