( CNN ) -- Nicki Minaj suffered a swollen lip when a man shoved a suitcase across her chin Monday night at a Dallas hotel , but the hip-hop artist refused to file a complaint against him , according to a police report . Minaj , 28 , and Safaree Samuels , 30 , had `` a verbal altercation '' at the Hotel Palomar pool , Dallas police said . The dispute continued in the hotel room that they shared , according to the report . After Minaj told Samuels `` that she did n't want him taking anything out of the room , '' she peered into a suitcase where he had packed `` some of his personal belongings , '' the report said . Samuels `` grabbed the suitcase and as he was picking it up , he shoved the suitcase across ( her ) chin and lower lip , '' the document said . Her `` teeth struck the inside of her lower lip , causing the inside of the lower lip to cut and start to bleed , '' the police report said . The officer `` observed a slight swelling and redness '' on her chin , it said . Minaj declined to have photos taken or to file a complaint , police said . `` She just wanted her suitcase back , '' the report said . The rapper-singer-songwriter told police she and Samuels `` were only friends and had never been involved in an intimate relationship and were not related at all , '' it said . Minaj was in Dallas for a Tuesday night show at the American Airlines Center . CNN 's Vivian Kuo contributed to this report .
A man she shared a Dallas hotel room with shoved a suitcase across her chin , police say . The hip-hop artist 's lower lip was cut , police say . Minaj refused to file a complaint against the man she was arguing with , police say . TL;DR Nicki Minaj, who is accused of punching and kicking a woman in an elevator at Dallas' W Hotel on Thursday, has been charged with misdemeanor assault for allegedly pushing a suitcase. '@@