Roddy Ricch has accused a storage hunter of attempting to extort him for $50,000 over a Grammy Award that he lost.
Last week, YouTube star and storage hunter Prieto Hunters claimed to have come into possession of Roddy’s Grammy for Best Rap Performance (which he won in 2019 for his “Racks in the Middle” collaboration with Nipsey Hussle and Hit-Boy) after purchasing a unit for $280 at an auction.
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While the Grammy was initially returned seemingly without issue, the Compton rapper has now claimed that Prieto was attempting to get $50,000 and a luxury watch out of him in exchange for the award.
Speaking on Instagram Live, Roddy explained: “My personal assistant ended up getting into a near-fatal accident and had a severe brain injury. Me going back and forth to Miami, I just put my stuff in storage for safe-keeping. Him getting into that accident is how that shit got mishandled.”
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He continued: “Once we received the news that the kid had the Grammy, we get on the phone with him immediately. We offered him something but he basically said the money we were offering him weren’t shit.
“I was like, ‘Bruh, I got 10 bands for you.’ He was like, ‘That ain’t shit. I want $50,000.’ First, he asked for an AP, then he asked for $50,000.”
The “Box” hitmaker criticized Pietro Hunters for trying to “extort” him and gain clout over the prized possession rather than returning it out of goodwill.
For his part, Hunters denied trying to extort Roddy Ricch and claimed that he was threatened by the rapper and his team, writing in an Instagram comment: “I did not ask for that and no I did not get offered none 50k all I got was threats you guys don’t know the full story I returned it at NO COST and want nothing to do with them I want no compensation from them not even tickets!”
He later shared a video explaining his side of the story: “Yes, I got in contact with Roddy Ricch and his assistant, but no, I’m not asking for $1 million or none of that. All I wanted was a video of me giving it back to him or at least a video of him telling me thank you.
“Clearly, that wasn’t possible. Guys, this has turned into a nightmare for me. Threats to me and my family, pictures of my house. All of my family is getting affected by this.”
He added: “This is what I do for a living: I post videos of what I find in storage units. All I made was a video of me finding this, and that’s it. Never was it meant to disrespect or anybody.”
The Grammy was later given back during an exchange at a police station.
