Rapper Nardo Wick claims he’s ‘mad’ after appalling video shows member of his entourage knocking fan unconscious leaving him in critical condition with a brain bleed
Rapper Nardo Wick has said he is ‘crazy’ after a horrific video showed a member of his entourage beating a fan unconscious, leaving him in critical condition with a brain haemorrhage.
20-year-old George Obregon Jr. was hospitalized in critical condition after being brutally attacked by the 21-year-old rapper’s associates, his family said. He had asked Wick for a photo.
Police said the fan approached Wick, real name Horace Bernard Walls III, around 1:15 a.m. after his show on Sunday at the Club Skye in Tampa, Florida.
Since the ordeal, Wick has taken to social media to condemn the terrible actions, but said he has “no control over the actions of another adult man.”
Rapper Nardo Wick has said he is ‘crazy’ after a horrific video showed a member of his entourage beating a fan unconscious, leaving him in critical condition with a brain haemorrhage
The rapper wrote, “I in no way condone what happened to my fan George after my show. I told him and his mother how sorry and concerned I was that it had happened to him, several times before anything had happened. posted or on the internet.
‘I immediately texted his mother my number the night it happened. I had even started making a post to try to find out who he was before his mom texted me.
“I have no control over the actions of another grown man, I don’t know if that happened, and I was angry when it happened.
‘I tried to stop it, as you can see in the video, and if anyone has the longer video you can see how angry I was. I love and appreciate all my fans and will not tolerate what happened during that time at all.” It’s not gangsta or cool in any way.”
Footage of the attack shows Obregon walking towards the rapper and his crew before being punched by one of the men, sending him crashing into a brick wall.
As Obregon appears too shocked or hurt to move, another member of Wick’s entourage again punches him several times – while Wick tells the man to “chill.”
Footage of the attack shows Obregon walking towards the rapper and his crew before being punched by one of the men, sending him crashing into a brick wall.
Obregon was left in a critical condition – with a severe concussion and brain haemorrhage
Obregon then falls to the ground and hits his head on the pavement as Wick pulls the attacker off of him.
A representative for Wick told DailyMail.com on Tuesday: “The story about a bodyguard or security is completely untrue.”
Wick’s manager, named Qown Wick, added: “They are not directly connected to Nardo.”
Despite Wick’s public comments and condemnation, his fans have blasted him for not doing enough while his young fan was attacked before his eyes.
One person wrote: ‘But you stood there and did nothing.’
Another said: ‘Disgusting crew’, while a third warned: ‘That lawsuit isn’t going to be pretty.’
And another person on social media added: ‘You can’t control their actions, but you can control them if you have emotionally mature people around you who have self-control.’
Others wondered how much Wick actually did for the young man: “Did you take him to the hospital?
‘Did you stay there until Medical came to help him, and did you also contact the authorities about this and provide information about who did this to him?
The young man’s angry family has taken to social media to demand justice for Obregon. He is seen in the hospital
“I don’t think so, unless you can prove everyone wrong.”
Another simply said: ‘Shame on you and your bodyguards.’
The young man’s angry family has taken to social media to demand justice for Obregon.
‘At no time was my son aggressive and at no time did she show any sign of damage!!! My son wanted a stupid picture with his favorite artist!!!!And this is what he gets!!!!!!! I’m sick to my stomach thinking about how this could have turned out!!!!’ Obregon’s mother Michelle wrote on Facebook.
She added, “As a mother, I implore you to help get justice for George Obregon Jr.” Anyone who knows my son knows that he is the sweetest and gentlest child ever. No drugs, alcohol, gang, nothing! I’m dying here and my heart hurts so much that it bothers me. I can’t keep quiet.’
DailyMail.com has contacted Obregon’s family for comment.
Tampa police told TMZ that Obregon is in stable but critical condition. It is not clear whether his injuries will cause him long-term damage.
Authorities are trying to identify the attackers and have asked the public for help.
After a second man punches Obregon, he falls to the ground and hits his head on the sidewalk
Wick’s Instagram is flooded with angry comments drawing attention to the shocking attack.
One comment read: ‘The fact that y’all got low level security who can’t even control that temper and put that kid in intensive care…the trial is about to get crazy…I hope you talking about…’
Another added: “You really need new bodyguards because what they did to that fan of yours wasn’t cute.”
A third commenter wrote: ‘You and all these rappers promoting violence, guns and drugs and then your people here put fans in hospital…disgusting man.’
However, some of the rapper’s fans stood by Wick, noting that he pulled one of Obregon’s men away and appeared to tell his entourage to “chill.”
‘Nardo told them to ‘chill’ and pushed them off him. Soooo, let’s not pretend Nardo just sat there,” one commenter wrote on Instagram.”
Another said: ‘Nardo tried to stop it, he didn’t even know what was going on, the boy ran towards him and his people reacted automatically because you never know.’
Wick, from Jacksonville, has over two million followers on Instagram and is known for his song Who Want Smoke?
He has worked with rappers such as 21 Savage, Future and Lil Baby.