US police probe Cardi B mic throw
Days after a video showed rapper Cardi B hurling a microphone at a member of her audience, US police said they had begun a battery investigation.
In footage that has ricocheted around social media, the WAP star can be seen retaliating after a concert-goer threw a drink at her during a Las Vegas show.
Clips posted to social media show the Money singer recoiling after someone close to the stage splashed the contents of a cup at her.
She pauses briefly, before flinging the microphone back in the same direction, as the person who apparently threw the liquid apologizes and security staff intervene.
Cardi B threw a microphone at an audience member who threw a drink at her while she was performing. https://t.co/fkXr3WZTzj
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) July 30, 2023
Some videos online, however, appear to show the mic making contact with a different member of the audience.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said that a woman had contacted them to report a battery.
"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," the police said in a statement to US media.
"During a concert, she was struck by an item that was thrown from the stage."
The police statement did not mention Cardi B by name, but the date and location accord with her show.
In June, a man threw a phone at Bebe Rexha during a concert in New York, landing the singer in hospital.
The same month an audience member threw a bag purportedly containing the ashes of their mother at the stage while singer Pink was performing in London.
And last year, Harry Styles good-naturedly paused a New York concert after someone threw a chicken nugget in his direction.
In December, Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose pledged to stop throwing his microphone into the audience at the end of a show after a fan was reportedly hurt in Australia. (AFP)