Update: Afroman apologizes, vows to seek treatment

2 p.m. Update

Afroman issued an apology and said he will enter anger management in his first public comments since the rapper was arrested for simple assault of a female fan during a show in Biloxi Tuesday.

Afroman, whose real name is Joseph Foreman, told TMZ during a Skype interview Wednesday at noon CDT that he must get his anxiety under control.

"There was three wrongs in the situation," he said. "All I want to do is right my wrong."

He told the outlet that he did not realize it was a woman with him on stage. He was being heckled by a man on the throughout the show.

"I thought the girls had already left the stage and after hearing this guy for a few songs, I thought it was him," he told TMZ.

He did admit it was wrong regardless of who was on stage.

"I didn't get a chance to eat dinner of medicate myself, so I was even more anxious than normal," he said.

"Everyone knows I love my fans," he said. "I get to shows early just to ineract with the people that love my music."

Original story

While performing, Hattiesburg musician Afroman, punched a female fan who found her way on stage.

Joseph Foreman, 40, aka Afroman, was performing Tuesday following Biloxi's Mardi Gras parade. Shortly after the woman walked on stage, the video shows Afroman hitting and knocking the woman to the floor, WLOX reported.

The Biloxi Police Department says the woman made a citizen's arrest. She filed an affidavit against Afroman who was arrested and charged with misdemeanor simple assault. Afroman paid a $330 bond.

"Afroman was about five songs into his set when the incident occurred. We pulled the plug on him, and security met him at the bottom of the stage to escort him outside, where he was taken into custody, " said Chase Taylor, who owns the nightclub where the incident took place.

"This was a completely involuntary reflex reaction to people infringing on his stage space," Afroman's rep said in a prepared statement to Billboard. "It was uncharacteristic behavior that was initiated by outside uncontrolled forces."

"Kress Live does not condone this type of behavior. We like to keep a safe environment, and we addressed the situation the best way we could," said Taylor.

Afroman is best known for his 2001 Grammy-nominated hit, "Because I Got High."