On the latest episode of Joe and Jada, Fat Joe revealed that he encountered Desiigner at an airport before the “Timmy Turner” rapper’s indecent exposure incident in 2023.
Fat Joe and Jadakiss were talking about one-hit wonders in hip-hop when Jada mentioned Desiigner’s breakout hit “Panda.”
“Oh, yo, ‘Panda, Panda,’ is the one,” Joe said with a laugh. “He sold 10 million on that, right?”
Jada noted that Desiigner made “a shit load of money” off the track, which led Joe to bring up Desiigner “jerking” on an airplane.
“You know what’s crazy? I seen him in Dubai in the airport that day,” Joe said. “The same fucking day. He seemed so normal. I’m like, ‘Yo, what’s up, man?’ Then the next thing I know, when I arrive in the States … Tumblin’ dice.”
In 2023, Desiigner pleaded guilty to indecent exposure after he exposed himself to a flight attendant during a flight from Tokyo to Minneapolis. He was also accused of masturbating and required to register as a sex offender.
The following year, he suggested that his vegan diet at the time contributed to the incident. In an interview with Adam22 of No Jumper, the Brooklyn-born artist said he was “fully tweaked out” during the flight and wasn’t completely aware of what he was doing.
“I didn’t have enough sugars and stuff like that,” he explained. “I was kind of, like, out of my body. … It really wasn’t who my character was. I was on medication and just went to sleep on the plane.”
Desiigner, whose real name is Sidney Royel Selby III, also shared that when he returned to the U.S., he was met by the FBI and questioned about why he allegedly pleasured himself in his seat during the flight. He admitted he was concerned he would be seen as “a pervert” after the incident.
