As reports suggest, NYC based electronic music duo Cash Cash were involved in a scuffle with fellow American rapper Tyga and his joint crew. Being included on the bill for the recently concluded ship cruise festival, Inception At Sea, the mishap took place minutes before the scheduled start of the duo’s set which caused a member of Cash Cash, Jean Paul Makhlouf to suffer significant injuries all over and ultimately leading to the complete cancellation of their performance.
In a statement provided by one of the representatives of Cash Cash exclusively to Billboard, it read:
“Early Saturday morning members of Tyga’s touring crew physically assaulted Cash Cash during an altercation backstage at Inception at Sea cruise festival. Members affected include Samuel Frisch, and Jean Paul Makhlouf. Jean Paul Makhlouf suffered a concussion, injured kidney, alongside bruises to his head and body following the scuffle. One member of Tyga’s touring crew hit Jean Paul Makhlouf of Cash Cash in the face following a verbal altercation when Tyga’s crew refused to leave the stage after the promoter called Cash Cash to start their already delayed set. [Tyga had postponed his 12:30-1am set to 1:45-2:35am overlapping with the set time of Cash Cash on the same stage.] A Tyga crew member was then filmed kicking Jean Paul in the ribs, while another Tyga crew member slammed him to the ground, punching and kicking his head and body while on top of him. Samuel Frisch was also shoved during the scene. Cash Cash was unable to perform their set and Makhlouf was also forced to miss their following show to recover from the incident.”
The NYC based duo also took to Twitter to shed light on the unfortunate incident, including pictures of the injury suffered which do look gruesome. Also to take a stronger stand on their issue, Cash Cash promised to release videos of the violent exchange which may bring a clear angle to the pending case. With no further details yet revealed, stay tuned for more updates!
Last night JP was violently physically assaulted by @tyga 's team mins before our set. Thank u to everyone who helped out. JP is recovering.
— Cash Cash (@cashcash) March 13, 2016
We are extremely bummed we couldn't play for our fans and were completely disrespected by @tyga and his team. More on this coming soon…
— Cash Cash (@cashcash) March 13, 2016
Videos are coming so you can see how barbaric and uncivilized some people can be… pic.twitter.com/6pp4RTT4a8
— Cash Cash (@cashcash) March 13, 2016
Source: Billboard
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