For a second there, it seemed like people had gotten their shit together a bit. Not since Drake exposed a concertgoer for throwing a lemon mint vape on stage while he was performing at the Barclays Center had we heard of a performer being pelted with a projectile. That was a full week ago! In this current climate seemingly void of concert etiquette, it feels like a long time.
But what happens in Vegas can't always stay there — at least not for Cardi B, who both doubled down and turned the tables by chucking her mic not once, but twice while she was on stage this weekend.
UPDATE (7/31, 2:03 p.m. ET): According to TMZ, Cardi B is reportedly suspected for battery. A fan apparently went to Las Vegas Metro PD to report the incident at Drai's Beachclub the following day (July 30), telling the authorities that she'd been struck when the rapper threw her microphone from the stage. It apparently hit both the drink-thrower and another woman in the vicinity, and it's currently unclear which one of them went to the police.
The first reported microphone militarization took place during the rapper's performance at Drai's Beachclub on Saturday (July 29). After Cardi asked fans to splash water on her, one somehow took the request a little too far(?) during "Bodak Yellow" and found themselves on the receiving end of the performer's retaliation. Cardi lobbed her mic at the fan — and the song miraculously kept going? Huh!
It's worth noting that fan footage shows the drink thrower apologizing to the artist, who did indeed ask the crowd to make the stage a splash zone.
But what happens in Vegas can't always stay there — at least not for Cardi B, who both doubled down and turned the tables by chucking her mic not once, but twice while she was on stage this weekend.
UPDATE (7/31, 2:03 p.m. ET): According to TMZ, Cardi B is reportedly suspected for battery. A fan apparently went to Las Vegas Metro PD to report the incident at Drai's Beachclub the following day (July 30), telling the authorities that she'd been struck when the rapper threw her microphone from the stage. It apparently hit both the drink-thrower and another woman in the vicinity, and it's currently unclear which one of them went to the police.
The first reported microphone militarization took place during the rapper's performance at Drai's Beachclub on Saturday (July 29). After Cardi asked fans to splash water on her, one somehow took the request a little too far(?) during "Bodak Yellow" and found themselves on the receiving end of the performer's retaliation. Cardi lobbed her mic at the fan — and the song miraculously kept going? Huh!
It's worth noting that fan footage shows the drink thrower apologizing to the artist, who did indeed ask the crowd to make the stage a splash zone.
Already seems like a lot to unpack, doesn't it? Unfortunately, there are two bloody shoes in a pair.
Footage has newly emerged from Cardi's set at Drai's Nightclub the night before (July 28), and it seems like that was when she set her pitching precedent. At the end of her performance of "I Like It," the rapper can be seen hurling her mic at the DJ who was accompanying her. It's unclear what her DJ did to set the rapper off, but she clearly didn't like something.
We've gone on at length about why you shouldn't throw things at performers (yes, even if they're Morgan Wallen). Apparently it needs to be said that performers shouldn't take aim — unless it's with a T-shirt cannon or something — at their fans (or collaborators) while performing, either.
