Troy Ave was reportedly shot in the arm and a bullet grazed his head while on his way to visit his family for Christmas in Brooklyn, according to News 12.
The 31-year-old artist, born Roland Collins, was reportedly riding in a red Maserati on E 91st St & Linden Blvd around 4:20 p.m. when he was shot and then crashed into a parked car.
He is currently in stable condition at Brookdale Hospital and is expected to survive his injuries, according to his lawyer.
“Tonight, Troy Ave was targeted again… on Christmas,” his attorney, Scott Leemon, said in a statement to Billboard. “In Brooklyn, going to meet his family for the holiday, he was shot two times. Thankfully, he will survive the second attempt on his life. As we have said from the beginning — he is a victim. We pray for his speedy recovery.”
50 Cent uploaded an image of himself with Ave hours after the incident, captioning the photo, “Dope boy Troy all good, Merry Christmas.”
Ave was also shot in an incident earlier this year at a T.I. concert, where his close friend and bodyguard Ronald McPhatter died.
The rapper was indicted for his alleged involvement in the shooting, although he maintains he was acting in self-defense. He is in the process of suing Live Nation and Irving Plaza for unspecified damages, legal fees for “negligence.”
He was also recently the victim of an extortion plot over an alleged stolen sex tape.
Prayers and well wishes to Troy Ave and his family during this difficult time.
Damn Troy, drive 2001 buicks, can’t ride clean and flex where those are trying to earn stripes at but who knows what it may be ft ft, blessings
Somebody’s trying to take this dude out man
Troy needs to move out of Brooklyn period. You can’t roll up and down in the 90’s thinking you untouchable knowing damn well U still got a price on ur head . Hiding out in old mill basin Brooklyn Troy doesn’t mean your safe either . Ppl he pissed off prior to the club shooting wants this dude 6 feet under . Move out of Brooklyn
U sound like a snitch
U calling me a snitch but your name is T.i.p though. Unanimous T.ip to law enforcement, let me T.i.p off the police about drug dealers down the block. Last time a nigga named T.i.p snitched to the Feds to get less jail time when he was riding around with all those illegal guns …..Ain’t that right T.i.p?
I think you meant anonymous not unanimous
I did that on purpose u big dummy
I did that on purpose big dummy
TROY NEED TO SIGN TO G UNIT HE WOULD FIT IN JUST RIGHT DA UNIT WOULD HOLD HIM DOWN
This niggas a Bozo, but even he don’t deserve this shit
Karma is one bad bitch for sure.
Taxstone trying to tighten up loose ends. Good luck Troy, move outta BK. Jersey is nice, cop a crib and stay low-key.
This Might help reduce his sentence. He looks like he’s being targeted and that he’s a victim.
Karma for so many things including dissing Capita Steez suicide, hopefully now he can humble himself…
I fail to understand this “stay in the hood” mentality that get a lot people killed. Don’t care if you really do/did what you rap about. When money starts coming in, plans need to be made to move the fuck out…can’t think of too many cats with some damn common sense and that have amassed some nice dough that continued to stay in the area where shit constantly happens…makes no damn sense
And 50 cent needs to take his multi millionaire having ass on somewhere and stop posing in pics like a fucking 20 year old off the block…bless to have survived the fucking streets but breaks his damn neck to get right back to it…for fucking what?
Cant kill the real
Why is this guy not your favorite new rapper?
Cant move your whole family out just like that.
The photo is really fucking appropriate, nothing great about being shot
50 about to sign him to G Unit. He has his street cred now.
get well soon Troy
Damn, if only he hadn’t responded to Joey Badass’ tweet a year or so ago, his career would’ve been more stable. Seemed like everything went in a downward spiral for him after that. Not a fan, but I’d never wish for anyone to end up in this type of situation.
Mmm I bet the guy that shot him was black smh but yet we protest black lives matter smh
Please stfu… Troy Ave is not who we protesting for. Black people who kill get life sentences ++… When the cops do it they get paid vacation time. So go back home you troll.
50 is saying I got you troy… Troy going to come back stronger when the dust settles.
Here is the problem. Troy talk too much bravado talk in his rhymes and these new young niggas don’t adhere to street code they want recognition by any means. . What I don’t understand Troy not making 100k a show but making enough to flex why he never moved out the hood? I would of at least bought me a nice condo in the burbs of jersey . Now if Troy decides to move he gonna look like a pussy. My grandmother lives across the street from where he got shot fuck Troy doing in the 90’s flexing like that . If he really from Brooklyn he should know them young 90’s niggas are grimy and will try you even if Jesus Christ was in the car as well. They don’t care
I hope he just move outta ny & settle somwhere else, its best for him he his some serious hatin he needs to get away from.
To the shottas; next time at least try.
my news feed was messed up because i thought it said that george michael had been shot twice and troy ave was dead.
This nigga Capital Steez…
He probably did this himself…this just went a LONG way to help his case and paint him as the victim, and help his career a bit too. Getting shot up always gives the best promo (thanks pac). Just the breaks though..when youre a real dude and engage in real things…these are the breaks that arent gonna fall youre way sometime…unrelatedly though..this is happening to born and bred brooklyn dudes..and they really think that a LA dude is gonna come to bk and slap real ones around lol
Getting shot isnt making your music better..still wack..lol
Typical publicity stunt pulled from new-york niggaz… cam’ron did the same too in DC remember ? Troy Ave is just tryin to buy a ticket out of his trial alongside some street cred he never had. Still being a fake ass gangsta and a phony run in his veins. Nobody can fight his own DNA. It always fires back at you soon or later
This foo gonna die out there like that.
Obviously has a price on his body, I don’t care how desperate you are you don’t fake almost getting your brains blown out the side of your head in a drive by.
Lol u foos are funny, THERE IS a bit out on him, it’s just u guys don’t kno the deal LOL
There is literally a price out there to make him good.
Hey look, it’s 50 Cent and 50 Cent, Jr.
Comment section full of Pro Era dick riders, nothing to see here.
The cat wit 9 lives
RIP Cap Steezo karma is a bitch
Yeah where u live at sucka?
visit your mom. I’m in her bed.
Leave the toilet seat up, I’m stopping by for a quickie later.
visit your mom. I’m in her bed.
Black men shooting other black men, how surprising!
White men shooting up more schools and churches, how surprising!
Obviously as often and at the same percentages as black men shoot black men. But that would be MATH wouldn’t it. Some people, or groups of people aren’t very good at that. Or statistics. Except for “how many ounces in a pound?” LOL
Statistically speaking even though black males murder more as a percentage of the population, they tend to murder other males. White men on the other hand are much more preferential towards murdering women as they constitute a much higher percentage of murder victims when compared to those of black males.
I’m white, I can manipulate meaningless statistics with you all night you fucking savage.
Fun. Manipulate what you want. 60% of the prison population is 30 consists of a demographic that represents less the. 30% of America’s population. Please work those numbers. Hollywood. Manipulate away, whiteboy. Please factor in that there are more Latinos than blacks in the US in 2016/2017. I will wait.
Fun. Manipulate what you want. 60% of the prison population iconsists of a demographic that represents less than 30% of America’s population. Please work those numbers, Hollywood. Manipulate away, whiteboy. Please factor in that there are more Latinos than blacks in the US in 2016/2017. I will wait.
The point you morons missed is, so fucking what? Statistics can be distilled in ways to make virtually any demographic look depraved and evil. Want to discuss the correlation between race and pedophilia? Would that conversation serve any other purpose than to unfairly characterize all whites even though it’s statistically true? Statistics are an observation of phenomena, if you’re going to make claims about causation you need to produce an argument as to why such is the case. Statistics are evidence not arguments. All they can do is demonstrate correlation, and they usually do that very poorly. Could be a million reasons for those statistics other then melanin content but you stop as soon as critical thinking becomes a requirement.
Lame, stick to your freshman classes bro
Stick to your klan meetings, bro.
So… whites use numbers. Black people statistically murder more than anyone else? Somehow that is OK because whites kill more women statistically? Wow. Manipulation indeed. Is this TI or Killer Mike typing? If so, Trump thanks you.
Blacks don’t murder women bc then they have nobody to mooch off, steal from, sexually assault, or beat up while pregnant.
Come to Europe, Nigga!
Ancient Chinese proverb. Bad vase don’t break so easily… but bad case spend life in prison and die broke…
Faked for attention
Blacks who off blacks are cool with me *big grin*
Well, at least he was treated in Brookdale, Brooklyn’s best hospital to treat a gunshot wound. In fact, if you require emergency care of any condition not involving a bullet wound, the emergency physician on-call will pull a gun and shoot the patient as a means of “warming up” to commence treatment.
lmao This man said the gunshot wound treatment is so amazing that they will shoot you if you come in for anything else to help speed up the treatment haha
Y’all a bunch o dummies ya pigz