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Joe Budden nearly made it by means of the ultimate weeks of 2024 with none controversy. On Monday (Dec. 30), the Edgewater Police Division in New Jersey issued a press release confirming that the “Pump It Up” rapper had been charged with lewdness after allegedly being noticed exterior his house complicated bare at 7:21 a.m. ET.
The incident occurred on Dec. 4 after a neighbor with two daughters reported seeing a person making an attempt to enter the Edgewater constructing by means of the keypad. Authorities had been dispatched to the scene, however no arrest was made.
Not the best solution to begin the New 12 months, however Budden seemingly responded to the headlines on Tuesday (Dec. 31) afternoon. Taking to his Instagram Tales, the Harlem native shared a meme of former NBA participant Jeff Teague smirking whereas holding up his telephone.
Attorneys for the rapper-turned-podcaster have since slammed EPD for releasing particulars surrounding the case. “The allegations towards Mr. Budden are a minor cost, not even leading to an arrest. A cost Mr. Budden is trying ahead to beating in courtroom on the deserves, not within the press,” Nima Ameri advised TMZ. “The Chief’s feedback are reckless and, in our opinion, racially motivated.”
Ameri additional defined, “Our analysis has not proven a single press launch on a disorderly individual cost on the police web site this 12 months. His option to single out Mr. Budden in our opinion is self-motivated and primarily based off of Mr. Budden’s race and superstar standing.”
Earlier within the month, the “Joe Budden Podcast” returned to co-host Parks Vallely’s basement, leaving many to imagine the rapper was truly compelled out of their earlier studio. “I simply sleptwalked someplace I shouldn’t have sleptwalked,” he hinted on the authorized ordeal throughout episode 786. “No person might undergo these things however me. It’s solely me. So that you gotta take care of what comes with that. You’ll’ve by no means guessed it.”