Posted by Andrew Unterberger on 06/09/2011 at 12:22 PM News

The Popdust Files: arrest, flo rida

Note to inebriated potential drivers, celebrity or otherwise: If you blood-alcohol level is starting to creep up on the baseball Mendoza Line, maybe it’s time to call a cab. Such advice would have been well-heeded by rapper Flo Rida when he went out riding in his 2008 Bugatti with a blood-alochol level of .185, more than twice the legal limit, though still well short of legendary Miguel Cabrera territory. When pulled over for a field sobriety test by the police in Miami Beach, Flo admitted his drunknenness but attempted to talk his way out of it:

I can’t do this. I don’t think I can walk a straight line. I had a few drinks. Let’s do another test. I live on the other side of the bridge. I can make it home.

Admirable attempt for a guy who should probably be too shitfaced to even remember what his native language is, but ultimately an unsuccessful one. Flo was arrested and processed by the Miami Dade Correctional Department, where it was also discovered that the rapper also had a suspended license due to an unpaid traffic fine. Aww, Flo—you gotta be more careful, man. Who’s gonna host the most bitchin’ championship party in South Beach if you’re locked up when the Heat win Game Seven of the finals?