Afroman prevails in police raid lawsuit over 'Lemon Pound Cake' video

Afroman has won a lawsuit filed by Ohio deputies over police raid footage used in the music videos \

"Lemon Pound Cake" will live on.

Rapper Afroman won a two-day-long trial in Ohio after law enforcement sued him for using real footage of police in a pair of viral music videos.

"I didn't win, America won," the Grammy-nominated rapper, real name Joseph Foreman, told Cincinnati's WCPO 9 News outside the courthouse Wednesday, March 18, moments after the verdict. "America still has freedom of speech. It's still for the people, by the people."

The verdict comes three years after Adams County Sheriff deputies filed the lawsuit, after Afroman's music videos "Will You Help Me Repair My Door" and "Lemon Pound Cake" used footage from a 2022 police raid on his home. The trial for the case kicked off on Monday, March 16.

"I'm glad things went my way, but if they would've took it all from me, I was happy about all the love I was getting from everybody after them people kicked my door in," the rapper told the station, getting emotional.