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A police sergeant was treated for a concussion after being
hit on the head with an object, Detroit Police Department
spokesman Dan Donakowski said.
The 32-year-old Songz, whose given name is Tremaine Aldon
Neverson, was arrested on suspicion of malicious destruction of
property and resisting arrest, Donakowski said. He was still
being held at a police detention center Thursday morning.
Songz was nearing the end of his set at the Joe Louis Arena
around 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday when he was directed to finish
up, Donakowski said.
Songz then became "belligerent" and started throwing
microphones, speakers and other items off the stage, Donakowski
said.
Representatives for the artist could not be immediately reached
for comment.
Celebrity news website TMZ posted a video of Songz saying the
venue had threatened to cut off his microphone because he was
"taking too much time" and then saying he would go "crazy" if it
did.
Another video retweeted by the official Trey Songz Twitter
account appeared to show Songz, who was headlining the concert
with fellow R&B singer Chris Brown, walk from the stage and into
the crowd.
The video, which appeared to have been captured by a fan's cell
phone, showed Songz interacting with the audience for about a
minute before he walks back on stage and is escorted away. The
tweet also stated, "They turned off his mic."
Songz has been nominated for multiple Grammy Awards and won the
BET award for best male R&B artist in 2010. The two most recent
of his six albums both debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard
200 album chart.
The singer also has featured prominently in several movies,
including "Baggage Claim" and "Texas Chainsaw 3D," an
installment of the "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" film franchise.
(Reporting by Curtis Skinner in San Francisco; Editing by Bill
Trott)
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