Video has surfaced of a fight apparently involving Freddie Gibbs just before his scheduled performance last weekend in Buffalo, NY
On Monday, May 16, TMZ obtained footage of Freddie Gibbs being attacked near Buffalo’s Dinosaur Bar-B-Que restaurant after rampant rumors swirled around the internet throughout the day that the Indian-born rapper met heavy smoke. The alleged incident happened before Freddie Gibbs took the stage for the Buffalo, NY leg of his Space Rabbit tour on Saturday, May 14.
Many in the rap world believe the altercation is the direct result of a months-long spat between Gibbs and Benny The Butcher.
In the chaotic video, Freddie Gibbs can be seen in a green shirt and light colored shorts attacked by a mob of angry individuals. Amid Gibbs taking punches and kicks left and right, the person shooting the chaotic video can be heard saying, “Welcome Buffalo.”
Prior to the airing of the above video, photos of Freddie Gibbs began circulating on Monday, May 16, in which Gibbs can be seen performing on stage in Benny’s hometown of Buffalo in a ski mask, attempting apparently to cover a swollen eye.
It was also rumored that during Saturday’s fight, Freddie Gibbs had his chain ripped off, but those rumors were apparently denied by Gibbs in a screenshot of an alleged text message allegedly written by the ” Big Boss Rabbit”. rhymer himself.
While it hasn’t been confirmed that Benny The Butcher or any of his associates were involved in Saturday’s fight, the apparent attack on Freddie Gibbs in Buffalo, NY follows a heated back-and-forth. between the two former collaborators. Freddie Gibbs began trolling Benny on social media in March this year after the ’10 More Commandments’ MC hinted that he and Freddie’s working relationship was ‘going back and forth’ during an interview on Spotify’s Most Necessary Live.
From there, Freddie Gibbs took issue with Benny’s comments and even went so far as to mock Griselda’s spitter after he was shot in the leg during an attempted robbery in November 2020.
See video of Freddie Gibbs being attacked in Buffalo, NY below.
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