Joe Budden was arrested in Queens, New York on Tuesday for speeding and driving
with a suspended license.
Published reports
said Budden was driving a 2004 BMW on the Clearview Expressway when he was clocked
doing 76 mph in a 50 mph zone.
After providing
identification, authorities found that Budden was driving with a suspended license
and promptly arrested him. He was charged with speeding and operating an unlicensed
motor vehicle.
He paid a $300
fine and was released on his own recognizance. Budden has been at the center
of a controversy due to lyrics on an underground mixtape version of Usher’s
“Confessions.”
On the song Budden
alludes to striking a pregnant woman. The lyrics have generated outrage among
women’s activist groups and were recently the subject of intense debate
on Bill O’Reilly’s “O’Reilly Factor.
Budden recently
ended his day job at New York’s Hot 97 to finish his untitled sophomore
album.
