Nardo Wick’s entourage reportedly beat up a fan who approached the rapper while he was leaving Club Skye in Tampa, Florida. Video showed two men punching the victim, who was taken to a local hospital after he got knocked out and collapsed on the concrete.
According to TMZ, Tampa Police said the victim was in critical but stable condition. The fan reportedly suffered a concussion. Police asked the public for help in identifying the 20-year-old man’s attackers.
Nardo Wick performed at Club Skye in Tampa on Sunday night (November 26). The victim attended the show and allegedly tried to get a photo with the RCA Records artist outside of the venue around 1:15 a.m. local time.
The fan ran up to Nardo Wick but was blocked by members of his crew. Someone in a hoodie blindsided the victim with a punch to the head, which left the fan leaning against a wall. A second attacker threw a barrage of punches, landing headshots that sent the fan to the ground.
Nardo Wick tried to intervene, but he was too late. The fan’s head already smacked the ground by the time he attempted to restrain the second attacker. The rapper released a statement about the incident on Tuesday (November 28).
“I don’t condone what happened to my fan George after my show in any type of way,” Nardo Wick wrote. “I expressed to him and his mama how sorry and concerned I was that it happened to him multiple times before anything was ever posted on the internet. I sent his mama my number instantly the night it happened. I was even gone make a post to try to find out who he was before his mama text me. I can’t control another grown [man’s] actions. I ain’t know that was gone happen, and I was mad when it happened. I tried to stop it as u can see in the video, and if somebody got the longer video you can see how mad I was. I love and appreciate all my fans and don’t condone what happened at all dat s### ain’t gangsta or cool in no type of way.”
Watch footage of the attack below.