Fat Joe recently addressed the shooting that transpired at T.I.’s show at Irving Plaza in New York City on Wednesday night (May 25). During the confrontation, one man was killed and another three individuals were shot and subsequently hospitalized, one of those being Troy Ave.
The Bronx lyricist recently sat down with AllHipHop.com to discuss the shooting, an incident he calls “ironic” considering the apparent unification taking place among New York’s veteran rappers.
“The reason we did this shit [the ‘All The Way Up’ remix] was so the shit that happened last night where people got shot in the middle of a concert doesn’t happen,” Fat Joe said. “We’re trying to show people you can have your differences but it can actually end peacefully. It doesn’t have to end with death and destruction.”
On Thursday (May 26), Troy Ave was arrested and charged with attempted murder and criminal possession of a weapon. The rapper had previously been charged with reckless endangerment after reportedly shooting himself after opening fire backstage at the show.
“That’s pretty ironic that [shooting happened] while we’re doing this symbol of unity,” Fat Joe later added. “I hope these young kids see it and follow suit. Cause ain’t nothing really worth it. You gotta understand most of us grew up in poverty with a dream and all the stripes against us. The fact we’re able to make music, make money, have fans, and make our dreams come true – we really gotta appreciate that.”
Early reports of the incident claim that Troy Ave had been in a confrontation with Maino, who performed with Uncle Murda as T.I.’s opening act. However, Maino later took to Instagram to deny any involvement in the incident.
One word to that FACTS.
joe still trying to make some headlines lol, funny what people do when they have music to promote
When you still use “lol”in a sentence, you’s a bum.
is someone who spells ass ‘azz’ and says ‘you’s a’ instead of you are really calling someone else a bum lollll
where’s the mods of this website? bad this loser’s IP Address he’s the real fraud. he’s mad his favorite rapper 50 Cent is no longer the main topic in Hip Hop, he’s now making shows on Starz which is what IRRELEVANT celebrities do.
He is speaking real shit here. Differences do not have to be resolved with destruction. There really needs to be some type of hip-hop governing body or union/association that mediates this type of shit because these guys fuck up both the artistic and economic potential of others when they do stuff like this.
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Right!
like rain on your wedding day!
Good to see Joe redeem himself because the whole pink mafia and Anthony Mason stuff the past two weeks made him look stupid.
a murder at a police informant’s concert, now that’s ironic!
Why would you say he’s an informant?
TI? kmon bro the sentence he got after the charges he was up against & then later his probation violation….
Care to discuss the irony in your own lyrics, fatty?
Fatjoe needa bring the son of bigpun out so he could represent like his dad did,the son of pun lyrics is all the way up to,,,Cris needs to be known…
Oh no, no, no, that is not gonna happen.