YBN Almighty Jay Needed A CRAZY Amount Of Stitches After Assault In NYC

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The rapper is still recovering from the brutal attack where his chain was snatched.

Over the weekend a video surfaced of YBN Almighty Jay being jumped for his chain in New York City. The rapper was hospitalized after the incident and now TMZ is reporting that he’s finally been released. The story is that
Jay was in a residential building in Manhattan when he got jumped by a group of men at around midnight. He attempted to run, but was pulled backwards and stomped on. As far as the lacerations to his face, he received multiple stab wounds to his head after someone smashed a Hennessy bottle on his head.

Another reported surfaced that says he required an estimated 300 stitches to patch up his facial wounds. Responding officials told TMZ, that they responded to a call about the fight in the lobby of the building naround 12:30 a.m. on Saturday. Upon entering they found Jay bleeding from his face and he was transported to the hospital. He allegedly was uncooperative with the police. The video of the actual fight was posted to social media and shows the ‘”Porsches In The Rain” rapper lying on the ground after the attack.

If you haven’t seen the picture of his injuries, you can take a look below. *DISCLAIMER* to mind the sensitive content warning as the picture is a little graphic. AKA don’t look if y’all don’t like blood! You have been warned!

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STORY via TMZ – YBN Almighty Jay is finally out of a hospital bed but still recovering from multiple stab wounds from a weekend beating that was way worse than what video showed. Sources close the rapper tell TMZ … Jay was hospitalized for a couple of days to get treated for injuries sustained Friday after a street fight was followed by a separate attack and robbery later in the night. We're told Jay was jumped by several guys around midnight in the lobby of a residential building in Manhattan, and after he tried to flee he got dragged back into a more serious assault. Our sources say along with getting stomped on and having his chains jacked, Jay got stabbed several times with a blade … and suffered head and facial lacerations when someone cracked a Hennessy bottle over his head. His face was sliced up so badly, he reportedly required 300 stitches.

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