Funk Flex Doesn't Believe BK Rapper Gravy Was Shot
Hot 97 on-air personality Funkmaster Flex has reason to believe that Brooklyn rapper Gravy may not have been shot in the buttocks as he claimed this past April.
As previously reported, Gravy (born Jamal Woolard), was shot in the buttocks outside the building which houses Hot 97 studios on April 26, after he arrived for an on-air interview with Flex.
Despite his injury, Gravy did not seek treatment, but went into the studio to do the interview. After the Q&A, Gravy was discovered wounded and limping by police and taken to St. Vincent's Hospital where he was treated for a single gunshot wound and listed in stable condition.
"No one has ever really seen the wound," Flex told The New Yorker. "He was moving his hips up there. I mean, I'd like to see it. I'm sure we all would."
Even with Flex's doubts, Gravy maintains that he underwent a painful experience
"It was hard, because the bullet, it's hot - like, I don't know how to describe it," Gravy explained to The New Yorker. "You got to just get shot to understand. ... it got so bad, with my pants bleeding, that that's how they found out."
Days after Gravy's shooting, Flex would ban the rapper and his music from Hot 97.
Flex blames unemployment and drug dealers for bringing a "persistent, annoying" element into the rap industry. "People who can't make a fast buck on the corner anymore, now they think maybe the music business is a fast buck".
Gravy's shooting, which was the third in five years involving rappers and their entourages in front on Hot 97's studios, sparked The New York City District Council of Carpenters, who owns the building, to file a lawsuit demanding the eviction of the infamous hip-hop radio station. The Carpenters Union lawsuit accused Hot 97 of promoting violence and putting tenants' lives at risk.
Emmis Radio LLC, owner of Hot 97, fired back by countersuing with a breach-of-contract lawsuit.
Hot 97 has been plagued with shooting incidents in the past few years. Back in 2001, a shooting took place in front of the station between the entourages of Lil' Kim and Capone-N-Noreaga. When questioned about the shooting, Kim later denied the presence of two of her associates, which eventually led to her perjury and conspiracy conviction. She was released today (July 3) from Philadelphia's FederalDetentionCenter after serving ten months in the facility.
Last year, another shooting took place when The Game and his comrades attempted to enter the station to confront 50 Cent. 50 had announced to listeners that Game was being kicked out of his group G-Unit minutes earlier. The incident resulted in Game's friend, Kevin Reed aka P-nut being shot in the leg.
As previously reported, Gravy (born Jamal Woolard), was shot in the buttocks outside the building which houses Hot 97 studios on April 26, after he arrived for an on-air interview with Flex.
Despite his injury, Gravy did not seek treatment, but went into the studio to do the interview. After the Q&A, Gravy was discovered wounded and limping by police and taken to St. Vincent's Hospital where he was treated for a single gunshot wound and listed in stable condition.
"No one has ever really seen the wound," Flex told The New Yorker. "He was moving his hips up there. I mean, I'd like to see it. I'm sure we all would."
Even with Flex's doubts, Gravy maintains that he underwent a painful experience
"It was hard, because the bullet, it's hot - like, I don't know how to describe it," Gravy explained to The New Yorker. "You got to just get shot to understand. ... it got so bad, with my pants bleeding, that that's how they found out."
Days after Gravy's shooting, Flex would ban the rapper and his music from Hot 97.
Flex blames unemployment and drug dealers for bringing a "persistent, annoying" element into the rap industry. "People who can't make a fast buck on the corner anymore, now they think maybe the music business is a fast buck".
Gravy's shooting, which was the third in five years involving rappers and their entourages in front on Hot 97's studios, sparked The New York City District Council of Carpenters, who owns the building, to file a lawsuit demanding the eviction of the infamous hip-hop radio station. The Carpenters Union lawsuit accused Hot 97 of promoting violence and putting tenants' lives at risk.
Emmis Radio LLC, owner of Hot 97, fired back by countersuing with a breach-of-contract lawsuit.
Hot 97 has been plagued with shooting incidents in the past few years. Back in 2001, a shooting took place in front of the station between the entourages of Lil' Kim and Capone-N-Noreaga. When questioned about the shooting, Kim later denied the presence of two of her associates, which eventually led to her perjury and conspiracy conviction. She was released today (July 3) from Philadelphia's FederalDetentionCenter after serving ten months in the facility.
Last year, another shooting took place when The Game and his comrades attempted to enter the station to confront 50 Cent. 50 had announced to listeners that Game was being kicked out of his group G-Unit minutes earlier. The incident resulted in Game's friend, Kevin Reed aka P-nut being shot in the leg.
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