Nicki Minaj livestreamed her personal arrest in Amsterdam in the present day (Could 25), as she gave the impression to be detained for “carrying medicine” whereas travelling for a present in Manchester.
The rapper carried out within the Dutch metropolis on Thursday night time, the opening present of a UK and European tour that is because of take her to Manchester’s Co-Op Reside tonight, adopted by Birmingham, London and Glasgow, and a run of exhibits across the continent in early June.
However in an Instagram Reside submit, Minaj filmed what gave the impression to be a gaggle of Dutch law enforcement officials arresting her and asking her to enter a police car so they might take her to the station.
Watch the footage under:
Nicki Minaj has been arrested in Amsterdam (of all locations) for “carrying medicine.”
Minaj instantly went on Instagram Reside and requested for a lawyer.
She initially declined to get right into a police car till she had a lawyer and repeatedly requested for the deal with of the place she was… pic.twitter.com/3QwFockAnu
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) Could 25, 2024
They inform her that they consider she is “carrying medicine”, which she instantly denies. Minaj repeatedly says that she shouldn’t be going anyplace with out the presence of a lawyer, to which one of many officers makes an attempt to elucidate that she would “get a lawyer on the workplace”, and that they’d go “as quick as potential”.
Minaj asks for the deal with of the station they’ll, which they don’t give. The officers additionally clarify that they’ll attempt to assist her get to her present in Manchester tonight.
Co-Op Reside did ship out a message on X shortly after Minaj’s video went stay, saying: “Please word that normal admission and premium doorways for tonight’s @NickiMinaj present will now open at 19:00”.
Please word that normal admission and premium doorways for tonight’s @NickiMinaj present will now open at 19:00.
— Co-op Reside (@TheCoopLive) Could 25, 2024
NME has contacted Minaj’s representatives and the venue for clarification on the present standing of the musician and tonight’s efficiency.
Earlier within the day, Minaj had posted a collection of tweets which seem to indicate her luggage being searched totally on the airport.
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) Could 25, 2024
“They’ve been making an attempt all the pieces they probably can to TRY to cease this tour,” she wrote in a single submit.
“They took my baggage & once I requested the place it’s they stated it’s on the airplane. It couldn’t have been, I simply pulled up,” learn one other.
Minaj went on to say she was frightened that they may “plant” one thing in certainly one of her luggage.
“They’re being paid huge cash to attempt to sabotage my tour b/c soooooo many ppl are mad that it’s this profitable & they will’t eat off me,” she stated. “They acquired caught stealing cash from my journey/jets. Bought fired. Bought mad. And so forth.”
They’re being paid huge cash to attempt to sabotage my tour b/c soooooo many ppl are mad that it’s this profitable & they will’t eat off me. They acquired caught stealing cash from my journey/jets. Bought fired. Bought mad. And so forth.
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) Could 25, 2024
I’m
nonetheless in my automotive. They took my baggage w/o consent. Lied & stated it was on the jet.— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) Could 25, 2024
That is Amsterdam btw, the place weed is authorized. 😛
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) Could 25, 2024
😩 now they stated they discovered weed & that one other group of ppl have to return right here to weigh the pre-rolls. Take note they took my luggage with out consent. My safety has already suggested them these pre-rolls belong to him. Oh yea & the pilot needs me to take my ig submit down.
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) Could 25, 2024
In a later tweet, she stated: “Now they stated they discovered weed & that one other group of ppl have to return right here to weigh the pre-rolls. Take note they took my luggage with out consent. My safety has already suggested them these pre-rolls belong to him. Oh yea & the pilot needs me to take my ig submit down.”
She additionally stated that her filming the officers has made them “mad” and that they weren’t ready for her being “prepared” for them.
Minaj’s present tour is available in celebration of her long-awaited ‘Pink Friday 2’ album, which arrived in December and obtained a four-star overview from NME‘s Nick Levine upon its launch.
Levine wrote: “‘Pink Friday 2’ looks like a consolidation and refinement of all the pieces Minaj can do – together with dropping popular culture references that no different artist would consider. “Ducking ’em like Björk?” That’s certainly a wink to the Icelandic musician’s notorious skirmish with a photographer. 13 years after ‘Pink Friday’, Nicki Minaj hasn’t misplaced her potential to catch us without warning.”
