Memphis rapper NLE Choppa was recently involved in a physical altercation at the airport when a fan approached him and seemingly taunted him, which prompted the rapper to throw a punch. Choppa hit the ground for a brief moment before getting back up, but the fight seemingly did not last over a few seconds.
The man who attacked NLE Choppa claimed to be a fan of YoungBoy Never Broke Again by repping “Big 4ktrey” in a post on social media but in a conversation with DJ Akademiks on his Off The Record podcast, Choppa says the man did not approach him as such.
“He came to me as a fan, I could tell, I could tell he was a fan. That’s why I was finna deescalate ’cause I had my earphones in and I just didn’t hear [him],” said Choppa. “Nobody scared. It was crazy. He jumped at me and I’m like, ‘What the f*ck?’ In a split second of me thinking, I was like, man, should I pop on this n***a, man? And I just went ahead and fired on him because I feel like if I would have turned my back and walked off, he would have sucker-punched me or did whatever. So I just went ahead and popped it off ’cause where I’m from–.”
DJ Akademiks cut him off at that point and mentioned that the narrative surrounding the altercation was that the man was a fan of NBA YoungBoy, but Choppa disputes that much.
“He wasn’t a YoungBoy fan,” said Choppa. “That’s why I hate the media. ‘Cause they twist sh*t up.”
Watch the video below, as well as NLE Choppa’s full interview with DJ Akademiks underneath.