There was a video that surfaced earlier this month that showed Skinnyfromthe9 getting jumped and having his chain stolen.

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Skinny addressed the incident in an Instagram video that he posted a few days ago, and the rapper said he was set up.

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I WAS SETUP

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"I just wanna let everyone know it didn’t go down the way y’all see," he explained. "I was set up by someone I thought I could trust, a close friend. He told me to come to his birthday party and I did. I just came by myself and one of my friends. When I got there, there was like 20 dudes waiting for me outside, but I hadn't picked up on it yet. I got up out the car, and that's when 20 guys, two times bigger than me, just all attacked me.”

Why do you think Skinny would go to a party with just one of his friends when he's had similar run-ins in the past?