Show-Stoppers: When Music Stars Are Arrested at Concerts

Musicians who broke the law instead of breaking a leg.

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Show-Stoppers: When Music Stars Are Arrested at Concerts - As they say, one monkey don't stop no show — unless that monkey happens to be a police officer with a warrant. And that's exactly the type of monkey business that went down last Thursday, March 29, when the NYPD arrested Slaughterhouse rapper Joe Budden for an outstanding warrant stemming from traffic violations. The arrest occurred right before the Shady Records quartet was set to perform at the Best Buy Theater in Times Square. But, unfortunately, that wasn't the first time that a music star has been put in cuffs at a concert. Click on to see other musicians who broke the law instead of breaking a leg.(Photo: WENN.com)

Flesh-N-Bone - Flesh-N-Bone of Bone Thugs H Harmony fame served eight years after he threatened a former friend with an AK-47 assault rifle in 1999. He caught gun charges again in a 2009 arrest in Santa Clarita, California, though they were later dropped.(Photo: Santa Clarita Police & Sherrif's Department)

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Flesh-N-Bone - Cleveland cops had, um, a bone to pick with this member of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, arresting him for outstanding warrants in the middle of a sold-out concert at the House of Blues in Cleveland. (Photo: Courtesy Sumerian Records/Facebook)

Tyler, the Creator - Tyler, the Creator was arrested in Austin, Texas in March for allegedly inciting a riot at his 2014 SXSW concert, which left two dead and 23 injured. Police said the Odd Future frontman "encouraged behavior causing an immediate danger and injury to persons." He also allegedly influenced the crowd to push through gates, which inspired a "push, push, push!" chant. A week after his arrest and he was released on a $25,000 bond, and he released a statement saying the word "riot" was an "unfortunate and inaccurate description of what occurred."(Photo: EPA/STEVE C. MITCHELL /LANDOV)

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Tyler, the Creator - Tyler wasn't so much into creating last December, when he was arrested for vandalism after a show at L.A.'s Roxy Theatre, where he allegedly bashed a mixing board in an argument with a soundman.      (Photo: EPA/STEVE C. MITCHELL/LANDOV)

Machine Gun Kelly - Machine Gun Kelly took this raging thing too far this past January, when he was arrested at a Florida venue for reportedly brawling after a show.    (Photo: Landis/PictureGroup)

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Machine Gun Kelly - Machine Gun Kelly took this raging thing too far this past January, when he was arrested at a Florida venue for reportedly brawling after a show.  (Photo: Landis/PictureGroup)

Wiz Khalifa - Breaking news: Wiz Khalifa smokes a whole lot of weed. The Pittsburgh rapper was arrested leaving a show in North Carolina when police found 60 grams of marijuana on his tour bus. Black and yellow...and green.  (Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

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Wiz Khalifa - Breaking news: Wiz Khalifa smokes a whole lot of weed. The Pittsburgh rapper was arrested leaving a show in North Carolina when police found 60 grams of marijuana on his tour bus. Black and yellow...and green. (Photo: Larry Busacca/Getty Images)

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Big Sean - Big Sean is still awaiting trial after being charged with sexually assaulting a fan after a show last year in Lewiston, New York. (Photo: Porton/PictureGroup)

Bobby Brown - Bobby was R&B's leading bad boy in the late '80s, and his lascivious performances only reinforced his image. His shows would often involve Bobby bringing fans onstage for some good ol' clothes-mostly-on bumping and grinding. But in 1987, a sheriff in Columbus, Georgia, wasn't having it, and arrested Bobby during an intermission at his show for violating the local "lewd law."   (Photo: Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images)

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Bobby Brown - Bobby was R&B's leading bad boy in the late '80s, and his lascivious performances only reinforced his image. His shows would often involve Bobby bringing fans onstage for some good ol' clothes-mostly-on bumping and grinding. But in 1987, a sheriff in Columbus, Georgia, wasn't having it, and arrested Bobby during an intermission at his show for violating the local "lewd law." (Photo: Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images)

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50 Cent - Undercover NYPD officers arrested 50 Cent after they found two loaded guns in the car he was in as he was pulling up to perform at a Manhattan nightclub in 2002. He wasn't "in da club" that night. (Photo: Michael Becker/Fox/PictureGroup)

2 Live Crew - Description: Miami bass legends 2 Live Crew made a point of thumbing their noses at censorship and obscenity laws. In 1990, a Florida judge declared that their hit album as Nasty as They Wanna Be was obscene and therefore couldn't be sold or performed in three counties. A defiant 2 Live performed the album at a concert a few days later, and were arrested immediately afterwards (they were later acquitted).  (Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

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2 Live Crew - Description: Miami bass legends 2 Live Crew made a point of thumbing their noses at censorship and obscenity laws. In 1990, a Florida judge declared that their hit album as Nasty as They Wanna Be was obscene and therefore couldn't be sold or performed in three counties. A defiant 2 Live performed the album at a concert a few days later, and were arrested immediately afterwards (they were later acquitted).  (Photo: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

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Prodigy - Prodigy's 2006 arrest for gun possession, which led to a subsequent three-year prison sentence, wasn't his first run-in with the law. In 2003, the Mobb Deep rapper was arrested in Cohoes, New York, when cops found a .25 caliber handgun and marijuana on him just a few blocks from the venue where him and Havoc were set to perform later that night.(Photo: Paul Hawthorne/Getty Images)