Freddie Gibbs has played down his recently tense encounter with noted rival Benny the Butcher at an airport.

The two crossed paths in Paris and shared a few words but Gibbs denied that things were going to get heated between the two.

He said to Complex: “I mean, you saw me standing there. I was just in the airport. Everything that everybody tried to make out of it, that wasn’t true. I didn’t even really, barely even said a word. I was just standing there. I saw him just standing there. Of course, we ain’t in a friendship. What are we gonna do? I ain’t going to jail over that.”

Gibbs added: “The only thing I really said was ‘Aye, man, this ain’t the time or the place. I ain’t about to fuck my bag up.”

Benny and Gibbs, who previously collaborated together on two critically acclaimed sing

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