Former NFL star Dez Bryant revealed Tuesday that rapper Offset allegedly owed him an $8,000 gambling debt. The claim that surfaced just hours after the Migos member was hospitalized following a shooting at a Florida casino.
Bryant, the longtime Dallas Cowboys wide receiver, shared his experience on X, formerly Twitter, explaining that the unpaid debt stemmed from a past bet.
Bryant claimed that after winning the money, he attempted to collect while the rapper was resting, but he chose to back down when Offset’s associates appeared ready to intervene in the lopsided confrontation. “I beat offset out of 8k he tried to take a nap on me and I go to tap on him to wake him up..telling him I need that 8k,” Bryant wrote in the social media post.
He said he ultimately “charged it to the game” because he was by himself and felt outnumbered by the rapper’s entourage. The timing of the revelation comes as the hip-hop community reacts to the news that Offset was the victim of a shooting near the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood on Monday night.
Bryant noted that Offset actually contacted him regarding a potential financial deal just three hours before the violence occurred. “I saw the news later on and was like damn…some people don’t play about they money,” Bryant said, though he did not directly link the shooting to any specific financial dispute.
A spokesperson for Offset confirmed Tuesday that the rapper is currently receiving medical care at a local hospital and is expected to be fine. Law enforcement officials arrested rapper Lil Tjay in connection with an altercation prior to the shooting, though he has since been released on bond. The investigation into the shooting remains ongoing.
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