How Afroman turned lemons into lemon pound cake

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🗓️ 10 April 2026

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

When you think of rapper Afroman, chances are his early 2000s hit song "Because I Got High" is already playing in your mind. More than two decades later, his music has once again broken containment. Host Ben Brock Johnson and Producer Grace Tatter dig into how Afroman turned a police raid and defamation trial into another moment of internet virality.

Show notes:

Afroman surveillance footage (Instagram)
"These lemon poundcake shirts are going fast !!!"(Instagram)
Cop Says Afroman's False 'Pedophile' Claim Caused Him To Quit Sheriff's Office (YouTube)

Credits: This episode was produced by Grace Tatter and Kalyani Saxena, and co-hosted by Grace Tatter and Ben Brock Johnson. It was edited by Meg Cramer. Mix and sound design by Marquis Neal.

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0:00.0	Isn't life grande?
0:01.9	And making it better just got easier with Starbucks new protein cold foam.
0:06.7	A little something, something to take your favorite drinks up a notch with 15 grams of extra protein.
0:13.2	Turn your usual iced caramel latte into a smooth iced caramel protein latte.
0:18.5	Add a delicious swirl on top of your drink.
0:22.3	Just like that.
0:27.0	Protein never tasted so good with Starbucks new protein cold foam.
0:29.8	Subject to availability while stocks last.
0:33.4	Support for WBUR comes from Is Business Broken?
0:39.1	A podcast from the Mayrotra Institute at Boston University that explores questions like, Why is innovation in healthcare so hard?
0:42.1	Is ESG just greenwashing?
0:44.3	And, of course, is business broken?
0:46.9	Listen, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:50.6	WBUR Podcasts, Boston.
1:03.6	Producer Grace Tatter.
1:05.1	Host Ben Brap Johnson.
1:10.2	I think that's Ben Lafro Man Johnson to you.
1:12.7	Nice.
1:18.5	I'm excited for this story that you have today.
1:19.7	Thank you for bringing it. Yeah.
1:20.3	Well, clearly you've gotten a head start on all of this, but I do indeed have a story for you today about something I think we all wish
1:30.9	we could do in our lives, which is taking a terrible experience and making something meaningful
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