Fats Joe Sues Former Hypeman
If we’ve realized something in regards to the now traditional Kendrick Lamar and Drake rap battle, it’s that claims of pedophilia can nonetheless wreck careers and reputations at the moment, so when Fats Joe was accused of liking them younger himself, he wasted no time submitting a lawsuit to close down any type of pedo discuss.
In keeping with TMZ, the Don Cartegena simply sued his former hypeman, Terrance “T.A.” Dixon, after Dixon took to social media and claimed that Fats Joe flew a 16-year-old throughout state strains with the intention to sleep together with her. Instantly submitting a lawsuit in opposition to Dixon, Joey Crack is claiming that Dixon’s allegation is a results of Dixon not getting paid some cash he “didn’t earn” and has resorted to slander with the intention to even the rating.
Per TMZ:
Joe’s authorized counsel claims the allegations have been made as a part of a cash seize generated by Dixon’s lawyer, Tyrone Blackburn, who’s additionally representing Diddy accuser Lil Rodney in a separate case.
The lawsuit particulars how Joe and Dixon started working collectively in 2006, when Joe supplied him a “once-in-a-lifetime” alternative to be a part of his staff … full with compensation, luxurious journey, touring and different fringe advantages that accompany being in a celebrity rapper’s inside circle.
Joe says the partnership ended amicably in 2019 and says he by no means heard any cash complaints for six years, till Dixon started posting on social media with complaints he ought to have been paid extra for his previous work.
Fats Joe claims that again in March, Dixon employed Blackburn to characterize him and despatched him a letter demanding “compensation” as a ghostwriter for a few of Fats Joe’s songs. After Fats Joe declined his calls for he says that Dixon resorted to slander and is now taking him to courtroom for his transgression.
Whether or not any of those allegations are true or not, greatest imagine it’ll be one thing that can observe Fats Joe going ahead as individuals are likely to imagine no matter they need once they don’t notably like any individual. That’s one of many many negatives about social media in 2025.
Tyrone Blackburn, for his half, is assured within the lawsuit and warns of extra claims to return.
Blackburn tells TMZ Hip Hop the brand new lawsuit is only a cover-up try and isn’t backing down … saying Joe filed “a baseless lawsuit in an effort to melt the blow of what’s to return. It received’t work. Fats Joe has numerous explaining to do.”
In the meantime Fats Joe is in fact pushing again in opposition to the allegations and appears able to battle this to the bitter finish.
Fats Joe fiercely defends his identify, telling us … “These allegations are fully false and a part of a prison conspiracy orchestrated between a disgruntled former hype man and his lawyer. These two people have been scheming collectively to extort me with their elaborate and ludicrous calls for altering by the day.”
Guess we’ll have to attend and see how this one finally ends up panning out.
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