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Nicki Minaj Backup Dancer Bitten By Snake During VMA Rehearsals
Nicki Minaj (Featureflash / Shutterstock.com)
This anaconda don't want none.
A fire crew reported to The Forum in Inglewood on Friday afternoon after one of the backup dancers for rapper Nicki Minaj was bitten on the arm by a snake. The dancer later was privately taken to the hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.
You won't surprised to learn the dancers were rehearsing a performance to Minaj's latest single, "Anaconda." The snake was not an anaconda, just like the song's title, but a six-foot boa constrictor named Rocky. Rocky is a 15-year reptilian veteran of show business, according to CBS 2.
This won't be the first time a snake has been used at a VMA performance, as Britney Spears famously wore a Burmese python named "Banana" during a 2001 performance of the racy "I'm A Slave 4 U":
The VMAs are scheduled to happen tomorrow night at The Forum. No word on whether or not the bitten dancer or Rocky will still perform tomorrow night.
Please enjoy the NSFWesque video of "Anaconda":
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