Nardo Wick has released a statement after a video showing two members of his security detail assaulting a fan began circulating online. The video shows the fan, named George, being punched by two members of Wick's entourage after he approached the rapper outside a show at Club Skye in Tampa on Monday night.
The incident left the fan unconscious with spokesperson for the Tampa Police Department telling Billboard that they are currently investigating the situation, which has left the victim in a “critical, but stable condition.” The police added that they are "interested in speaking to anyone who witnessed the incident or may have information that would assist in identifying the suspects."
In his own statement, Nardo Wick said he doesn't condone what happened on Monday night and explained that he had contacted the family of the victim to provide assistance. "I cant control another grown man actions, I ain’t know that was gone happen, and I was mad when it happened," he wrote.
The Jacksonville, Florida rapper's full statement reads: "I don’t condone what happened to my fan George after my show in any type of way, I expressed to him and his mama how sorry and concerned I was that it happened to him, multiple times before anything was even posted or 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 cant control another grown man 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 in what happened at all dat sh– ain’t gangsta or cool in no type of way.”