Big Boi in big trouble after drug arrest in Miami
OutKast member in possesion of Ecstasy and Viagra
Antwan "Big Boi" Patton does not look happy after being arrest for Ecstacy and Viagra possession.
MIAMI (AP) — Grammy-winning OutKast rapper Big Boi has been arrested in Miami on charges of illegally possessing drugs including ecstasy and Viagra pills. The rapper, whose real name is Antwan Patton, was charged with three counts of possession of a controlled substance and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia on Sunday. According to the Miami-Dade County Corrections website, the 36-year-old Patton was also carrying MDMA, which is the main ingredient in Ecstasy. The rapper was booked around 1:30 p.m. on $16,000 bond. Phone and email messages were left for Big Boi's publicists. Big Boi is best known as half of the groundbreaking rap duo OutKast, which includes Andre 3000. The Atlanta-based group won six Grammys and churned out six platinum-plus albums, including "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below," which sold over 10 million copies.
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