Antwan “Big Boi” Patton, one half of Hip-Hop group Outkast, was arrested at the Port of Miami over the weekend on charges of drug possession.

According to several reports, as the rapper exited a disembarked cruise ship Sunday (Aug 7), a U.S. customs and Border Protection dog trained to sniff for drugs discovered that Patton had some illegal substances on him.

Patton was charged with possession of ecstasy pills, MDMA powder, and Viagra, the latter of which he had no prescription for.

The 36-year-old Hip-Hop star also faces a charge of one count of possession of drug paraphernalia, and he was held on $16,000 bond before being released Sunday.

Patton’s attorney tells CNN that he was on the cruise with a small group of friends and disembarking when “a small amount of contraband was found in the collective luggage.” He adds, “I am confident when the entire facts are aired Big Boi will be completely exonerated.”

Rapper Big Boi paid a visit to “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” Wednesday night (Jul 7) to promote his brand new album Sir Luscious Left Foot: the Son of Chico Dusty, which dropped the day before. After chopping it up with Jay Leno, the Outkast alumnus hit the stage to perform his single “Shutterbug.” Sir Luscious Left Foot has been projected to only move about 50k – 60k units this week.

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Outkast member Big Boi shows us how to cut a rug in his brand new music video for “Shutter Bug,” the first single off the rapper’s upcoming album Sir Luscious Left  Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty, dropping July 6th.

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Rapper Big Boi, one half of the iconic hip-hop group Outkast, hosted a listening party for his debut solo album Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty recently in Atlanta. The homie FreddyO was on the scene and snapped a few pics of ‘Twan at the event. Check ‘em out below:

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Rapper Big Boi, one half of the hip-hop duo known as Outkast, has confirmed that he’s jumping ship and making a big move from Jive Records to Def Jam Records, where he will finally get a chance to release his long-delayed solo album, Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty.

“The lawyers just have to finish their lawyering,” Big explained, and added that he was happy to be working with LaFace co-founder and current Island Def Jam Chairman and CEO LA Reid again, since “he’s been with us since the beginning.”

SOURCE: EYE WEEKLY