Rapper Nicki Minaj was booked to perform in Manchester, England, on Saturday May 25, but was allegedly arrested in Amsterdam for having drugs on her.
Minaj was headed to play out a show in the United Kingdom. She captured the episode in an Instagram Live video that was later reposted by her fans on social media.
In the video, an Amsterdam official is heard saying he needs to arrest Minaj for “carrying drugs,” in spite of her case that she was not holding any stash.
“I’m not going in there. I need a lawyer present,” Minaj, 41, replies to the authorities, who repeatedly ask her to step into a vehicle and stop recording.
Minaj was scheduled to perform at Manchester’s Center Live on Saturday night as part of her Pink Friday 2 Tour.
“Oh, so I’m under arrest?” she asks as the officials, who responds with, “Yes.” He didn’t offer any further explanation.
The videos closes with Minaj willfully getting into the police van.
It was not known if Minaj had been detained at a police headquarters. A spokesperson for Royal Netherlands Marechaussee military police said that an American woman had been arrested for possessing “soft drugs,” but declined to identify the individual by name or the specific type of alleged drugs.
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The “Super Freaky Girl” rapper shared another video on Saturday that appears to be an airport official telling her that authorities need to search her bags.
“Now they said they found weed & that another group of ppl have to come here to weigh the pre-rolls,” Minaj wrote on X (formerly Twitter), later noting that her plane was being delayed a couple hours.
“Keep in mind they took my bags without consent,” she added, pointing out that marijuana is legal in Amsterdam. “My security has already advised them those pre-rolls belong to him. Oh yea & the pilot wants me to take my ig post down.”
On Instagram, the rapper suggested that her Pink Friday 2 tour was being “sabotaged.”
“They’ve been trying to stop me from coming to every show,” she wrote. “They took my bags before I could see them. Put it on the plane. Now saying they’re waiting on customs. This is what it looks like when ppl are paid big money to try to sabotage a tour after all else failed. Everything they’ve done is illegal.”
