A HOUSTON rapper has broken his silence after a shocking fight video involving his cousin and fellow artist went viral.
Texas native Z-Ro appears to be struck on the ground in a defensive position while his cousin Trae tha Truth mysteriously stands and watches in a chilling video that had fans dumbfounded.
Z-Ro, known for his critically acclaimed album The Life of Joseph W. McVey, claimed that Trae Tha Truth approached him to have a conversation while he was meeting up with fans after a rap festival.
"I went over there with the intentions of speaking, and speech is not where we're going. That's not what took place," the rapper told FOX 26.
"I was sucker punched and then I was jumped after the sucker punch."
Z-Ro appears to be vastly outnumbered in the shocking video that shows him laying on the ground while men circle around.
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Police rush over once they stop a man who is recorded striking Z-Ro's motionless figure outside of Tycoon Houston.
Multiple cops surrounded Z-Ro while a man in an orange shirt, who was identified as rapper Trae tha Truth, appears to shout at his cousin at the end of the scuffle.
Trae gave his side of the story on Instagram, saying that the fight was "family business."
"The situation that they are trying to paint, the narrative they are trying to paint, that s**t is false," Trae said in a video.
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"Not a seven-on-one situation. It wasn't blindsided, ambush, that's not what this is.
"This is family business, internal stuff that's been going on for 10, 15 years that's probably been building up and spilled over."
He said that the two spoke before the event and took responsibility for the fight that ensued.
The rapper explained that he was willing to move past the feud and that he wishes no harm to Z-Ro.
"It ain't no hate for that man," Trae said.
"I'm never gon' let nobody hurt or harm him. And that's as simple as it can be."
While the Texas-born rappers are related, Z-Ro told TMZ that the two haven't been friends since 2012.
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Trae tha Truth made his rapping debut in 1998 when was featured on Z-Ro's album Look What You Did to Me.
Z-Ro has yet to respond to Trae's video.
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