A teen hip-hop fan learned the hard way that stage diving is best left to the pros, after a rapper’s encouragement went wrong.

A 15-year-old was seriously injured after attempting a stage dive encouraged by rapper Destroy Lonely during the Beach, Please festival in Romania on July 11th.

The Romanian news outlet Observator visited Nicolas, the injured fan, in the hospital to learn about the incident. Nicolas attended the “Beach, Please” festival with his mother, which featured performances by A$AP Rocky, Young Thug, 21 Savage, Lil Baby, and Ken Carson.

Destroy Lonely, a key artist in the “rage rap” scene with Playboy Carti and Carson, is known for his high-energy, mosh-filled live shows. Nicolas shared that he joined the rapper onstage during the set. The two sang and danced together bri

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