Trae Tha Truth, Z-Ro Exchanged Blows Outside 50 Cent's Celebrity Basketball Game [Video]

What was supposed to be a night of good fun at 50 Cent's tycoon weekend event in Houston, Texas became a spectacle following the fight between Trae Tha Truth and Z-Ro.

In an interview with XXL Magazine, Z-Ro explained that he was not the one who threw the first punch. He claimed that it was Trae Tha Truth who began the fight by sucker-punching him, and the rest of his team ganged up on him thereafter.

"I saw Trae approaching. He asked if he could Holla at me... I turned around to see who he was talking to and he asked if I could follow him to the side of a sprinter bus. I'm thinking we [about] to talk like two grown men, but I was sucker punched," Z-Ro told XXL Magazine.

A video of the fight began circulating through social media. It shows a man punching Z-Ro on his head, as he crouched down on the ground.

Local law enforcement was called to the scene and handled the incident, as seen in the video.

"I thought it was gon' be where it's a change and to be honest, I thought it was a conversation that needed to be had, I guess for the last decade... It would have been something that I would have appreciated the conversation," said the "Mo City Don" rapper.

Decades-Long Beef?

Z-Ro insisted that the two did not have beef, and that was why he came over when Trae Tha Truth asked him to "talk."

According to XXL Magazine, the two Texan rappers' beef allegedly stemmed from unresolved family matters.

In a 2020 interview with The Donnie Houston Podcast show, Z-Ro said that he "misses" Trae Tha Truth and that he is not interested in fighting.

This is a sentiment he still echoes to this day, stating: "I don't even live my life like that. I got too much positive s**t goin' on, I obviously didn't expect no s**t like that."

"I thought it was gon' be where it's a change and to be honest, I thought it was a conversation that needed to be had, I guess for the last decade,"

"It would have been something that I would have appreciated the conversation," he added.

Moreover, according to TMZ's report, Z-Ro has been asking the "Swang" rapper for a friendly boxing match with the proceeds going to charity to "settle their differences," but the latter did not respond.

Z-Ro, born Joseph Wayne McVey IV, is from Houston and was named one of America's underrated rappers, according to The New York Times in 2007.

Trae Tha Truth or Frazier Othel Thompson III is also from Houston His debut album "losing Composure" was released in 2003. He and Z-Ro comprise a duo called A**holes By Nature (ABN), formed in 2003. They only released two albums, "A**holes By Nature" in 2003 and "It Is What It Is" in 2008.