Nicki is detained on Dutch ‘drug’ rap
Nicki Minaj was arrested in Amsterdam on Saturday for allegedly carrying drugs — despite the “Super Bass” rapper’s repeated insistence that she had no contraband, according to police and Instagram Live video she posted of the incident.
Minaj, 41, was slapped with a fine and allowed to “continue her journey,” Dutch officials wrote on X after she was released hours later.
The arrest forced Minaj to cancel her concert in Manchester, England, where she was traveling to perform.
In a video she posted on Instagram, an official says that they wanted to take her into custody in a police vehicle for “carrying drugs.”
“I’m not going in there. I need a lawyer present,” she replies.
The officer also mentioned her concert set for Saturday night and said they would “try to get you there” as soon as possible.
“Oh, so I’m under arrest?” Minaj replies while officers ask her to stop filming.
In a second video, Minaj appeared to be seated inside a vehicle while speaking to a uniformed man about the plans to go through all of her luggage.
“Why didn’t you guys search it before they went on the plane?” she asked. The man said that the previous officer did not believe that she was not carrying drugs and was miffed that she had filmed him.
Police have not identified Minaj, but Dutch authorities confirmed they had “arrested a 41-year-old American woman at Schiphol Airport because of possession of soft drugs.”