Members of a Florida rapper’s entourage brutally attacked a young fan who had approached the musician for a photo on Monday night, leaving the man with a concussion and a brain bleed.
George Obregon, 20, is in critical, but stable, condition following the ruthless beating outside Club Skye in Tampa, where rapper Nardo Wick had performed earlier in the night, according to WFLA.
Obregon approached Wick, whose real name is Horace Walls III, and his entourage after the concert with the hopes of meeting his “favorite artist.”
Obregon, who had VIP tickets for the concert, is then blindsided and knocked unconscious by one member of Wick’s entourage, disturbing social media footage showed.
As Obregon was frozen and leaned against a wall, a second man delivered at least three more punches as the defenseless fan fell and bounced his head off the ground.
“I want everyone to see what these mother f—ers did to my son,” George’s mother Michelle Obregon said on Monday. “At no point was my son aggressive at no f—in point did he show any sign of harm! My son wanted a stupid f—kin picture with his favorite artist! And This is what he gets! I am sick to my stomach to think about how this could have turned out!
“Anyone who knows my son knows he is the sweetest and gentlest kid ever. No drugs, alcohol, gang, nothing! I am dying here and my f—kin heart is hurting so bad I am sick to (my) stomach. I can’t stay quiet.”
Tampa Police asked for assistance in identifying the two suspects.
“It’s not like we were running or anything,” Obregon’s friend and witness Connor Villa told TMZ. “George is just walking toward Nardo with his phone up then the guys that were around him, they didn’t hit him at first. They just kind of looked at him. He’s like ‘hey, can I get a picture?’ Then out of nowhere, the guy hit him from the side.”
The outlet also obtained photos of a text exchange between Michelle Obregon and Wick’s mother, who is also his manager, in which the former provided updates on George Obregon’s condition.
Wick has since reached out to the Obregons, the rapper said in a statement Tuesday.
“I don’t condone what happened to my fan George after my show in any type of way,” Wick said. “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.”
The rapper, known for his 2021 hit “Who Want Smoke?” condemned his entourage’s attack and said he “can’t control another grown man actions.”
“I sent his mama my number instantly the night it happened,” Wick added. “I was even gone make a post to try and find out who he was before his mama text me. I can’t 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 s–t aint gangsta or cool in no type of way.”
Representatives for Wick told WFLA that the two suspects are “not his security nor are the individuals directly connected to Nardo.”