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Pop star Bebe Rexha claims she was threatened and stopped from flying after speaking Albanian to a security agent. Rexha, who has North Macedonian and Albanian roots, shared a tearful video on Instagram on August 17. She tagged Lufthansa Airlines and explained what she said happened. “I’ve been threatened because I thought the security agent was Albanian. I spoke to him in Albanian asking where to get my ticket and now he is banning me from the flight,” she wrote over the video. In another post, Rexha called the incident a “hate crime.” “I believe this to be a hate crime because I am Albanian,…