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TONY YAYO ARRESTED FOR PUNCHING 14-YEAR-OLD: G-Unit rapper accused of assaulting son of industry rival; boy’s mom responds.
According topublished reports, the victim was the son of Jimmy “Henchmen” Rosemond, the head of record label/management firm Czar Entertainment.
The company handles the career of 50’s rival The Game. Also, 50 and Rosemond have been on opposite sides of a court battle over the release of “The Infamous Times - Volume I: The Original 50 Cent,” a Czar-produced DVD about a deceased drug kingpin known in Brooklyn as the "original 50 Cent."
The alleged assault took place Tuesday (3/20) after Rosemond's son left school and was headed to his internship at his father's offices on West 25th Street. The building is located near Violator Management, the company that handles 50 Cent's career.
Sources close to Czar tell Allhiphop.com that 50 Cent, Tony Yayo and several associates were leaving Violator Management and saw the boy walking down the street dressed in a Czar T-shirt. They reportedly had no idea that the teen was Rosemond's son.
According to sources, Yayo backhanded the boy then screamed profane words towards Czar Entertainment.
Violator wasn't available for comment on the charges, but sources within the company tell the Web site that 50 was not present at the alleged assault.
Yayo, born Marvin Bernard, was reportedly taken to a precinct in downtown Manhattan along with his associates to be identified by the teen. The boy’s mother, Cynthia Reed, was to accompany her son to the station. She has released the following statement in response to the alleged assault:
"As a mother I am concerned that my son (who is a fan of hip hop) would be attacked by the same artist whose music he listens to. It's a shame that 50 Cent and Tony Yayo could feel comfortable slapping and physically attacking an innocent 14 year old minor that they market and promote their records to. This is a cowardly act on my son who has done nothing to warrant the verbal and physical abuse he received. This issue should not be taken lightly and these men should be looked upon as a serious threat to society, having taken their relentless public rants towards their rivalries to a level of extreme. This should be looked as a step away from child molestation. I seek justice in the form of restoring my son's dignity and making sure any child can wear whatever they want without fear of bodily injury."
Yayo’s rap sheet includes two consecutive sentences on weapons-possession charges stemming from a Dec. 2002 arrest and a sentence for jumping bail.
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