--- ---  # Man Causes More Los Angeles Traffic Than Usual By Scaling Sign Half Naked by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jun 28, 2018 1:13 PM UTC  LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 04: Downtown Los Angeles from the 110 Freeway at Night on November 04, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by FG/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 04: Downtown Los Angeles from the 110 Freeway at Night on November 04, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by FG/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)FG/Bauer-Griffin—GC Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Jun 28, 2018 1:13 PM UTC In a tale of [freedom](http://time.com/4463728/man-wedged-between-buildings/), ego and athleticism, an environment-loving rapper caused a traffic jam when he [climbed](http://time.com/5310860/mprraccoon-building-climbing/) a freeway sign in Los Angeles. “My name is Dephree, and I love God,” the rapper who wore only sneakers and a pair of boxers announced on the 110 Freeway in Los Angeles. His stunt included but was in no way limited to a protest sign that read “fight pollution not each other,” rapping, vaping and dancing, according to the [Los Angeles _Times_](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-downtown-freeway-exit-man-20180627-story.html), who identified the man as 29-year-old Alexander Dunn. Cars slowed to a halt to take in the scene. Police were quick to shut down all the south bound lanes, but that wasn’t before massive delays for miles. Witnesses captured it all on social media. > [](https://twitter.com/JohnBarentine/status/1012068322601365504) > [](https://twitter.com/bpfalvey/status/1012055374050947072) > [](https://twitter.com/toriimacdaddy/status/1012166388004241408) But even the best shows can’t last forever. Police set up large inflatables beneath the sign and used cranes to reach the sign to eventually usher “Dephree” down to safety. A consummate showman until the very end, “Dephree” backflipped onto one of the inflatables. > [](https://twitter.com/boreskes/status/1012018124445528065) Dun was arrested on charges of trespassing on state property, failing to obey a sign, and suspicion of delaying a police officer. Nearly Naked Man Causes Traffic Jam on 110 Freeway in LA ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5324866/dephree-110-freeway-traffic-los-angeles/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5324866/dephree-110-freeway-traffic-los-angeles/"},"headline":"Man Causes More Los Angeles Traffic Than Usual By Scaling Sign Half Naked","datePublished":"2018-06-28T13:13:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:53:35.952Z","description":"He had protest signs and dance moves","url":"https://time.com/5324866/dephree-110-freeway-traffic-los-angeles/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Bizarre","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf24c8d1b21300c3b/6989342486f68e070b6e9859/gettyimages-870356418.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf24c8d1b21300c3b/6989342486f68e070b6e9859/gettyimages-870356418.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Los Angeles Exteriors And Landmarks - 2017","caption":"Dephree Caused a Traffic Jam at 110 Freeway in LA","creditText":"FG/Bauer-Griffin—GC Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5324866/dephree-110-freeway-traffic-los-angeles/","name":"Man Causes More Los Angeles Traffic Than Usual By Scaling Sign Half Naked"}}]}] ```