This is such sad news.
Two members of Nicki Minaj‘s tour crew were involved in a violent stabbing early Wednesday morning that left one dead and the other critically injured.
The victims, De’Von “Day Day” Pickett, who died, and Eric Parker, were in town rehearsing for the Only rapper’s tour.
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It all stemmed from a bar fight inside the Che Bar & Grill in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The argument reportedly started around 2 a.m. before it moved outside and turned violent.
Police believe a 30-year-old man involved in the fight pulled out a knife and stabbed the two men.
According to Nicki, they were only there for two days before this unfortunate incident happened:
The rapper went on to say a few more words about the her team members on Instagram:
Others like Rihanna and Fabolous turned to Instagram as well to express their sadness and grief for Day Day and his family.
They wrote:
This was such a tragic and senseless act of violence.
Our thoughts go out to Day Day and Eric’s families.
[Image via Nicki Minaj/Instagram/Adriana M. Barraza/WENN.]