Ray J And Zeus CEO Lemuel Plummer Almost Throw Hands Again One Year After Their BET Skirmish

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JULY 24: Ray J attends the 12th Annual Variety - The Children's Charity Of Southern CA Poker And Casino Night at Paramount Pictures Studios on July 24, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Unique Nicole/Getty Images) INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 03: Lemuel Plummer poses as Zeus Network presents "Joseline's Cabaret California" Premiere Celebration at Cinepolis Luxury Cinemas Inglewood on August 03, 2025 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Robin L Marshall/Getty Images for The Zeus Network)
Ray J and Zeus CEO Lemuel Plummer got involved in brawl outside of the 2024 BET Awards afterparty. The former seemingly swung first.

Ray J and Lemuel Plummer nearly decided to get physical with one another again. The proud TV network owners met up for a one-on-one sit-down that was being moderated by Tia Kemp. Things got chippy practically right off the bat as the trailer shows.

Per TMZ, this was to discuss their brawl last summer during the afterparty for the BET Awards. In the preview, Ray J and Lemuel Plummer get heated over who they think swung first. Moreover, the former claims that the origin for their tension is the latter's alleged trash talking of his network.

For those curious, the singer and actor kickstarted his own in March 2024 called Tronix Network.

Eventually things escalate closer to what happened last year as Ray J takes his shirt off signaling that he's ready to rumble. Security guards were able to restrain them and get things back to a more normal state. Interestingly though, the foes appear to reconcile to some degree deeper into their chat.

Lemuel extends an offer to Ray J to become the host of his upcoming reality dating show called Love Cabin. He happily takes him up on it, so hopefully this is a mending that will last.

Ray J & Lemuel Plummer Beef

If you did see where they were in June 2024, you would think that this was never going to happen. But if you need a refresher, then review the clip above.

In it, Ray J and Lemuel Plummer meet up outside of the afterparty and get into each other's faces. They appear to be separated but the former lands a punch on his then sworn enemy.

Tensions were flaring up before this viral moment though as Ray labeled Lemuel the "Black Jeffrey Epstein" while alleging that he had abusive, exploitative, and manipulative tendencies towards women.

The fight appeared to strike a more serious chord for Ray J as he appeared to have some suicidal thoughts on the matter. "The s**t that is happening is mind blowing. It’s making me suicidal and uncomfortable with the perception of reality. THEY PAID ME TO SHUT UP AND I DID! I FEEL BAD AND I HATE MYSELF FOR IT! I DONT WANT ANYMORE OF YOUR DIRTY MONEY," he said in part.

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Zachary Horvath is one of the Music Freelance News Writers at HotNewHipHop and has held that title since August 2023. Prior to this position, he held another freelance gig covering local high school football, girls and boys varsity basketball, in addition to recapping Cleveland Cavaliers games remotely. He's taken the previous experience and used it to become a jack of all trades at HotNewHipHop. Zach has thoroughly enjoyed tackling some of the trending topics in sports, with a larger focus on hip-hop and pop culture. Some of those include Bronny James's draft stock, a multitude of angles swirling around the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef, as well as Diddy's arrest and lawsuits. Separate from the headlines that everyone wants to hear about, he was fortunate enough to help spread Zaytoven's current thoughts at the time around mid-December in 2023. Even though being able to give his expertise on these stories is fulfilling, being able to share his passion for releases trumps that ever so slightly. Having the chance to express his excitement indirectly about what he thinks our readers should be checking out/revisiting grows his passion for writing that much more.

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