DJ Drama Assaulted At 'Notorious' Premiere In Atlanta

AllHipHop.com has confirmed reports of a second altercation between DJ Drama's Aphilliates and members of the CTE family.

According to Aphilliates Music Group president La The Darkman, DJ Drama was assaulted by members of Young Jeezy's entourage last night (January 12), yet walked away from the incident unscathed.

"There was a little scuffle. At a movie screening," La told AllHipHop.com, "A little thing that got handled. Fake thugs with low self esteem want to pick on the DJ’s. We definitely didn't initiate this though. DJs don't go looking for beef with fake gangstas."

The statement comes after several reports surfaced of a squirmish between the crews last night during a screening of Notorious in the posh Buckhead section of Atlanta.

The fight comes two months after La himself clashed with members of CTE outside of Radio One's Dirty Awards in November.

Both he and CTE recording artist Roccett addressed the situation, explaining that the argument was a result of comments made by Young Jeezy during a video interview.

The widely circulated clip shows Jeezy surprisingly speaking ill of Drama, with whom he found tremendous success on the Gangsta Grillz mixtape Trap or Die.

The collaboration was arguably Jeezy's introduction to a national audience.

When the interview first surfaced, DJ Drama responded saying that it had to be some misunderstanding or misinterpretation.

DJ Drama also confirmed the scuffle, while representatives for Young Jeezy informed AllHipHop.com that the rapper was in the recording studio when the incident took place.

By Allhiphop.com

DJ Drama Doesn't Want To Beef With Jeezy

"I respect Jeezy, I like his music." - DJ Drama

Recently, at the Dirty Awards in Atlanta, T.I.'s and Shawty Lo's camps weren't the only ones to have a physical altercation. La the Darkman — Dram's friend and business partner — was in a fight with a member of Jeezy's Corporate Thugz Entertainment squad. Darkman said the scuffle stemmed from Jeezy dropping an F-bomb in front of Drama's name during a performance of The-Dream's "I Luv Your Girl" at his September album-release party in NYC.

On Thursday, an e-mail blast containing a song called "They Keep Talking" sent out by La's label, SRC Records, hinted that the track may be a dis record addressing the Snowman. Drama downplayed the tension between the two factions, MTV reports.

"As far as the altercation [at the Dirty Awards] goes, I can't really speak on it, because I wasn't there at the time. The Dirty Awards had already gotten crazy. As far as Young Jeezy and DJ Drama, DJ Drama and Young Jeezy made history together. I think DJ Drama is very important in Young Jeezy's career, as Young Jeezy is important in DJ Drama's career. I respect Jeezy, I like his music. There may be some things we don't see eye to eye on. Even with that, that's something that's between me and Jeezy, between homies and family.

"At the end of the day, I'm out playing good music," Drama added. "He makes good music, I rock it. Other than that, it's not too much I can speak upon."

As to what kicked off the differences in the first place, Drama said, "You may have to ask Jeezy about that. I continue to move forward. I'm sure in the future, me and Jeezy will work together. I'm here to get busy, man. I'm a DJ. That's what I do. I support good music."

Drama said he's been playing Young's "My President" at his spinning gigs and will not be biased against Jeezy.

"I love that song. That's the anthem. Why wouldn't I [play it]?" Drama said. "If there are things me and Jeezy need to speak about, that's for us to do. It's not for the public. I heard La's interview when he was on the Internet. Again, we're not here to escalate anything or condone anything, we're here to make good music. I'm gonna speak highly of everybody, because we're in Atlanta. How does that look to the fans? How does that look to the people if DJ Drama and Young Jeezy are beefing? That's not what we're here for. People wanna see us make history again."

T.I. has even offered to play mediator if his assistance is needed.

"Both of them are my guys," Tip told Shade 45 radio hosts Elliott Wilson and Angela Yee. "We're working on it right now. It's love."

Drama said that the situation hasn't gotten so out of hand that the duo need a peacekeeper: "I don't think, to my awareness, that it's got to that point."

Jeezy and Drama connected for one of the biggest mixtapes of the decade, Gangsta Grillz: Trap or Die. The project solidified Young and Dram as kings of the street game. They also connected for the follow-ups Can't Ban the Snowman and I Am the Street Dream and their very first joint effort, Tha Streets Iz Watchin.

DJ Drama Talks What To Expect On Dedication 3

Lil Wayne's, 'Dedication 3' mixtape releases on Thursday, November 13th.
"People have their opinions or their comments, but Wayne putting out a mixtape shows he's still in the game," Dram said on Monday evening. "[This mixtape] isn't for the money or the fame, it's for the people. It's for the game. You can hate on Drama or Wayne all you want, but we're doing this for the game."

The first two Dedication CDs have been instrumental in setting up Wayne's evolution as the hottest MC in the game over the past few years. Weezy and Drama have been talking about Dedication 3 for most of this year, and Dram said he started to send Wayne beats six months ago; the tape was completed last week.

"I picked the 'Art of Storytelling 4' beat," the DJ said. "You never heard nobody rip that 'Art of Storytelling' other than Outkast. People are scared of that. That's [Andre] 3000 on there. Weezy went in, he killed it. He did his thing. The 'Shootouts' beat by Soulja Boy is on there. Wayne did the V.I.C. 'Get Silly." One of my favorites he did was the old Lil Jon and Too Short 'Di-- Pleaser.' Tip's 'Whatever You Like' is on there. 'Ain't I,' that beat is on there — it's more singing on this tape clearly than part one or part two. But that's where Wayne is right now, his zone."

"I think it's more ... definitely more Young Money [Entertainment] than it was on the first two tapes," Drama explained. "It was always Young Money on the tapes, but I think this one is more for what Wayne is doing. He knew people would be paying attention to the brand. It was a place for his artists to shine as well. I also have my artists Willie the Kid and La the Darkman on the tape. Just the brands alone, Dedication, Wayne, Gangsta Grillz — it's that strong."

In related news, Weezy will have a eight-week tour with T-Pain, Keyshia Cole, and Gym Class Heroes starting December 18. There should be no problem filling the set lists up, as Pain's Thr33 Ringz comes out November 11; Cole's next album, A Different Me, drops December 16, and Wayne is set to release his latest street massacre, the Dedication 3 mixtape on Thursday. Once again, the New Orleans Fireman teams up with the Mixtape President, DJ Drama.