DJ Drama is in a heap of his chosen moniker.

A police SWAT team and antipiracy agents from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) raided the Atlanta-based Aphilliates Music Group office and Gangsta Grillz studio, arresting mix tape specialist Drama and his partner DJ Don Cannon.

Authorities told Atlanta's Fox 5 News that they confiscated more than 81,000 mix tape CDs, several computers, recording equipment, and four cars, among other items. Drama, real name Tyree Simmons, and DJ Don Cannon, spent the night in Fulton County Jail.

The raid occurred under the Rackeetering Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act, and Drama and Cannon could face felony charges.

"We have a partnership with joint vice task force working [against] pirated tapes in the country," Morrow Police Department Chief James Baker told Billboard. "CDs must list the true name and address of their office, which these CDs didn't, nor did they [obtain] copyright permission. People were able to make purchases over the Internet and these guys sold the pirated discs for profit."

But contrary to some media reports, Drama's Aphilliates Music Group was not known as a seller of bootleg retail CDs, but rather mix tape CDs, which are widely used to promote new artists and those with a new album on the way.

Drama is regarded as one of the kingpins of the mix tape trade in hip-hop, using the promotional CDs to bolster the careers of the likes of T.I., Lil' Wayne, and Young Jeezy.

The consequences of the raid and arrests could be huge for the hip-hop community. The CDs often feature rappers performing over well-known beats from other producers and thus could be exposed to potential copyright-infringement lawsuits.

But mix tapes have largely escaped the legal wrath of the RIAA, and they have also played a role in supplementing the marketing and promotion budgets of major record labels.

"Statistics prove that you can make a 400 percent markup on a kilo of heroine or cocaine, and statistics also show that you can make up to a 900 percent profit on the resale of counterfeit CDs," the RIAA's Matthew Kilgo told Fox 5.

A spokesperson for Aphilliates Music Group was not available for comment.