(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Nicki Minaj has allegedly been attacked by a man during a heated argument.

The 26-year-old rapper told police that she had been "struck" in the lower lip by a male companion, TMZ are reporting.

Nicki was staying in a hotel in Dallas, Texas and was enjoying time by the pool at the luxury Palomar Hotel when she got into a verbal disagreement with a man she was with.

After he left the area, she followed the man back to their hotel room but not before telling a hotel employee to call the police.

When the emergency services arrived, Nicki said that their argument had escalated when they got back to their room and the man hit her on her lower lip.

By the time the police got there, the man had already left the premises and Nicki said she did not want to press charges.

A report of the incident was taken down but no charges have been filed against the man, who Nicki says she is not in a romantic relationship with. (C) Cover Media