This is unfortunately the Summer of Dumbasses Throwing Things At Pop Stars. Pop acts are finally back to regular tours and summer concerts, only now fans think that it’s “funny” to throw sh-t at those pop stars on stage. It’s happened to Kelsea Ballerini, Bebe Rexha and others. Adele and Billie Eilish have called out these people but they keep doing it. Over the weekend, Cardi B was performing an outdoor concert at Drai’s Beachclub in Las Vegas. During “Bodak Yellow,” a woman threw her drink at Cardi on stage. Without missing a beat, Cardi threw her microphone at the woman. There are several angles of the whole thing:
Alright y’all, I found the other angle it connected 🙌🏾 Cardi’s aim remains undefeated and they turnt right back up after 😂 pic.twitter.com/JeX2LzvUfu
— SHETHER (@moveyaras) July 30, 2023
Cardi B throws microphone at audience member who threw a drink at her. pic.twitter.com/alLgHMFshb
— Pop Base (@PopBase) July 30, 2023
This new angle is making me scream 😭 pic.twitter.com/SxsRaqcAcG
— 🧝🏾♀️ (@itsovermey) July 30, 2023
The last one, where you can see the woman saying “I’m sorry! I’m sorry!” makes me wonder if the drink-throwing was even intentional? As for Cardi’s microphone-throwing… yes, she could have really hurt someone, but she didn’t and it’s fine. Why on earth would you throw anything at Cardi and not expect her to react? As for the lip-synching… the blue-checks are screaming and crying about Cardi and “Milli Vanilli.” Like, it’s 2023, y’all know that many artists are lip-synching or using a backing vocal for live performances, right? This wasn’t even a full concert in a stadium or whatever, it was just an outdoor performance in Vegas.
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It costs so much money to get tickets that close to the stage, why would you do that and then try to harm the performer? I can’t wrap my brain around it. Yeah, I know they all lip sync but it still makes me mad…. Because again people pay good money and for what, to hear the same recorded track they could just play for free on Spotify!
The fan was literally doing what Cardi had asked the crowd to do- dose her with water because it was so hot. This fan tried to flick the drink to cool her off & Cardi was pissed it hit her face, or when she wasn’t expecting it, but damn! This is like Drake going crazy if a bra hits him during a performance. I love Cardi but this sucks for both fans- the water thrower & the one hit with the microphone who has now contacted police (insert eye roll here).
I can see how you can unintentionally throw water on someone next to you, but someone that far and on a stage?
I doubt it.
I agree. To propel the water that far and up onto the stage, you have to put deliberate force into it.
She was just sorry that she got caught and saw Cardi’s angry face (and large bodyguards coming toward her). Oh well, lady. FAFO.
It seems as if just prior to the incident, Cardi and her on stage crew were saying in the mics, “dowse Cardi!!”, “get her wet”, things of this nature. Perhaps this fan took it literally, a little too literally.
Yeah, she was saying “splash me, get me wet”. Other people were literally throwing water on her body and she was fine with it. But she got mad when it hit her face later in the performance. Everyone seems to be ignoring it though. So I am team no one here. *Shrugs*
Yeah, it also seems ppl on this thread aren’t noticing this either.
I’m with you, I’m “team no one” on this one.
Yeah, it was the one that hit her in the face that made her mad. But criminy, when you invite people to splash water on you because it’s so hot, you’ve got to expect you might get it in the face.
On another note, Cardi’s a lefty!
I love the fact that Cardi has such good aim. It serves that woman right for throwing her drink. They got the right one baby! Why would anyone think that Cardi is the one to play with?
It’s terrible that people have been assaulting performers while they’re onstage. They have every right to defend themselves.
As the saying goes, ‘Don’t start no sh-t, won’t be no sh-t.’
There are consequences for your actions and she found out what hers were.
Don’t throw anything at performers. And if you try that with Cardi, you’re not just stupid, you’re campaigning for a Darwin Award.
I would advise CARDI B to work on her impulse control: if she had hit someone else’s face and scarred it, or broken the wrong person’s nose, she would have been legally liable.
A microphone for a drink can lead you straight to court. Vigilantism is not a solution here.
yes, you and @charlotte (below) make very good points. She could have paused and had her escorted out. BUT in this day and age, people need to think through dumb behavior. You never know when someone may try to retaliate in a worse way.
I feel like this site always gives Cardi a free pass for shitty behaviour. 2 wrongs don’t make a right and somebody could have got SERIOUSLY injured. Just because somebody didn’t get hurt does NOT make it ok. She is lucky not to have a lawsuit on her hands. Even if the person who threw the drink deserved this response by your logic, she could’ve injured an innocent bystander.
And yes I do side-eye performers not singing/rapping live. It’s not like she was doing some energetic dance routine at the time that means she can’t rap live. Why pay to see something live to just effectively listen to the cd?
I completely agree with you on all points.
Co-signing both points. It’s not ok just bc she didn’t hurt anyone, it’s not okay because it was in retaliation.
And lip syncing when people pay you good money to see a performance is also tacky!
Cardi always gets a free pass here. Remember when she openly admitted to drugging and robbing men when she was a stripper? People on this very site actually defended her. Insane.
With regards to this drink incident…Cardi has security to handle it. She didn’t need to throw anything. An innocent person could have gotten hurt. Plus reading other comments here, it seems they were asking fans to get “Carid wet” and others were throwing drinks at her too, but on her body not her face. I truly think this was an accident and the woman just tipped her cup too high up.
Agree with Charlotte. Cardi has always been a train wreck and I don’t get the free pass (drugging people, toxic/cheating relationship with a POS, multiple arrests for violence, botched plastic surgery, can’t even sing live) yet people still support her and act like she is so great. I don’t get it. Actual performers play live, she just isn’t that good yet keeps herself in the spotlight for being a garbage person.
Some fell in love with Cardi B when she did her interview with Bernie Sanders, was outspoken against Trump, & was a refreshing voice on the political scene during that time. I feel like she’s got a lot of money in the bank with some, for different reasons. I like her cuz she’s got beef with Nikki Minaj & enemies of anyone doing a pedo’s work on victims has a common friend in me.
Agree. I almost scrolled on because i knew there’d be nothing but biased Cardi lovers on this site, so I’m glad to see some people who don’t like lip syncing and aberrant behavior.
I’m just as disgusted at how much people here are defending Cardi’s bad behaviour BUT I’m not surprised. She gets a FREE HERE SOLELY because she spoke against Trump & Nicki Minaj as confirmed by 1 of her many fans here…………..As long as she ticks those 2 boxes, then it’s all good LOL!!! It’s ok for her to make fun of a dead woman’s child, physically assault women linked to her cheating, COLORIST husband, to call people NiGG&R & be black when it’s convenient & the list goes on & on. PURE HYPOCRISY.
Is this a new thing ? Why did i think that rappers dont or need to lip sync?
It’s literally just a backing track. Rappers have used them for decades. Just like other artists.
Yeah, microphones are quite heavy and hard, if you get one in the teeth it might be pretty brutal. All the while, Cardi knows that you have to react to that kind of shit right away or it will escalate. Most people simply don`t learn anything unless there are consequences to their actions. In my country a famous pop performer got hit in the head with a beer bottle. He is thankfully ok but the news story was that he cursed at the audience, not him getting physically attacked while doing his job. Cardi did not get to where she is by taking shit from anyone. She might have done some bad things herself but lord knows she can protect herself.
The best performer response I’ve seen to having something thrown at them (in this case, beer) was from Justin Hawkins, lead singer of The Darkness, about 3 years ago. It’s a long video. The beer is thrown at about 2:00 pm, and Justin’s mini-lecture starts at about 4:30 min. As a recovered alcoholic, he gets really upset about being covered in beer, but then, in his lovely British, gentlemanly way, shares his reasoning for why fans shouldn’t do this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wV841rBTz0&t=133s
That drink was intentionally thrown. I don’t blame her for being pissed, but throwing the mic could have been bad if she hit the wrong person, or hit her in the eye or something. Lawsuits galore.
I don’t know if I would call that a backing track, it sounded like straight up lip syncing to me, which if people are paying to see you in person, that’s kind of crappy. But the audience needs to stop throwing shit!
I don’t blame Cardi. The girl was only sorry when Cardi reacted to her provocation.
It takes a lot of experience and self control to not react or lash out at someone coming at you. Things happen fast. I work with patients and I do fear the day someone comes at me and I react aggressively rather than back away
” yes, she could have really hurt someone, but she didn’t and it’s fine.” …uhh….
The lip syncing comments are bringing back the fondest memories. I was lucky enough to see Prince’s last concert in Toronto. And part of his show was talking smack about artists that lip-sync with utter swagger and shade. It was absolutely delightful. RIP Purple One
Except she wasn’t lip-synching. It was a backing track. People really need to learn the difference between the two.
I understand, just relaying a happy memory is all
Don’t start none, won’t be none. Simple as that.
Oh HELL NO that was totally intentional! The aim was obvious, just look at the arc on that thing!
Good for Cardi! I’d have probably done the same, because I am actually crazy 🤣
A couple months back some kid thought it would be funny to steal our mail, what he didn’t count on was us seeing him from the window and my husband running off barefoot down the street after him. That kid had the SAME REACTION this woman did. Dropped the mail and started screaming “I’m sorry I’m sorry!” Like you can still freak out and apologize and still have done it intentionally. FAFO
Based on the short clips shown here, that woman is lucky that Cardi didn’t jump off the stage and start fighting the woman (she says she’s a former gang member). While I’m not a Cardi fan and definitely don’t agree with the microphone throwing – thankfully no innocent bystanders were hurt – one could argue self defense and Cardi’s reaction seemed reflexive. I don’t know about currently, but there was a time when throwing a drink in someone’s face in a club would definitely lead to a fight.
Some day, one of these so called fans is going to assault the wrong artist and get a serious public, or more likely, a non public ass kicking either by the artist, their bodyguards, or other fans upset at having a concert they spent hundreds of dollars on, needlessly disrupted and/or cancelled. It’s definitely coming bc for some odd reason, people refuse to keep their hands and inanimate objects to themselves.
Don’t throw anything at someone who’s from Washington Heights. You fuck around, you find out.
Turns out she hit TWO women with that microphone. Hit the woman who threw the drink at her, bounced off and hit a second woman. And one of those women went to the police station and filed battery charges against Cardi.
What a mess. She really needs to work on her temper. And people need to stop throwing sh*t at performers.