Nicki Minaj postpones UK gig after detention, apologises to fans
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Nicki Minaj has apologised to fans for having to postpone her gig in Manchester, United Kingdom because she was on Saturday detained at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on suspicion of possessing soft drugs.
The US rapper apologised to fans outside her hotel in Manchester early Sunday morning for postponing the show, writing on X (Twitter): “I love you and I’m so sorry this happened tonight.”
Minaj had earlier disclosed the name of her Manchester hotel in a post on X, and invited fans to see her. “I’m going on the balcony so if you’re outside I’ll be able to see you & I may come downstairs. I’ll be out there for about an hour. Rlly (really) wanted to at least get to see you,” she said, per CNN reporting.
Though Minaj was released from police custody on Saturday evening, the concert, set to be held in Manchester on the same night, was unable to go ahead.
Police confirmed to AFP they had detained a 41-year-old American woman but declined to confirm directly that it was Minaj.
“We never confirm the identity of a person in custody but I can confirm we have arrested a 41-year-old woman suspected of trying to export soft drugs to another country,” Robert Kapel, a military police spokesman, told AFP.
“The interrogation is still ongoing,” Kapel added.
Minaj posted on X that authorities told her they had found cannabis in her luggage, which she said belonged to her security personnel.
“Keep in mind they took my bags without consent. My security has already advised them those pre-rolls belong to him,” she wrote on X, referring to marijuana joints.
“Now they said I have to go five mins away to make a statement about my security to the police precinct. “It’s to try to make me late so that they can write negative stories.”
A common misconception outside the Netherlands is that dope is legal in the country, home to world-famous coffee shops (which actually sell pot) that are a huge draw for cannabis smokers.
The consumption of small quantities of cannabis is technically illegal but police choose not to enforce the law as part of a “tolerance” policy in place since the 1970s.
Transporting the drugs to another country is illegal.
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