--- title: Nearly Naked Man Causes Traffic Jam on 110 Freeway in LA description: A man who was only wearing a pair of boxers and sneakers caused a traffic jam on the 110 Freeway in LA when he scaled a sign on the highway canonical: https://time.com/5324866/dephree-110-freeway-traffic-los-angeles/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-06-28T13:13:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:35.952Z og:title: Man Causes More Los Angeles Traffic Than Usual By Scaling Sign Half Naked og:description: He had protest signs and dance moves og:url: https://time.com/5324866/dephree-110-freeway-traffic-los-angeles/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf24c8d1b21300c3b/6989342486f68e070b6e9859/gettyimages-870356418.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3900 og:image:height: 2194 og:image:alt: Los Angeles Exteriors And Landmarks - 2017 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Man Causes More Los Angeles Traffic Than Usual By Scaling Sign Half Naked twitter:description: He had protest signs and dance moves twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf24c8d1b21300c3b/6989342486f68e070b6e9859/gettyimages-870356418.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Man Causes More Los Angeles Traffic Than Usual By Scaling Sign Half Naked > Sponsored content. 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(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. ```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"}}]}] ```