Troy Ave is taking concert venue Irving Plaza and promoter Live Nation to court in the wake of a shooting at the venue that killed his bodyguard and left him with a gunshot wound to his leg in May, reports the New York Daily News.
The rapper, born Roland Collins, is blaming Irving Plaza for letting a gun into the venue, allowing the violence that occurred during the show where T.I. was advertised as the headlining act. Shots rang out during Maino’s set and three people were injured and Troy Ave’s bodyguard, Ronald “Banga” McPhatter, was killed.
“[Troy Ave] is the victim here. He did not bring a gun into this place. And we are seeking redress for the negligence,” Ave’s lawyer Scott Leemon told the publication.
Troy Ave and his lawyers held a press conference outside the Manhattan venue to formally announce the lawsuit today (August 8). They provided no additional pieces to the narrative of what happened on May 25, but maintained that Ave did not bring the gun into the concert hall that night. They are seeking an unspecified amount for damages and legal fees.
Surveillance video showed Ave storming out of a green room area wielding and firing a gun. A gun found inside of the van that took the BSB rapper to the hospital reportedly matched ballistics tests to the weapon that killed Banga. Ave was arrested in the hospital on an attempted murder charge and is out on $500,000 bail. He was indicted in June on five charges, attempted second-degree murder and four counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
This shit is sad….Troy Ave is top 5 rapper alive….he’s 2016 Biggie and this is what he gets.
no…no he’s not lmao
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You sound retarded Sunn and you re so dick riding Pac it ain’t funny
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Nigga what you ain’t real and I’m from the west so stop making us sound stupid u bitch you
Shut ya silly azz up,itz dirty south cere,yall aint fukn wit uz,yall aint have shit since pac fuk nigga,and he really put da soft azz wezt on bitch nigga,who yall got pussy,dat part nobody,westside dz nut fuk boy
suing is so american. you people in america suing for almost everything.
Let me get this straight. Troy Avenue SHOOTS someone inside a club, and is trying to sue said club for allowing ‘someone’ to bring the gun inside, the gun in which HE used to shoot?
The gun was brought in by “someone” and that someone shot troys friend. Dropped the gun after fighting with Troy. Troy used the gun to defend himself. All could have been avoided if said person never brought the gun in. Not troys gun. That’s his court argument at least
New York ain’t had a real great rapper after g-unit days
Joey badass and action bronson go hard.
Well I mean it can possibly help him pay part of that $500,000 bail right?
What’s next? The manufacturer of the gun / bullet suing the dead bodyguard’s family due to bad press?
They should take Troy Ave outside in front of Irving Plaza and let the venue owners shoot him for ruining their place of business.
Very unmanly behaviour.