50 Cent's ongoing Final Lap Tour could see legal trouble riding shotgun, after the artist struck a concertgoer in the head with a microphone during a recent performance.
Following last night's tour stop at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles (August 30), footage emerged of 50 Cent hurling malfunctioning mics off the stage on two occasions.
The video, seen below, shows 50 carrying two mics, tossing the first off the stage while YG works the crowd, eventually handing the second to a stagehand for a fix. After striding back onstage to start his verse, followed closely by the stagehand, 50's mic fails again, prompting him to wind up and launch it off the stage with force.
TMZ published the photos of the woman's injury, later identifying her as Bryhana Monegain, an on-air personality at L.A. hip-hop radio station Power 106. The site reports that Monegain filed a police report Wednesday night, and wrote that 50 Cent was "now a suspect in a criminal felony battery" case.
Scott Leemon, an attorney for 50 Cent, would later share in a statement with TMZ, "Let's be very clear, as I told LAPD this afternoon, my client [Curtis Jackson] would never intentionally strike anyone with a microphone. Anyone saying something different doesn't have all the facts and is misinformed."
This latest mic launch comes a month after Cardi B threw her microphone twice during a performance in Las Vegas. After footage of that instance surfaced, TMZ also reported the star was suspected of battery, a charge she was later cleared of. As for the microphone? It would later sell for nearly $100,000.
50 Cent's Final Lap Tour continues tonight in Chula Vista, CA, ahead of pulling through Western Canada in September with performances set for Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg.
Following last night's tour stop at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles (August 30), footage emerged of 50 Cent hurling malfunctioning mics off the stage on two occasions.
The video, seen below, shows 50 carrying two mics, tossing the first off the stage while YG works the crowd, eventually handing the second to a stagehand for a fix. After striding back onstage to start his verse, followed closely by the stagehand, 50's mic fails again, prompting him to wind up and launch it off the stage with force.
The story gets uglier upon learning 50 Cent's second throw made contact with a woman offstage.@polyboy.steezy 50 CENT THROWS HIS MIC #finaltour #yg #50cent #concert #foryou #fyp ♬ original sound - Polyboy.Steezy
TMZ published the photos of the woman's injury, later identifying her as Bryhana Monegain, an on-air personality at L.A. hip-hop radio station Power 106. The site reports that Monegain filed a police report Wednesday night, and wrote that 50 Cent was "now a suspect in a criminal felony battery" case.
Scott Leemon, an attorney for 50 Cent, would later share in a statement with TMZ, "Let's be very clear, as I told LAPD this afternoon, my client [Curtis Jackson] would never intentionally strike anyone with a microphone. Anyone saying something different doesn't have all the facts and is misinformed."
This latest mic launch comes a month after Cardi B threw her microphone twice during a performance in Las Vegas. After footage of that instance surfaced, TMZ also reported the star was suspected of battery, a charge she was later cleared of. As for the microphone? It would later sell for nearly $100,000.
50 Cent's Final Lap Tour continues tonight in Chula Vista, CA, ahead of pulling through Western Canada in September with performances set for Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg.
