Rapper Wale Confronts Toronto Raptors Broadcasters After On-Air Diss (Video)

Feb 20, 2013 11:07 AM EST

During the second quarter of last night's Washington Wizards vs. Toronto Raptors, Raptors play-by-play duo of Matt Devlin and Leo Rautins were taking shots at rapper Wale, after they witnessed some chatter between the Raptors' Rudy Gay during the game.

"So, Wale is inspiring, and I'm sure somebody on Twitter can tell me exactly if they've ever heard of Wale," Devlin said on the Toronto broadcast. "He's not Drake, that's for sure."

Well the Drake dis didn't hold well with Wale, as it appeared to reach the D.C.-based rapper in almost the speed of light. Wale took to twitter with this response:

However, the response on Twitter wasn't enough for Wale because he also decided during the third quarter to take his objections to the broadcast booth, which was about 20 rows behind, during a live broadcast, according to Sarah Kogod of the Washington Post.

"I was just introducing myself, that's all," Wale said. "Nah, I wasn't angry. I was like, 'You're not from here, you don't know. You don't know.'"

After the game Delvin said any "yelling" was due to the noise level of the loud arena, and that any beef was a mere result of Twitter.

"You know what, we were making fun of ourselves. Making fun, because we're not hip," Delvin said. "Obviously people on Twitter and social media, it kind of took on a life of its own. So he came up, we started talking and there was nothing to it."

As for any beef between Wale and Gay, Wale insists there isn't any.

"Oh, he and I have known each other for six years," he told me. "I was just telling him to hit me up. He was like, 'Okay, I'll call you.'"

Gay, who is from Baltimore, backed that up on Twitter after the game.


Check the video's below to see how it all went down with Wale:

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