Bowling Alley Beef: DaBaby's Alleged Pre-Fight Words Revealed in Court

Sometimes a single sentence tells you everything you need to know about how a situation’s about to go sideways. According to deposition testimony obtained by TMZ, DaBaby allegedly walked up to Brandon Curiel—better known as Brandon Bill$, the brother of his ex DaniLeigh—at an L.A. bowling alley in 2022 and said,“I just want to slap you up a bit. I just want to slap you around a little bit.”Those words came right before the first punch flew, according to Brandon’s account.

The backstory here matters. Brandon had publicly beefed with DaBaby over the rapper’s treatment of his sister on the internet, claiming DaBaby was“humiliating her”and speaking about his family publicly. When Brandon made it clear things would get physical if they crossed paths, the internet took note—and so did the blogs. So when they ended up at the same bowling alley, the collision felt almost inevitable.

What went down next was the kind of messy that ends up in court years later. Brandon said DaBaby threw the first punch, which triggered his entourage to jump in. During the chaos, Brandon claims someone grabbed one of his gold chains. The whole thing spiraled from there, and Brandon eventually sued DaBaby over the beatdown.

Here’s where it gets legally complicated: DaBaby’s lawyer countered that Brandon was the instigator, not the rapper. The case got dismissed, then revived, and as of now there’s still no final decision. That deposition transcript—with those specific words about wanting to slap Brandon around—is now part of the legal record, and it paints a picture of a confrontation that went from tense conversation to violence in what sounds like seconds.

It’s a reminder that what you say right before things get physical can matter just as much as the swing itself.