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Rapper Kurtis Blow Cited For Carrying Marijuana At LAX

LOS ANGELES (CBS) — According to reports, rapper Kurtis Blow was cited Thursday morning at LAX after a TSA body scanner detected a stash of weed in his pocket.

TMZ.com reported that the body scan at Terminal 7 detected "an anomaly" in the pants of Blow, 59, who was subsequently patted down. The pat down revealed the marijuana stash.

Kurtis, whose real name is Kurtis Walker Combs, was cited for carrying less than 28.5 grams of marijuana and released.

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