Celebrity Justice
Why Jermaine Dupri Ended Up in a Cop Car

Posted May 10th 2007 2:05PM by TMZ Staff

UPDATE: Dupri, who refused to return TMZ's call for comment, issued the following statement to another news outlet:

"Just to set the record straight, I was pulled over because the police said my exhaust pipes were too loud, I had tinted windows and platinum motor plates. Nothing more, nothing less."

OK Jermaine, but it still begs the question, who the hell gets put in the back of a police car for tinted windows?!

For more than a day, TMZ has been asking the L.A. County Sheriff's Department why deputies pulled Jermaine Dupri over and then put him in the back of a cop car before releasing him. The best answer we've gotten from one of the deputies who made the stop -- "It's personal ... it's none of your business."

The rapper and music mogul was pulled over as he drove his Lamborghini Tuesday afternoon in West Hollywood. His passenger was also taken to the cop car and placed in the back. The doors to the vehicle were all wide open when cameras arrived.

A number of TMZ users have been speculating that it's a case of racial profiling. One user wrote, "It's the cops hating again. Paris is going to jail so it's time to start hating blacks driving $250k cars."

A spokesman for the Sheriff would not comment. Interestingly, neither would Dupri's rep.

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1. ................................Because you are an ugly................fill-in-the-blanks!!!!!

Posted at 1:56PM on May 10th 2007 by TellMeHowYouReallyFeel

2. DWB people. It's so obvious.

Posted at 2:01PM on May 10th 2007 by mulder

3. One user wrote, "It's the cops hating again. Paris is going to jail so it's time to start hating blacks driving $250k cars."

Yeah, thats it... pull the freaking race card, typical. Hey dumbazz.... white folks hate Paris too so quit YOUR hating. this is what you call reverse racism and they keep getting away with it. TMZ, why would you even see that statement as fit to print?

Posted at 2:02PM on May 10th 2007 by YeOldRaceCardOnceAgain

4. shame on you, TMZ. you said yourself you have no idea why he was pulled over! stop trying to cause problems. and all you people going along with it are ignorant lemmings.

Posted at 2:04PM on May 10th 2007 by bella

5. car profiling. drive a $250K car & see how many times you're pulled over.

Posted at 2:10PM on May 10th 2007 by dogandponybot

6. lemmings are little furry creatures that follow each other everywhere, even if one falls off a cliff, the rest just keep following right off that cliff. just another way to say these people cant think for themselves.

Posted at 2:11PM on May 10th 2007 by bella

7.
All races drive fancy cars in west hollywood & blacks are some of the leading entertainers today. this has nothing to do with racial profiling & more to do with the individuals actions themselves.

the only one playing the race card is TMZ!!

Posted at 2:12PM on May 10th 2007 by Ice

8. NOT profiling... but perhaps some DRAMA btwn he and Janet... maybe she got pissed about something ie they were fighting he took off in one of 'her' cars and she called it in as stolen!
there's my conspiracy theory!

Posted at 2:15PM on May 10th 2007 by grizster

9. I heard that he was pulled over because the police thought that it was a 13 year old kid driving.

Posted at 2:25PM on May 10th 2007 by Space Between Ears

10. I live in the DC area and on the radio today they said that JD had been pulled over because his exhaust pipes were making too much noise and disturbing traffic. In some state having a loud exhaust can be considered a noise complaint. Here in DC if your windows are tinted past a certain percent you can get a ticket or worse yet (and I speak from personal expirence) have the cops take a razor to your brand new tint to take it off! YES IT DID HAPPEN!!

Posted at 2:27PM on May 10th 2007 by The Truth

11. ooooooo.....that was cold blooded #2 J.J.
ya baaaaastard....
But he is SCKUGLY THOUGH....but he got a fine girlfriend! I don't know how he does it, must be in his pants?
Another thing for the JJ's of the world to "HATE" ON! ;-)

Posted at 2:27PM on May 10th 2007 by Kevin

12. Was Dupri gayly cruising along?
That would be personal.
Maybe he needed a smacking?
Why do latino sheriff's deputies wear shaved heads like the criminals?

Posted at 2:28PM on May 10th 2007 by Sunshine

13. OMG a black guy getting pulled over -- it's gotta be racism!!! --> Get a life.

Posted at 2:30PM on May 10th 2007 by blah

14. To Blair It is obvious you are not black and you must have some racial issues. Walk in a black mans shoes. DWB is sometimes a frightening experience, especially when you have done nothing wrong. Read the book "Black Like Me". Not all white people are racist, but LA Cops are known to be that way. Now I know that I will probably get a lot of negative responses and that is okay. And no I am not black.

Posted at 2:32PM on May 10th 2007 by Byrd

15. I think it's irresponsible to pass judgment either way until the facts are known. Maybe the cops had a good reason to pull him over, maybe they didn't. Pointless to speculate without the facts.

Posted at 2:32PM on May 10th 2007 by Not jumping on the bandwagon

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