Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images July 20, 2012, 12:04 p.m. But he may want to reconsider his reported tactics for engaging them after an incident in New York on Thursday, when a pair of passers-by tried to snap his photo on the street while the rapper was arguing with a third, unidentified person. PHOTOS: Celebrity-media smackdowns According to reports, the rapper (Born Rakim Mayers), then allegedly started fighting with the photographers, allegedly leaving cuts and bruises that required one of them to be treated in a nearby hospital. TMZ said the rapper was arrested and booked on suspicion of attempted robbery (though it's uncertain what items may have been taken). The hip-hop gossip site KarenCivil.com has what appear to be photos of the incident, with Rocky and a shirtless man handcuffed next to a police car. Coachella 2012: Dre. Dre, Snoop Dogg; others could steal thunder L.A. Riots: Gangsta rap foretold them and grew after them