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50 Cent arrested for swearing at Caribbean music festival
By Andy Malt | Published on Monday 27 June 2016
50 Cent has been arrested in the small Caribbean nation of St Kitts And Nevis for swearing during his closing performance at the St Kitts Music Festival.
According to local police, the rapper and a member of his entourage, named as Bajar Walter, were detained following the performance. They were released on bail, pending a court appearance today. They are expected to be ordered to pay a fine.
According to reports, the rapper was warned before going on stage about local rules and the risk, therefore, of using profanities in his performance. His arrest may have arisen from him not censoring the word ‘motherfucking’ in the song ‘PIMP’. A spokesperson said that he had actually been booked to host the festival, but that organisers had insisted he also perform. Which you would, wouldn’t you?
DMX was arrested for breaking St Kitts And Nevis’s laws against public profanity at the same festival in 2003. Meanwhile, Nicki Minaj fell foul of a similar law in Jamaica in 2011.
