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Marshall Mathers- The rapper more commonly known as Eminem has a history of arrests in his past as well. On June 5, 2000 he was arrested for hitting a man that was kissing his wife, Kim Mathers, in Michigan. The next day he there was an incident with the Insane Clown Posse where he brandished a previously concealed weapon. Besides his physical crimes, he has caused much controversy in the last year or so with the lyrics of his songs which are argued (and not disputed by many) to be homophobic, misogynic and definitely X-rated. At a concert in Canada, Eminem called a critic, Valerie Smith, a bitch, violating Canada's Hate Crime Law.
Sean "Puffy" Combs: Mr. Combs was arrested in April 1999 for assaulting Steve Stoute, a producer at Interscope Records, and in December 1999 he and Jennifer Lopez were arrested for being in the possession of stolen weapons after a club shooting in New York. Jennifer Lopez was later cleared of any charges. Puffy was not, and has been the butt of many jokes made by hosts and presenters at other award shows. He gets points for that too.
Mike Tyson: Mr. Tyson has a history of violence in his past that deem him worthy of this award. He has been accused of assaulting a stripper in Vegas, in 1992 he raped a beauty pageant contest, he assaulted two motorists, and he bit off a chunk of Evander Holyfield's ear during a fight that got him banned from boxing for a year. The most disturbing of all these offenses is that he allegedly has been abusing ferrets, which is unforgivable. In December, 1999, a volunteer ferret rescuer claims she took one dead ferret and another scared one from Tyson's Las Vegas home after being called to the residence by one of the former heavyweight champion's aides. .
Orenthal James Simpson: Better knows as simply OJ, Mr. Simpson was tried for the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman who were viciously hacked to death.