Cesar Pina "Almost Got Himself" In A Lot Of Trouble, Joe Budden Explains Scuffle

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NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 18: Joe Budden at SiriusXM Studios on October 18, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Ilya S. Savenok/Getty Images)
DJ Envy's business associate's brother recently confronted the media personality, and he had a lot to say when breaking it down.

Joe Budden recently faced some smoke in real life when Cesar Pina's brother pulled up on him. For those unaware, Pina is DJ Envy's business associate, and they both faced a lot of accusations of fraud and shady business deals recently. In fact, it even resulted in The Breakfast Club host's former (but allegedly current) partner getting arrested. Of course, the Slaughterhouse MC commented on this situation and wasn't too forgiving to either man. Regardless, he kept his composure when Pina's brother confronted him, and on his podcast, he went into more detail about what happened. "Wednesday, this n***a rolled over in the spot [a bar]," the rapper began. "Totally empty, completely empty. Tuesday and Wednesday be slow. So it was completely empty in there, me and Big Mo, shout out to Mo. Me and Big Mo roll up in there and sit at the bar.

"Actually, the bar's crowded," Joe Budden continued. "So now I sit all the way by the bathroom. For the viewing audience at home, that's the corner, that's the cut away from things. You can't be seen and all of this, yada yada yada. So me and Mo sit there, we chillin'. [I get a drink from someone unknown], the waitress says, 'Flipping New Jersey.' Now, I say, I only know one Flipping New Jersey. 'Oh, s**t, maybe Cease is up in here.' So I get up, I go outside to this little smoke section, where I could see a little.I don't see nobody, right? So then she gives a description. 'Nah, it's n***a with a skully and glasses. He's not white, but he's not black, he's something.'

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"It's not Cesar 'Flipping New Jersey,'" Joe Budden continued. "So to me now, this is just a weirdo fan being funny, cool. Or maybe somebody who really likes Mo. [Cesar's brother] sent me the drink, and he keeps getting up and going over, and he's got some people with him. 'Just be careful.' And I said, 'Thank you, man. I appreciate that.' Then his friend gets up, he's walking, he positions himself at the corner of the bar. What I'm telling you is it was a lot of wocky, goofy s**t going on in there. But now the Lakers were getting smacked, I'm glued to this s**t. As soon as they go into overtime, motherf***ers in the spot hit all the lights, click-click, cut the TVs off, bong! 'Everybody out!' You motherf***er, you gotta be kidding me. But that's cool. Everybody out, it ain't but five people in there.

"See, that's the other thing; these clips say somebody pulled up on me," he concluded. "No, these goofy n***as was just in there. Ain't nobody pulled up, they was there. All the news is 'Yo, man, you smoking.' And 'Who's that girl?' F**k my safety. But anyway, I light the cig, these n***as come out and they just standing there looking like they're waiting for the Uber. Non-threatening-looking n***as. I still don't know who this dude is. He pulls his phone out, and that's what you hear. 'Budden! Budden!' I'm like, 'Please don't tape me.' I walk inside, when I walk out, and I have a few words with him. He almost got himself in a real pickle." For more news and the latest updates on Joe Budden, stay logged into HNHH.

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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.
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