Overview
- A physical confrontation involving Funkmaster Flex occurred inside the Delta Lounge at Madison Square Garden during the Knicks season opener on Tuesday, Oct. 20, and short videos of the scene circulated widely online.
- Circulating clips show a chaotic scuffle that security and at least one NYPD officer intervened to break up, but the footage does not clearly show whether Flex was punched or who struck whom.
- Flex denied being punched in social posts, named music executive Shadow Stokes, and said the other side tried to bait him into a payout; he plans to address the incident on his Hot 97 show with his attorney on Oct. 22.
- Former Hot 97 executive TT Torrez’s representative said Flex violently shoved her during the same encounter, said she filed an online police report the night of the incident, and invoked a prior settlement and nondisparagement agreement.
- As of early reporting, Madison Square Garden and the NYPD had given no public confirmation of arrests or charges, leaving possible criminal or civil action and reputational fallout as the next developments to watch.