Which R&B performer served three years in prison after leading police on an armed high-speed car chase? Here’s a hint: The car chase happened across the Georgia / South Carolina Line with the driver in a pickup truck. Here’s your answer. James Brown. It wasn’t one of the Godfather of Soul's finest moments… firing a shotgun in his office after someone used his private bathroom. He took off when the police arrived, eventually leading them across the Georgia state line. Police went as far as to shoot out his tires, but that didn’t deter him. Brown drove another 6 miles on rims before his capture. He would go on to commit a similar crime in 1998, leading police on another high-speed chase in South Carolina… this time armed with a rifle!