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Yesterday, unfortunate news broke in that Chicago rapper Lil Reese—real name Tavares Taylor—was arrested for illegally purchasing a vehicle on April 13. According to the charges, Reese "presented false documentation to obtain a 2006 BMW 750 Li." Though further details have been scant, by the sound of the "false documentation" claim, we're assuming that Reese used a fake name to cop the Beemer. Maybe something along the lines of "Curtis Mackson," or "Reese S. Peeces"? Get it? Anyway, though this case is a pretty strange one that finds Reese inexplicably pretending to be someone else, it reminded us of some other recent cases where rappers (or their security) pretended to be someone else, too. Turns out it's not so rare.

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DMX Pretends To Be An FBI Agent

DMX has suffered through pretty depressing number of legal issues in the past decade or so, but this has to be the weirdest one. In June of 2004, DMX unexpectedly drove his SUV (which was reportedly equipped with lights and sirens) through a parking lot gate in JFK. When he was stopped by an attendant, DMX apparently said he was an FBI agent, and went on to try to force a bystander out of his vehicle, after again identifying himself as an agent. When he was arrested on the scene minutes later, police found crack rocks and a billy club in X's car, but somehow didn't buy his FBI story. They must not've gotten the memo that all FBI agents carry around crack rocks in their cars. You know… for research.

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Game Pretends To Be A Police Officer 

Though Game has kept a relatively low profile with the law since getting in the... game, he couldn't resist a little identity makeover. While in New York in mid-November of 2006, the Compton rapper was standing on an uptown corner when he flagged down a taxi. When he got in, he quickly exclaimed to the driver that he was an undercover cop, and forced the driver to race through traffic lights on their way downtown. Fittingly, when the taxi got pulled over just a few blocks later, the driver told the real police officers what was going on, and after a quick check it became clear that Game wasn't a cop, but rather just a rapper in a hurry. He was arrested on the scene. Now, Game's talked a lot about snitching and associating with cops, but we guess it's better to pretend to be a cop than to be with one. Right?

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Lil Wayne's Security Guards Pretend To Be Police Officers

Though Lil Wayne has had a few run-ins with the law, in this strange situation stemming from April of 2011,  it was ironically his security team that got in trouble. While escorting Wayne into a club in Bloomington, Indiana, security guards Ronald Andre Harrod and Larry Lee Richardson wore replicas of police uniforms (equipped with gun belts) as they walked him inside. The two were also accused of leading Wayne's entourage of cars and tour buses to the club by driving vehicles equipped with sirens and red and blue lights. While Harrod and Richardson told authorities—who stopped them and asked for proper identification—that they were licensed to use the equipment on their vehicles, something's telling us they were just trying to look extra-cool while taking care of Weezy in their hometown.

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