Sheck Wes: US rapper accused of domestic abuse and stalking - 'You hit your girl before me and you’ll do it again'
Singer Justine Skye has publicised allegations against Wes
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Your support makes all the difference.US rapper Sheck Wes has been accused of domestic abuse and stalking.
Singer Justine Skye publicised the allegations on Twitter on Tuesday, referring to Wes as her “abuser”.
The New York City rapper – real name Khadimou Rassoul Cheikh Fall – has denied the accusations, saying he has never “beat or hit any women”.
Skye originally tweeted: “Taking a walk with my friends and my man and Sheck Wes (my abuser) and his friends decide to STALK US and attack my friends.. two cars full of n***** while he sat in the car like a b****.
“You’re pathetic sheck and you beat women. You hit your girl before me and you’ll do it again.”
Wes responded in a tweet of his own: “I’ve chosen to remain silent until now out of respect for actual victims of abuse. But I cannot stand by while lies are repeatedly told about me.
“I never hit or beat any women and I did not beat up or jump anybody.”
Skye in turn doubled down on her accusations, writing in a follow-up message: “I literally have footage of you jumping over the fence of my crib to attack me Sheck... your lies are even more disrespectful.”
The Independent has contacted Skye’s and Wes’s teams for more information.
Wes, 20, gained notoriety when his song “Mo Bamba” became a viral success in 2018.
In October last year, Skye opened up in an Instagram post marking the end of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, saying she had experienced “one of the scariest / heartbreaking experiences in [her] life”.
“I felt stupid, angry, depressed.. blamed myself. Trying to figure out how someone who claimed they loved me so much could find such evil within themselves to hurt me mentally and physically,” she wrote.
The singer didn’t name anyone in the message.
In November 2018, she tweeted: “I never said who it was because I knew it wouldn’t matter to a lot of you.. it’s just something for you to talk about today. That’s just the reality of it. But I made a video about it in hopes that it can inspire someone else get away for their abusive partner.. That was my goal.”
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