Fats Joe has responded to the $20 million lawsuit filed by his former hype man, Terrance “T.A.” Dixon. For the unversed, the rapper sued Dixon in April 2025, accusing the previous hype man of slandering him on social media, saying he allegedly had s*xual relations with a minor.
Dixon then sued the rapper on June 19, 2025, searching for $20 million in damages, stating that Fats Joe, whose actual identify is Joseph Antonio Cartagena, reportedly did “coercive labor exploitation, monetary fraud, s*xual manipulation, violent intimidation, and psychological coercion.”
Dixon filed the lawsuit within the U.S. District Courtroom, Southern District of New York, accusing the rapper of allegedly forcing him to carry out s*xual acts beneath surveillance.
Based on Selection’s June 19, 2025, report, the previous hype man, who labored for Cartagena for 16 years, additionally claimed the rapper and his associates tried to erase his creative contributions.
Fats Joe launched his assertion on June 26, 2025, denying the allegations. The rapper acknowledged the allegations are “disgusting lies,” calling Dixon a “coward.”
Cartagena additionally addressed Dixon’s legal professional, Tyrone Blackburn, who had beforehand represented Sean “Diddy” Combs’ accuser, producer Lil Rodney, stating that legal professionals can not “extort” and “destroy” individuals.
“Because you need the clout, we are going to end you in courtroom. The time of legal professionals utilizing their regulation license as a badge to extort individuals and destroy households with no proof is over!! I am not the one!! You have messed with the incorrect one this time!” Fats Joe wrote in his assertion.
Fats Joe’s accuser’s legal professional, Tyrone Blackburn, was arrested for hitting a course of server along with his automotive
Terrance “T.A.” Dixon’s legal professional, Tyrone Blackburn, was arrested on June 23, 2025, for hitting a 66-year-old course of server along with his automotive. Based on TMZ’s June 25, 2025, report, the person was delivering authorized paperwork on Might 12, 2025, when Blackburn tried to flee the scene and put his automotive in reverse and hit the person, injuring his leg.
The New York Police Division arrested the legal professional and booked him for assault. Joe Tacopina, Cartagena’s legal professional, instructed Vibe that the rapper’s authorized staff is not stunned that Blackburn is arrested.
Calling Tyrone Blackburn an “embarrassment to the authorized neighborhood,” Tacopina acknowledged that his actions showcase his “malicious, manipulative conduct.”
“Usually, a lawyer getting arrested could be kind of stunning. Right here, it is not stunning in any respect, as a result of it is simply the most recent instance of his conduct. His malicious, manipulative conduct — or misconduct — that is what I will name it… he is a humiliation to the authorized neighborhood, he actually is,” Joe Tacopina acknowledged.
Talking of his consumer, Joe Tacopina instructed the media outlet that the rapper will not lose, as Dixon is reportedly making claims “to get cash.”
“That is just a few man making a declare to get cash. However but that being mentioned, it is nonetheless very troublesome for him, as a result of he is obtained all these offers with completely different corporations, and he is the face of various issues,” Tacopina acknowledged.
Terrance “T.A.” Dixon nor his authorized staff has responded to Fats Joe’s public assertion on the time of writing.
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