A trio of attackers associated with a criminal squatter pistol-whipped iconic Brooklyn rapper Buckshot as they “tried to Tupac” him, the musician said.
The rapper was seriously hurt and hospitalized after the Oct. 28 beatdown, in which a gang of thugs set upon him near an East Flatbush building he owns.
The member of rap supergroup Boot Camp Clik was attacked shortly before 5 p.m. on East 51st Street. The NYPD is investigating the gang assault.
The violent incident left him with a concussion, a broken nose, and knots on his forehead, Buckshot, 49, exclusively told The Post.
“There were at least three guys. They hit me with a gun twice. I still got a lump on the back of my head,” said the rapper, who was out of the hospital and on the mend Friday.
Disturbing footage of the aftermath of the attack, filmed by passersby and widely distributed on social media, showing a bloodied Buckshot on the ground, struggling to get to his feet.
He can be heard in the clip asking for an ambulance, as he holds his swollen, welted head.
The “Who Got the Props” rapper, who grew up in Crown Heights, co-founded the record label Duck Down Music.
Buckshot claimed the attack was orchestrated by a career criminal known in that neighborhood. The Jamaican-born man has used the property for years as a base of operations and stored ghost cars in the driveway, the rapper explained.
“He preys on people, and he goes around scamming houses from older women,” Buckshot alleged. “He’s a deed thief and a master scam artist. [The previous owner] warned me about him, but I thought I would be able to talk to him. I tried a few times, and he just wasn’t [receptive].
“He wanted to get paid off the streets and maintain the spot.”
When Buckshot started cleaning up the “dilapidated” home, previously owned by one of scammer’s elderly victims, the crook called 911 on him, and told officers he’s the property’s owner.
Buckshot paid $46,000 for the three-family home in August, property records show.
Pretty soon, he said, younger men in the neighborhood started telling him, “Don’t come on the block no more.”
They also tried antagonizing him; a video shot by one of his attackers filmed just before the attack surfaced Friday, and shows a man filming Buckshot while repeatedly calling him a “snitch.”
“These fake Crips were his enforcers,” Buckshot insisted, adding his attackers were in their late teens. “They were his cronies.”
Buckshot alleges the man behind the video “pushed me and so I pushed him back.” The man then called his friends on his phone. “He goes, ‘He finally hit me, bro — come through the block,’ and I’m like, what the hell is going on?”
Moments later, the thugs ganged up on him.
“It is what it is,” said Buckshot. “Everyone sticks up for him. I broke up an operation, and the team he rolls with, they will do what he says.”
The rapper said he is still recovering from his injuries and is working with his own legal team and the police “to ensure this matter is handled properly.”
Police have started investigating the assault, but have yet to make any arrests, the NYPD said.
Buckshot said he’s undeterred by the brutal attack, and will continue work on the house.
“I don’t accept bullies,” he said. “It’s unfortunate, what happened. But I ain’t running.”
