Anything goes in the rap game.
When you claim to be gangsta in your music
and you’re out in public rocking expensive jewelry,
eventually someone is going to test you.
Here is a look at some of the hottest rappers who have had their chain snatched.
NBA Youngboy
Kentrell Gaulden, aka NBA Youngboy,
is a popular rapper from Baton Rouge, LA.
Youngboy is one of the wildest rappers of the new generation
and despite being only 21 years old, he has a crazy rap sheet
that includes arrests for everything from attempted murder to kidnapping.
However, the bigger your reputation in the street, the more you become a target of enemies
and clout chasers who are looking to build a name by catching you lackin’.
However, Youngboy is really about that life and isn’t willing to let his chain go easily.
Youngboy has gotten into his fair share of fights
with fans and enemies who have tried to test him.
At a show in South Carolina,
the rapper even went as far as punching a fan in the face
for trying to snatch his chain.
Video of the show released by TMZ shows Youngboy performing the song
"War With Us" from on top of a security guard’s shoulders
in the middle of the general admission section,
with fans surrounding him.
In the video, Youngboy is shirtless with a chain around his neck.
He’s in the middle of a performance when a fan suddenly jumps up
and tries to grab the chan from his neck.
This attempt is unsuccessful and Youngboy continues the performance
but as soon as he gets a break, he tries to take it off
in case there is another attempt.
After he gets it off his neck,
either the same fan or another goon in the audience
tries to snatch it out of his hands.
Without hesitating for a second, Youngboy cocks back his fist
and rocks the dude in the face.
He falls off the security guard’s shoulders
and starts punching and shoving people beside him in the crowd.
At this point, Quando Rondo and other members of Youngboy’s crew
jump into the crowd to provide backup, but after a few seconds,
Youngboy is back to performing.
As he does, he starts holding the chain up in front of the crowd
showing that he kept it the whole time
and taunting any other chain snatchers to try their luck.
So, Youngboy can protect his jewelry when it is around his own neck.
But during a different show, Youngboy lent a piece to his homeboy
and wasn’t so lucky.
After a performance in Greensboro, NC, Youngboy stopped the show
to announce that he was angry because someone stole a chain from his partner.
Aye, aye you see that chain?
Aye, you see that chain you took off my partner neck
that chain you just took off my partner neck that ain't his chain, that's my chain
I ain't really tripping off this shit I got too much money
He says the chain was his and he is not happy that someone stole it.
He is clearly pissed because he keeps yelling at fans
and even threatens to punch a female spectator who had gotten up on the stage
after he stopped performing.
Ay get the **** back I don't know you get the **** back
I'll punch you and **** get the **** back man stop touching me
Security is tense because they try to restrain him,
but NBA Youngboy is not an artist you can easily control.
He says he isn’t tripping over a single chain because he has way too much money
however, he also threatens to shoot up the club over it.
He tries to get the chain snatcher to identify themselves but clearly,
no one is stupid enough to openly admit that they stole Youngboy’s chain
while in a room full of fans and his entourage.
TMZ later reported the guy who stole the chain
wanted a $20,000 ransom for its safe return.
However, he eventually returned it without any drama.
Supposedly, the transaction was brokered by hip hop mediator Jojo Capone.
Jojo is a legendary rapper and A&R from Chicago who has been instrumental
in the careers of artists like 2chaiz and Bump J.
He has brokered many peace deals behind the scenes in hip hop,
like the beef between the Game and Young Thug.
Allegedly, Jojo stepped in to ensure that Youngboy got his chain back
and no blood was spilled over a petty robbery.
Performing a packed show with expensive jewelry on can get risky.
This next artist got his jewelry snatched while crowd surfing at a show in Atlanta.
Here’s what happened
Playboi Carti
Jordan Carter, aka Playboi Carti, is a rapper from Atlanta, Georgia.
Carti is known for his unique delivery and hits like Magnolia
and Woke Up Like This with Lil Uzi Vert.
Carti is an artist who is either loved or hated by rap fans.
For those who embrace the new generation of mumble rappers,
he is an icon and an innovator.
But those who are used to the sound of traditional hip hop
are often confused by his style and approach to music.
Love him or hate him,
Carti is one of the most talked-about artists to emerge in the late 2010s.
Carti has never portrayed a gangster image and is more known for being an influencer
and trendsetter than a street rapper.
However, just because you don’t portray that life doesn’t mean you’re safe.
At a show in Atlanta back in 2017, Carti had his chain snatched by a fan
while he was crowd surfing.
Carti was hot off the success of his debut self-titled album
and the hit song Magnolia.
It was his first time performing in his hometown since blowing up on a mainstream level
and the show was pretty wild.
Footage from the concert shows Carti shirtless on top of the crowd
as they chant along to his song.
At the beginning of the clip,
you can see that he has a small gold chain around his neck
but by the end, it’s gone.
More footage from the same concert shows Carti addressing the chain snatching.
He lets the fans know that he had a chain on before he jumped in the crowd
and that he knows someone jacked it.
Look, I had on a chain
who ever took that **** you can have that ****
However, unlike Youngboy, Carti doesn’t threaten to shoot up the audience.
He tells the fan that they can keep the chain, but he still isn’t happy about it.
Cardi isn’t a street rapper and therefore there isn’t as much pressure on him
to do something about the situation.
Chain snatching isn’t just about stealing an expensive piece of jewelry
it’s a sign of disrespect and a way to make rappers look soft in public.
Carti doesn’t claim to be about that life
and therefore he wasn’t tripping as much as Youngboy about the theft.
However, no one likes getting stolen from and he had to address the situation
just to let fans know that it was a cheap move.
But not all rappers are as forgiving as Carti.
This next artist got into a shootout after someone snathed his chain at a deli in Jersey.
Yup, here's the crazy story
Fetty Wap
Willie Maxwell II – aka Fetty Wap – is a rapper and singer from Paterson, New Jersey.
Fetty is best known for his hit singles Trap Queen and My Way,
which were major hits back in 2015.
Fetty's career fizzled after the release of his debut, self-titled album.
However, he continues to release music
despite not reaching the same level of commercial success.
But being a major star doesn’t save you from street drama.
Back in 2017, Fetty Wap got into an altercation
in his hometown of Paterson, New Jersey
after another artist he had beef with stole his chain.
The robbery led to a shootout that left three men with non-critical injuries
and the robber was later arrested after self-snitching on Instagram.
The incident went down at a deli in Paterson back in March 2017.
Footage from the deli shows Fetty Wap running away,
while a big dude with a pistol in his hand approaches him.
Details later emerged that claimed after the incident
there was a shootout that left three people injured, but no one killed.
A man named Rahim Thomas – who went by the name Fuzz –
was later arrested for the robbery,
after posting photos to Instagram of himself wearing the chain.
It was pretty easy to identify, as the chain spelled out 1738,
the name of the squad the Fetty repped.
Supposedly the shootout and the chain snatching stemmed from a street beef
that Fetty had with Fuzz and his crew.
Fuzz is also an artist from Paterson who owns a company called Muscle Team Entertainment.
A few months before the chain snatching,
TMZ caught up with Fuzz who broke down the beef.
Fuzz claims that Fetty and one of his artists had a track together that was popular in Paterson.
Fuzz claims he helped Fetty and his crew
early in his career, but their energy changed
when things started to pop off.
He claims that Fetty’s manager had a problem with the Muscle Team,
so he told promoters in the city that they could only book Fetty
and not anyone associated with their camp.
That is what set off the beef and when Fetty got recognized on a mainstream level,
his team continued to have them blackballed in the industry.
In the same video, he tells Fetty that he can’t come to Paterson
and if he sees him, it’s going to be on sight.
Is he persona non grata in Paterson anymore?
Nah he can't come out there when I'm out there
No he can't come period it's over
So at the end of the day
They never come out to Paterson anyway and if they do come
they'll go somewhere like
on edge of Paterson where they can come and say I'm here in Paterson boom boom boom
and that's it you know what I'm saying
To make matters worse, Fuzz is cool with another Patterson rapper named P Dice,
who was once part of Fetty’s Remy Boyz crew.
P Dice was featured on the original version of 679
but was replaced by another artist in the crew named Monte.
Allegedly Fetty was supposed to give P Dice 16.9% of the song’s profits
but later reduced that share to 5%.
The song was a top 5 hit on the Billboard Hot 100
and currently has over 550 million streams on Spotify.
So, it’s understandable why P Dice was upset that his royalties got slashed
and he ended up suing the artist for 7 million dollars.
So, the beef between the Muscle Team and the 1738 camp was well established.
Fuzz wasn’t lying about doing something to Fetty the next time he saw him
and the rant he did for TMZ was recorded just months before the robbery.
However, despite claiming that Fetty and his crew were soft,
the incident ended in a shootout that left 2 members of fuzz’s crew injured.
The other person hit was a member of Fetty’s entourage,
who allegedly shot himself by accident.
Luckily no one was killed, and Fuzz was eventually arrested.
Fuzz and his brother Latwyn were originally facing up to 20 years in prison
for the robbery and possessing weapons as convicted felons
but copped a plea to receive less time.
Fuzz ended up being sentenced to five years
and Latwyn was sentenced to time served while awaiting trial.
There haven’t been any other incidents between the two crews since the robbery
– unless something happened in the streets and didn’t make the news.
Hopefully, Fetty and his crew have hashed things out and reached a peace agreement–
otherwise it might get wild in Paterson once Fuzz is released.
But at least Fetty didn’t lose his chain or any money in this attempt.
However, this next rapper was crowd surfing at his show
and got a $100,000 chain snatched off his neck…
Let’s get into it
Slim Jxmmi
Slim Jxmmi is one half of the pop-rap duo Rea Shremmurd along with Swae Lee.
The two are brothers from Tupelo, Mississippi.
They signed to super producer Mike Will Made-It EarDrummers imprint in 2013
and started gaining attention the following year with songs like No Type and No Flex Zone.
They have gone on to release numerous Billboard hits
and are known for their catchy melodies and bright personalities.
But right at the height of their success, Slim Jxmmi was the victim of a chain snatching
at a show in Paris, France.
The duo was performing at the Zenith in Paris on July 3rd, 2017,
and Slim Jxmmi decided to crowd surf in the middle of the show.
While Jxmmi was in the crowd, someone snatched the chain from his neck
and ran off with it, just like the Carti situation.
However, The chain that Slim Jxmmi was wearing was worth a lot more money –
according to Euro 1, a French media outlet, the chain was worth 100,000 euros
or about 113,000 US Dollars.
So, it’s understandable why Slim Jxmmi was upset by losing the piece.
There is no footage of the actual chain snatching, but footage of the aftermath was released.
Jimmi got back up on stage and told the crowd what had happened.
He demands that whoever snatched it come forward
and asks the fans to point out the person who has it.
He isn’t quite as angry as Youngboy was and doesn’t threaten to shoot up the audience,
but he does seem pretty pissed.
Swae Lee jumps in and offers to bring whoever stole the chain on tour with them
if they come forward.
He even offers the chain snatcher 5,000 euros to return the piece,
Who got the chain I got you 5,000 euros right now.
Who got the chain?
but still, no one comes forward.
He pushes the bid to 50,000 euros and still no one comes forward.
Who got the chain right now I will cash you out 50,000 euros right now
Who got the chain hold that mother****** up
He got it
Hold that ***** up like this come to the stage
come to the stage
However, that may have done more harm than good,
because the thief probably realized that if the group was willing to pay 50,000 euros
for it on the spot, it must be worth double on the streets of Paris.
Jxmmi had purchased the piece only a few weeks prior
and posted a video with it to social media.
The chain spelled out JXM and according to a post on IG
he got it to let his fans know how his stage name was spelled
– with an X instead of an I.
There are several photos of Jxmmi wearing the piece while on tour,
where he looks pretty hyped to be wearing his new jewelry.
However, he made a mistake by jumping into the crowd
with over $100,000 worth of gold and diamonds around his neck.
Jxmmi took to social media after the concert to admit that he did hit a $100,000 crowd surf.
A fan replied to the tweet to ask him how he felt –
and he replied saying he was indifferent.
At the time Rae Shremmurd was one of the hottest groups in the world
and fresh off the success of their hit song Black Beatles featuring Gucci Mane
that became a viral craze thanks to the Mannequin challenge.
So, at least Jxmmi could afford to lose the $100K without ruining his career.
Hopefully, this incident is a lesson to rappers everywhere
to remove their jewelry before they jump into the crowd –
especially when it’s worth as much as a sports car.
But part of the appeal of expensive jewelry is showing it off
and many are willing to take the risk just for the clout.
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