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Fivio Foreign has been accused of using cocaine by former friend Ether Da Connect, who made the accusation after the pair got into a fight outside the Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia boxing match in New York City.
On Saturday (April 20), soon after the fight commenced, footage of the incident began making the rounds on social media rounds. The two people involved subsequently took to their respective Instagram Stories to address the ordeal.
“Betchu that big bozo n-gga won’t go live about how I punched him in [the] face outside the Barclay,” Fivio wrote on social media. “This why I don’t care to respond to none of these tough guys.. Boy said wait that’s my brother. N-gga we ain’t brothers tf. I would post the vid of boy running but I don’t condone internet movies. New Music coming soon.”
It didn’t take long for Ether to hit back with some accusations of his own.
“All I’ma say is cocaine is a helluva drug,” he fired back. “That’s all I’m saying. Listen, y’all take that and y’all do what y’all want to do with that. God bless.”
Ether Da Connect isn’t the only artist that Fivio Foreign has taken shots at. Last month, the Brooklyn native threw shade at Ice Spice, claiming that he simply can’t accept the idea that she’s the “King of New York.”
During an appearance on On the Radar Radio last month, he spat a few very angry bars about the Bronx native while also shouting out Tory Lanez in the process.
“How can a girl be the King of New York?” he raps. “Real n-gga, hood livin’, free Tory, he in good spirits.”
The comments in question came from A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie’s, who praise Ice Spice during an appearance on Adin Ross’ channel.
When asked who he thinks the current King of New York is, A Boogie replied: “Ice Spice got it right now … I feel like Ice is just wildin’ right now. She got it right now.”
The internet personality then suggested that the two rappers should link up for a song, to which A Boogie was receptive as he said: “For real, though.”
The “Drowning” hitmaker also offered his definition of the “King of New York,” saying: “I feel like the people, the fans, make it that. I never really forced that on people. I was never on songs like, ‘I’m the King of New York.’
“It was a lot of people that was out here doing that and made people give their opinions. But on my end, that shit just fell in my lap. I’m just doing my thing. I like making fire music. The beauty of it is being able to sell out arenas.”
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Russell Simmons has come to the defense of Diddy (real name Sean Combs) despite the sexual assault allegations both men are currently facing.
The embattled Def Jam co-founder took to Instagram on Monday (May 6) to share his thoughts on Diddy, imploring people to “see the good in things.”
He began: “When you tear someone down or you watch someone tear someone down, try not to get so excited. I know it’s fun to watch for some people. If I had a nickel for every nasty meme sent to me by people whose lives were enhanced and built by Sean Combs, it’s like, it seems a bit hypocritical since the only reason you have a life is ’cause you worked for him, or he gave you a job or lifted you up somehow.”
He then urged his followers to uplift Diddy: “Watching our brothers fall is hurtful. Having everybody get together and laugh at our brother’s fall or supporting the tearing down of our brothers is tough.
“You may think it’s, you know, entertaining. Some of the memes are funny, right? But, we gotta look up, train our minds to see the good in things and not the negative.”
Check out the clip below:
Simmons may also subtly be asking for grace regarding his own legal troubles.
Earlier this month, he was accused of falsifying a settlement document with the plaintiff in the sexual assault case that was filed against him earlier this year.
According to an amended complaint filed on Tuesday (April 30) and obtained by HipHopDX, he reportedly admitted to plaintiff that he was “sorry for what he’d done,” and that he wanted to settle the case without attorney involvement.
But the Jane Doe in this case has also accused the embattled mogul of falsifying a settlement document and submitting it to the court.
“The document is an Adobe pdf file titled “Agreement – Jane Doe v. Russell Simmons,” although the words “[Doe] – Executed Document.pdf” also appear in the body of the file at the top of each page. The metadata for the file states “Created: March 24, 2024.” The document is dated “January 9, 1997” at the top of each page, but states “[Jane Doe] 1-6-97” at the bottom of each page,” read the complaint.
“In addition to the discrepancy with the date and file name, a completely different employee’s name is listed at the top of page 3. The initials on each page are not Ms. Doe’s handwriting. The document is on Rush Associated Label letterhead as opposed to Def Jam’s letterhead. There is no date accompanying the signature of Russell Simmons or Lyor Cohen (President of Def Jam in 1997).”
Diddy, for his part, has remained defiant even after being sued by multiple people for alleged sexual assault and misconduct.
Earlier this month, the mogul shared a video montage that featured him in warm embraces with his loved ones before cutting to a shot of him standing on the beach and welcoming a storm with open arms.
The captionless clip featured audio from a 2022 sermon by Bishop T.D. Jakes during which he said: “Not hysterical, not frantic, not anxious, not fretful, but steady in the storm — looks bad, looks tough, but remain steady in the storm.”
