Trae tha Truth has spoken out following video footage that surfaced over the weekend that appears to show him and a group of men jumping fellow Texas artist Z-Ro.
The clip below shows several men punching Z-Ro as he lies on the ground outside of Tycoon Houston.
The rapper also told TMZ that he got jumped by Trae while he was alone:
On Wednesday, Trae shared his side of the story on his Instagram, claiming the incident was more complicated than it appeared in the short clip that went viral.
“The situation that they are trying to paint, the narrative they are trying to paint, that shit is false,” he said in the video. “Not a seven-on-one 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, you know what I’m saying?”
Trae added that he and Z-Ro communicated prior to the skirmish, though it clearly did not stop the fight from happening.
“It ain’t no hate for that man,” Trae continued. “You gotta understand I’m not gon,’ I’m never gon’ let nobody hurt or harm him. And that’s as simple as it can be. As far as the blogs, as far as everybody who had something to say that I’ve seen, you gotta keep that same energy.”
Ultimately, Trae said he takes accountability for the altercation and is willing to move past it so that their feud does not escalate any further.
Z-Ro has yet to respond to Trae’s Instagram post.