Diddy,Swizz Beatz and members of Junior M.A.F.I.A were among the many in attendance at Imperial nightclub Thursday night for Damion "D-Roc" Butler's welcome-home party.
Butler was released from prison late last year for his involvement in a shootout between members of Lil’ kim’s and Capone N Noreaga’s campsC-N-N had collaborated with Foxy Brown, with whom Kim was embroiled in a feud at the time.
The 2001 incident resulted in the imprisonment of Butler and another shooter,As well as Lil’ Kim. The female rapper was sentenced to one year and a day in prison for perjury and conspiracy. The shootout and aftermath fractured the relationships among many in Biggie’s Junior M.A.F.I.A. circle.
New York radio station Hot 97 DJs Mister Cee and Funkmaster Flex spun sets at Imperial. "If you lived in Brooklyn for more than five years, put one hand in the air for B.I.G.," Cee told the crowd. Memphis Grizzlies players Darius Miles, Rudy Gay and Hakim Warrick were also in attendance.
Diddy arrived near 1 in the morning in his Maybach and quickly entered the venue past “ hip-hop cop” Derrick Parker, who was working security for the club. Butler and his entourage immediately followed.
Butler grew up in Brooklyn with biggie, and in the B.I.G. biopic “Notorious,” his character is shown taking the fall for his friend on a gun charge in order for Big to try his hand at a professional music career. The Junior M.A.F.I.A. member was later released before being imprisoned again years later following the Manhattan shootout with C-N-N.
Butler had a hand in the production of the popular DVD "Chronicles of Junior M.A.F.I.A.," but he hasn't spoken out much since his release or in support of "Notorious."
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