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Pretty Fly For A White Guy: Watch rapper George Watsky bust his ass after trying to stage dive from 35 feet up in London

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Some rappers are fly, but most can’t fly — so someone should pass along the memo to Emerson College graduate George Watsky. The California hip-hop artist, who graduated from Emerson with a degree in “Writing and Acting for the Screen and Stage,” dove from 35-feet high atop a stage at London’s Alexandra Palace recently, busting his ass, breaking the arm of a female fan, injuring another man, and causing his Warped Tour show to be halted and eventually cancelled.

Smooth move, brogan.

Watsky has since apologized, addressing the issue earlier today via Facebook.

This is news to some, but many of you may have heard about the incident today at Warped Tour London. I jumped off an extremely tall lighting tress during my last song, and was taken to the hospital for examination. I was released, and I’m fine, besides some nicks, bruises, and the shame of endangering the crowd. The fall broke a girl’s arm and hurt another guy. My tour manager Nils and I stayed at the hospital for 6 hours til the visiting period ended, and all I know about the man’s condition at this point is that he has no breaks and the injury seems to be muscular/ bruising. I’ll be going back in the morning to try to apologize, but I wouldn’t blame the guy if he spits in my face. The jump was not awesome, it was not badass, and it was not ballsy. It turned what should have been a great day for the people who got hurt into a nightmare. It was stupid and wildly irresponsible, plain and simple.

I have no excuse for my actions, and the only way I can explain my mindset is that it was a huge overreach in the heat of the moment. No, I was not drunk or on drugs. I used to be a kid who was afraid to do anything physically dangerous– I was scared of the ball in little league, didn’t want to jump into lakes and would never have had the nerve to crowdsurf. But in the last year of touring, I’ve done increasingly risky things, maybe pushing myself by some dumb sense I am conquering my early timidity. I pride myself on trying to put on a good show and always giving 100% energy, but jumping off some high shit doesn’t make someone a good musician or performer. I feel fucking terrible. I made a boneheaded decision that got people hurt, and it’s extremely lucky it wasn’t worse.

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