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Nicki Minaj Hurls Object Back Into Crowd After Nearly Getting Hit by It During Performance

The rapper was perfoming in Detroit on her Pink Friday 2 World Tour when an item was thrown to her from the crowd.

In a video shared by Pop Crave on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Sunday, Minaj's performance of her 2012 hit, "Starships," is interrupted when a pink item is hurled at her from the crowd. ET confirmed 27-year-old Nicolas Malvagna from Manalapan, New Jersey, was arrested and charged with felony assault for allegedly hitting Rexha with the cell phone. As they stood in a semi-circle in front of a hall full of fans, an unknown object was thrown from the crowd and struck Pugh in the face, around her eye.

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