Audio: 2 Chainz Says His Arrest Was Swag Assassination

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After being released from jail following his arrest yesterday, 2 Chainz caught up with MTV to talk about the incident and says that he didn't have brass knuckles in his luggage but rather a four-finger ring (Big Sean on the case).

"They tried to assassinate my character, they tried to assassinate my swag," 2 Chainz told MTV News in an exclusive telephone interview. "It was just a negative dilemma earlier where someone misconstrued a piece of jewelry for a weapon and stuff."

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The rapper was on his way to perform at a North Carolina concert, and when he phoned MTV from New Jersey's Teterboro Airport, he estimated that he spent approximately eight to nine hours behind bars. 2 Chainz eventually pleaded guilty to a lesser, unspecified charge but never got his jewels back. "Yeah, they took it from me, they took the Louis [Vuitton] case that I actually keep the jewelry in, they took that. I couldn't believe it," he said. "Me just trying to explain it was getting too frustrating, me just trying to explain my occupation and then when they finally got to the jail and everybody knew who I was, then they started calling their kids and putting me on the phone with their kids. It was like a weird experience."