Trae Tha Truth has been charged over a fight with his cousin and fellow rapper Z-Ro.
According to FOX 26 Houston, Trae was charged with a misdemeanor for assault causing bodily injury over the scuffle, which happened after a celebrity basketball game hosted by 50 Cent in Houston, Texas in August.
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A video of the 42-year-old rapper (real name Frazier Othel Thompson) turning himself into authorities circulated online on Friday (December 30), showing onlookers embracing him as he walked into the Harris County Joint Processing Center in Houston.
Trae was reportedly released on bond shortly after.
The fight in question took place outside a restaurant on August 27. Footage of the incident showed several men kicking and punching Z-Ro, who was curled up in a ball on the ground.
Trae Tha Truth could be seen restraining the men attacking Z-Ro, before he and his entourage appeared to make verbal threats until police ultimately intervened.
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Z-Ro spoke with TMZ about the incident and claimed Trae and his entourage ambushed him.
“[I was] minding my business and when I walked outside, I’m called over to the side of sprinter van and [Trae] was like, ‘Ay, when you get finished doin’ that, come take this walk with me right quick,” he said.
“I was like, ‘You talkin’ to me?’ I had to make sure he was talking to me ’cause I mean, I see you everywhere, you see me everywhere. So when I walked over there, the only thing I saw after that was this [gestures to being punched in the face].”
Trae refuted Z-Ro’s claim, explaining that they had spoken the day after the fight and blamed it on family drama that had been brewing for years.
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“It wasn’t no 7-on-1 situation. It wasn’t no blindside ambush. That’s not what this is. This is family business, internal stuff that’s been going on for 10, 15 years that’s probably been building up and just spilled over into shit,” Trae said in a since-deleted Instagram video.
Days after Trae’s comments, TMZ shared a video that disputed his version of what happened that night. In the clip, Trae, along with four other people, appear to attack Z-Ro and take his gold chain.
