Wednesday, March 5, 2008

PAPOOSE AND FAT JOE CONFIRMS CONFRONTATION


Brooklyn rapper Papoose recently revealed his side of the story concerning his alleged fight with Fat Joe.

As previously reported by SOHH, rumors recently hit the net about an altercation between New York rappers Joey Crack and Papoose. Fat Joe released a video Sunday (March 2) stating that he has never lost a fight since junior high school, and he showed his face, free of any brusises or cuts, contrary to an image of a bruised Joe circulating around the internet.

Attorneys for Joe sent out a letter calling for all web sites to take down the picture, which they say was "altered." In the letter, Joe's reps also contested early reports of the altercation, "You are hereby notified that the story is false," the statement said.

Papoose stands by his story, saying things did get physical. He called into local San Fransisco radio station KMEL 106 yesterday (March 3) and spoke with radio personality Big Von and gave his account of how the fight ensued.

"I'm from Brooklyn, we don't bow down to nobody, we don't take no BS from nobody," Pap said. "Dude came at me sideways and chose to approach me with a bunch of bodyguards and asked me did I have a problem with him. I asked him did he have a problem with me. We got into a scuffle and I did what I did. I put my work in." [Listen here]

"Dude caught a fair one, Fat Joe," he continued. "I told him all my men step outside, my two dudes, I only had two dudes with me, he had like nine or ten with him, and we'll do the one on one. He didn't wanna do that. He refused. So we just got it on like that. I got it on with all them dudes. You can't deny the fact that I put my work in."

When Big Von asked, "Did you tap him?, Pap responded by saying, "Hell yeah. I'm from Brooklyn. That's what we do. I put my work in on the middle of that chin."

Fat Joe confirmed that 50 was the root of the problem, via an interview with Big Tigger on New York's 95.5 radio station on Tuesday (March 4), where he confirmed the fight, but had a much different recollection of what took place.

"The point is this, when you on the radio with 50 Cent, you laughing and he's disrespecting Fat Joe, you in the background heheheing and hahahaing, and your wife is Remy Ma and she's disrespecting Fat Joe on radio and you over there hehehehahaha, and I see you the next day, then I got no choice but you ask you 'Do we got a problem?'," Joe explained. "So, [Papoose] acted like he might've had a problem. So, Tigger, to tell you the truth, I actually felt sorry for the kid after I gave him the beats. So, I had to explain to him why he got the beats, after"

Pap said the fight took place Cassidy's hotel room in North Carolina (both were in town for a concert). When the two actually confronted each other, Pap claims explained that Joe refused to fight him one on one, and for this, he's lost all respect for his fellow New York rapper.

"If you ask a man for a fair one and you can't even grant him a fair one and you outweigh him by 100 pounds? Come on man," Pap explained. "Your whole crew or bodyguards and off duty police seen me ask you for everybody to step out the room and we do this one on one like men. You can never deny that. You should have came like a grown man. You should have came like a G."

Joe denies that claim, stating he was the one who put hands on Pap. He added, though, that the truth is easy to find, naming rappers Gucci Mane, Cassidy, and Yo Gotti, as witnesses if his story needs backing.

Despite the harsh words on both sides, Fat Joe doesn't feel Papoose is his real enemy, clarifying that 50 Cent is what sparked the incident and he's being held responsible.

"50 Cent is the real problem, it ain't even really Papoose," said Joe. "I wish he would just come out of hiding and just say 'Yo Joe, let's fight one on one and we can get over it there.'

"Who gives 50 Cent the authority to disrespect people, and then all these rappers run and tuck they tail. Fat Joe wants to beef, bring it. I'm not that guy," he continued.

Fat Joe is currently preparing the release of his next solo album, Elephant In The Room, which hits stores March 11.

As far as Papoose, the rapper says he's almost finalized a new record deal, which he did not elaborate much on because in his own words "it ain't final until it's final."

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