A social media troll recently learned what happens when you mess with the wrong man’s girl. Papoose allegedly stood up for his girlfriend, Claressa Shields, in a firm way after she got called Serena Williams.
Shields took to social media to explain how the situation went down. She was hanging out in a “boxing circle” with J Prince, Zab Judah, and others, with the New York rapper close by, when she was approached by Gerald Huston. Huston is a social media comedian known for walking up to celebrities and calling them the wrong person.
“The guy walked up to me and he ain’t have a phone in his hand or nothing. And he was like ‘Oh my God, there goes Serena!’” she said. “‘Serena! Serena!’ And all of us who was around looked at him like ‘Bro, what is you doing?’” She admitted to not knowing who Huston was at first and couldn’t pick up on his bit because he did not have a camera. The multi-time boxing champion even suggested, in hindsight, she would have been a willing participant had he notified her of what he was doing ahead of time.
Nonetheless, in the moment, Shields said that she attempted to just walk away, but Huston followed her and kept calling her “Serena.” This is where the “Counting Green” rapper intervened. “He keep stepping to me. Now this is where my man, my man, my man, Pap step to him like ‘Aye bro, chill out,’” she added. “‘She said that’s not Serena, leave her alone.’ He stepped to Pap because this is what he do. He’s like ‘Hell, I did it already.’” Bold move, Huston.
Shields explained how the 47-year-old only had one recourse left after Huston disrespected her and stepped up to him. “Y’all already know what happened,” she said. “I don’t have to say nothing. Anybody that knows Pap knows what happened, but that’s all that happened.” The Shaderoom shared a video of Huston showing wounds on his face and confirming that Papoose hit him, by his account. “Play silly games, you win silly prizes, right?” Huston said.
Perhaps Huston wasn’t familiar with Pap’s verse on the “Touch It” mega remix in 2006. “Five boroughs of death, you don’t understand/ I got New York City in the palm of my hand/ Now I could make a tight fist and let it crumble ridiculous/ Or I could smack the world with a New York Nemesis,” he rapped. Later in the verse, he described how each finger represented a different New York borough, meaning his fist carries much power. VIBE has reached out to Papoose’s team for comment.