An Australian hip hop rapper and father-of-three was allegedly glassed in the head while he was attending his father’s wake at a home in Adelaide’s south.
Daniel Smith, 40, otherwise known by his stage name MC Pressure in the group Hilltop Hoods, was taken to Flinders Medical Centre with head injuries after the private gathering became violent and spilled out onto the street.
Smith was reportedly hit in the head with a drinking glass by a 42-year-old man at a home on Istanbul Drive, Aberfoyle Park, about 11pm on Thursday.
Daniel Smith, 40, (left) an Australian hip hop rapper in the group Hilltop Hoods (pictured) was allegedly glassed in the head while he was attending his father’s wake at a home in Adelaide
Daniel Smith, 40, otherwise known by his stage name MC Pressure in the group Hilltop Hoods, was taken to Flinders Medical Centre with head injuries after the private gathering became violent and spilled out onto the street
The men were attending a wake at the house when a fight broke out.
‘It was very loud, we could hear arguing and fighting on the street,’ neighbour Chrystine Caple told 9 News.
Neighbours said up to ten people were involved in the fight, with one neighbour saying he heard a man shout: ‘I’ve got a gun!’ and ‘You’re going to pay for this.’
”There were comments of, “you’ve made me bleed, there’s a lot of blood”.’
Ms Caple said neighbours called the police , saying the incident ‘was pretty scary.’
The group recently announced they will play at the Splendour in the Grass music festival in Byron Bay next month
An Aberfoyle Park man was arrested and charged with aggravated assault.
He was bailed to appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court in July.
The hip-hop group from Adelaide has won eight ARIA Awards and are regarded as Australia’s most successful homegrown hip hop act.
The group recently announced they will play at the Splendour in the Grass music festival in Byron Bay next month before going on a European tour.
The band is made up of founding members MC Suffa Matt Lambert and MC Pressure Daniel Smith, backed up by DJ Debris Barry Francis.
Daily Mail Australia contacted Hilltop Hoods and their management for comment.
Smith was reportedly hit in the head with a drinking glass by a 42-year-old man at a home on Istanbul Drive, Aberfoyle Park, (pictured) at about 11pm on Thursday
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