A woman who claims she was verbally abused on stage by an American rapper in Sydney on Thursday evening has reported the incident to police.

Talitha Stone, a 24-year-old blogger and campaigner, says she felt “petrified” following “terrifying and disturbing” abuse which she says was levelled at her by US rapper Tyler, the Creator.

Stone, who is a member of the online feminist activist group Collective Shout, had previously been part of a social media campaign to have the rapper banned from Australia. She had received a slew of abuse including rape threats on Twitter after the rapper, who has 1.7 million followers on the microblogging site, retweeted one of her posts, which said: “have to visit @Culturekings tomoz to protest against @fucktyler he will be there at midday. I think they need educating on #misogyny.”

have to visit @Culturekings tomoz to protest against @fucktyler he will be there at midday. I think they need educating on #misogyny — Talitha (@littleredfox17) June 5, 2013

The all-ages gig at the Enmore theatre in Newtown, Sydney saw the rapper launch an expletive-ridden tirade. Stone had attended the gig to collect evidence of misogynistic behaviour following the tweet. It is not known if the rapper was aware Stone was in the audience.

He said: “Fucking bitch, I wish she could hear me call her a bitch, too, fucking whore. Yeah, I got a sold-out show right now bitch. Hey this fucking song is dedicated to you, you fucking cunt.”

Stone recorded the abuse and uploaded the video to YouTube.

Warning: video contains strong language Guardian

“My heart was absolutely pounding as I heard him start to mention me,” she told Guardian Australia.

“I was petrified. I was standing among the crowd of people who were chanting along with threats towards me.”

Both the Enmore theatre and Frontline Touring, the rapper’s Australian tour promoters, declined to comment on the incident.

A spokeswoman for New South Wales police said they were investigating the matter.