'Wild Thing' rapper Tone Loc is detained at a Texas airport after confronting white teen wearing a Confederate-flag hat
Rapper Tone Loc was briefly detained by police at a
Texas airport on Saturday after getting into a foul-mouthed confrontation with a teenager wearing a hat decorated with the Confederate flag.
A portion of the heated interaction between the Los Angeles rapper, whose real name is Anthony Terrell Smith, and the boy's parents was captured on video by a bystander at the Midland International Air & Space Port.
According to a witness account, the 53-year-old musician and producer, best known for his 1989 hits 'Wild Thing' and 'Funky Cold Medina,' spotted the teen with the Rebel flag hat at baggage claim and rebuked him for wearing the divisive symbol.
'How are you going to wear that in front of a black man?' Smith, who is African-American, reportedly told the teen, who is white.
The boy's parents came to their son's defense and told Smith that he had no right to speak to their son like that, pointing out that he is a minor,
KOSA reported.
Smith apologized but continued insisting that the teen should not be wearing the Confederate flag.
The dispute quickly turned into an expletive-filled shouting match, which was recording by a bystander.
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