Trae Tha Truth and Z-Ro were reportedly involved in a physical altercation on Saturday (August 27) shortly after leaving 50 Cent’s celebrity basketball game in Houston.
In a video clip doing the rounds online, Z-Ro is seen balled up on ground in the fetal position as someone repeatedly punches him. Several people pull the man off Z-Ro, who then quickly gets back up ready to fight some more.
Trae Tha Truth can be seen in the clip restraining the man attacking Z-Ro. Trae and his entourage then appear to make verbal threats until police ultimately intervene.
Z-Ro has responded to the incident in a statement to XXL, claiming Trae Tha Truth sucker punched him after asking to talk to him.
“I was at 50 charity dinner on Saturday and some supporters asked for a pic…then I saw Trae approaching,” Z-Ro said in his statement. “He asked if he could Holla at me… I turned around to see who he was talking to and he asked if I could follow him to the side of a sprinter bus.”
He continued: “I’m thinking we [about] to talk like 2 grown men, but I was sucker punched. When that happened… several other dudes (who I don’t have affiliation with) jumped in.”
Z-Ro also addressed the viral video of the incident, saying the clip only shows half of what happened during the fight. “The video circulating is a portion of what took place,” Z-Ro said in his statement. “The beginning, where I was asked to come over, is not shown!
“At the end of the day, I came to the event One Deep and to meet my artist Lolita Monreaux so we could support 50. I didn’t anticipate any altercation to take place especially since I’ve been asking that man for a 1 on 1 for charity for at least [two] years.”
The incident took place during 50 Cent’s TYCOON weekend in the Texas metropolis. Prior to the squabble, 50’s non-profit organization, the G-Unity Foundation, had teamed up with the University of Houston’s Student Government Association to present the city of Houston with a celebrity basketball game. But the celebratory event somehow ended up taking a sharp left.
Trae Tha Truth and Z-Ro, who are cousins and previously had a group together called Assholes By Nature (ABN), have a bumpy history. In a 2008 interview with the Houston Press, Trae addressed rumors they were beefing over family issues and a woman.
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“We was never beefin’,” he claimed at the time. “People gotta understand, if this was any n-gga off the street, then yeah, it would’ve been beef, but when it’s family, it’s family. We might get into an argument, we might not speak for a little while, but at the end of the day, it wasn’t as serious as people made it out to be.”
He added: “We wasn’t paying no attention to what people was saying. He can pick up the phone and call me anytime, and I can call him anytime ’cause it’s still family.”
But in a 2020 interview with The Dennis Houston Podcast, Z-Ro admitted he missed his friendship with Trae. However, judging by their recent clash, the pair’s relationship still looks to be strained.
More like Trae and his goons jumped Z-Ro.
Man, I thought Trae was solid. Them 2 should’ve been had a one on one since they family, for dude to set up his own family like that…that’s low down.
Very low and there’ll be no peace until after the retaliation, whatever that may be. No intermediaries are needed.
Pimp-C would be very disappointed in the both them. Im pretty sure Bun gonna get them to stop the beef or JPrince.
Ok whitey, whatever you say
Im not a whitey homie, and keep shaking ya head.
Stop telling white lies!
DAMN! YOU KNOW SOMEONE TRASH WITH THEIR HANDS WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR PINKY FINGER OUT.
So who won the game, 50 Cent’s team or Fat Joe’s????
Black people lost today
Lol bro there’s literally no information online about who won…where they do that at?!
Ahh ok, so Fat Joe won, nice, latinos stand up lol
imagine bein damm near 50 and still havin to worry bout monkee as ish like grown men jumping you like teenagers
Ok whitey, whatever you say.
The video conveniently only shows the end of the fight when everyone was walking away after jumping him. If that’s a family issue you could have put on some gloves and handled it in the backyard. After ten years you want to suddenly address it when 50 is in town..