50 Cent Was Just Named a Battery Suspect After a Fan Was Taken To Hospital
After footage circulated of Cardi B doing the exact same thing, another rapper is in hot water. While performing at Crypto.com Arena on August 30, 2023, 50 Cent throws a microphone at a fan and there’s a video to show what happened.
You may have déjà vu and this is why. In a now-viral collection of videos that circulated online on August 1, Cardi B was performing her hit “Bodak Yellow”. After seemingly encouraging fans to “give me some water,” as her DJ instructed the crowd to “splash her down,” Cardi could be seen looking surprised when a drink was thrown in her direction.
In response, Cardi threw her microphone at the front-row attendee, who security escorted away. In some videos, the woman who threw the drink could be heard apologizing immediately before being ushered out. According to TMZ, Cardi was later listed as a “battery suspect”. The tabloid reported: “The woman who was struck by Cardi’s mic when she hurled it into the crowd at Drai’s Nightclub on Saturday … went to Las Vegas Metro PD the next day to report the incident,” the site reported. “She told police she’d been struck by an item — the microphone — thrown from the stage. Of course, the whole incident was captured on cameras during Cardi’s show.”
According to Variety: “On July 30, 2023, an individual came into an LVMPD police station to report a battery,” the LVMPD stated. “According to the victim, she was attending an event on July 29, 2023, at a property located in the 3500 block of Las Vegas Boulevard. During a concert, she was struck by an item that was thrown from the stage.” Cardi was later cleared. Now, 50 Cent throwing a microphone has caught everyone’s attention and so have the fan’s injuries.
50 Cent throws a microphone video
50 Cent throws a microphone video was captured by fans and then circulated on Twitter. It’s said that he was handed several mics that didn’t work, at which he became frustrated.
So much so that he threw one of the broken ones in frustration into the crowd and hit one fan on the head. Photos of the fan surfaced on Instagram that showed a deep gash to her forehead and bloodied towels wrapped around her neck as well as bloodstains on her pink top.
TMZ later reported that 50 Cent was considered a suspect in felony battery because Power 106 radio host Bryhana Monegain—the woman who was struck by the mic—filed a police report that same night. “Law enforcement sources tell us … they believe 50 threw the mic at his crew in the production area and hit the victim. The victim told cops 50 looked directly at her before throwing the mic, so at least, according to her, 50 knew she was there. Bryhana went to the hospital with a laceration on her head,” the tabloid reported.
In an update, they shared a statement from 50’s lawyer, Scott Leemon, who said: “Let’s be very clear, as I told LAPD this afternoon, my client Curtis (AKA 50 Cent) would never intentionally strike anyone with a microphone. Anyone saying something different doesn’t have all the facts and is misinformed.”
It’s in exact contrast to what’s also been happening to performers. Bebe Rexha had to have stitches after a fan pelted her with a cellphone while performing at The Rooftop at Pier 17 in lower Manhattan in late June 2023 and a 27-year-old was charged. He told police officers: “I was trying to see if I could hit her with the phone at the end of the show because it would be funny.”
Kelsea Ballerini, meanwhile, was hit in the face with a bracelet during a gig in Idaho later that same month, Drake also had a phone thrown at him during a cover of Ginuwine’s “So Anxious” on July 6, 2023—he got away unscathed—and Pink was left flummoxed when a fan seemingly threw human ashes to her during a gig in London.
The day after an attack that left her with a black eye and stitches, Bebe posted two posts on her Instagram account about the incident. She posted a picture of the injury to her Instagram with the caption “I’m good.” She posted a subsequent post with pictures from the show and the caption, “Although the show ended in an unfortunate way it was still an amazing show in my hometown. Thank you so Much New York. I love You. The Tour must go on!!! Philly next! Which show you coming to?! #bestfnnightofmylifetour”.
Rolling Stone reported that a preliminary investigation by the NYPD “determined that a 27-year-old male intentionally threw a cell phone” at Rexha. Nicolas Malvagna was taken into custody and arraigned on Monday evening on June 19, 2023, when he was charged with two counts of assault in the third degree, as well as one count of harassment in the second degree, one count of aggravated harassment in the second degree and a count of attempted assault in the third degree. He was freed without bail following an arraignment.
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