'Wild Thing' rapper Tone Loc is detained at a Texas airport after confronting white teen wearing a Confederate-flag hat
Tone Loc, whose real name is Anthony Terrell Smith, got into a heated argument with a family at Midland International Air & Space Port Saturday Part of the foul-mouthed exchange was videotaped by a bystander Smith, 53, reportedly took issue with a white teen wearing the Rebel flag on his hat and told him, 'How are you going to wear that in front of a black man?' Teen's parents told Smith their son can wear whatever he wants 'because it's f***ing America' Smith declared, ‘F*** all that Confederate s***,' at which point he was handcuffed by two police officers Police let the 'Funky Cold Medina' rapper go after both parties decided not to file any charges By Snejana Farberov For Dailymail.com
Published: 21:01 GMT, 25 March 2019 | Updated: 22:41 GMT, 25 March 2019
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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.
Wild thing: Rapper Tone Loc, 53, got into a heated exchange with a family (left and right) at a Texas airport Saturday after spotting a teen wearing a hat with the
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