Fat Joe Called Out By Kevin Durant Over Claim He Got 'Chased Out' Of Rucker Park

Fat Joe has been accused of lying by Kevin Durant after he claimed the NBA superstar was “chased out” of Rucker Park after a pickup game.

Speaking on the podcast Roomates Show, hosted by New York Knicks stars Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart, the Terror Squad rapper recalled the tense atmosphere when KD put on a dominant display at the famed New York City basketball court.

“Kevin Durant scored like 82 points in the third quarter. He don’t like me telling this story,” he said. “They chased him out the Rucker, like they wanted to beat him up. He whipped their ass so bad that they wanted to literally beat him up out there.

“He was doing almost like the Caitlin Clark show. Woosh! Do a three, from the other side of the court — not half court. I was there at the game. They passed it to him and five guys would go like this [imitates blocking a shot] and he was hitting them shits like water.”

He added: “They chased him into the truck, he had to go!”

The former NBA MVP quickly called cap on Joe’s comments, writing on X: “Another podcast lie. It was nothing but respect and love out there that night, didn’t feel unsafe for one second.”

However, Joe doubled down on his claim and responded: “I was there he knows I’m not lying 62 points in 3 quarters why was the game stopped it’s all love all i did was big him up ‘GREATEST STORY TELLER IN THE GAME.'”

Another podcast lie. It was nothing but respect and love out there that night, didn’t feel unsafe for one second https://t.co/D1KgNWREhb

— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) April 11, 2024

I was there he knows I’m not lying 62 points in 3 quarters why was the game stopped it’s all love all i did was big him up “GREATEST STORY TELLER IN THE GAME”

— FAT JOE (@fatjoe) April 11, 2024

Eight years ago today, KD pulled up at Rucker Park during the lockout and dropped 66.

EASY MONEY 🔥

(via @tnas04, @freshfocusports) pic.twitter.com/PcprB0Nlat

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) August 1, 2019

Kevin Durant played at the Rucker during the NBA lockout season of 2011, participating in the Entertainers Basketball Classic tournament.

The two-time NBA champion reportedly scored 66 points to lead his team to a 99-93 win, shooting 9-for-11 from three-point range.

Despite Fat Joe’s version of events, Durant tweeted after the game: “No lie, jus had one of the best times of my life at Rucker park..wow! I love NY…Harlem waddup.”

Footage of the game also shows the 6-foot-11 forward being enthusiastically mobbed by fans after sinking a fifth straight three-pointer, although there was no indication he was about to be jumped, as Joe claimed.

“At halftime we were like, ‘We got to press him, because if we don’t, he is going to heat up,’” former Seton Hall player Jeremy Hazell, who was guarding Durant during the game, said. “That’s what he did. He heated up. It was just a great game, a great atmosphere.”

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This is not the first time that Fat Joe has been accused of lying. Last year, Joe Budden disputed the “Lean Back” rapper’s comments that he’s just a family man playing the part of a “gangster” in the studio.

“First of all, Fat Joe is lying — that’s number one. Fat Joe is lying. That is a lie,” Budden said on his self-titled podcast. “So he’s making up a lie to clean it? Don’t do that! Cuz nobody even said nothing!

“Fat Joe said that his name Joey Crack comes from back in the day. When he would stand up, the homegirls — when he got up, his ass crack would show, so they used to call him Joey Crack. That’s weird.”

Joe had previously admitted he lied on 95 percent of his songs when criticizing the use of Young Thug‘s lyrics in his RICO trial.