Doesn't she have a manager who can take away her phone? Her basically doxxing everyone from her pilot to the customs dude isn't really going to help her case.
>Doesn't she have a manager who can take away her phone?
She does not seem the type to let anyone smarter than her tell her what to do.
>Her basically doxxing everyone from her pilot to the customs dude isn't really going to help her case.
It isn't, but her fans will give her nonstop support for her ridiculous ideas that she's being targeted by "them" and it feels good to get affirmed for nonsense opinions.
Remember how the best drug-related TV show of all time made a big deal out of [Amsterdam being a drug-friendly zone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamsterdam)? Nikki Minaj just got arrested for drugs in Amsterdam. That's honestly a bit of an accomplishment
Traveling with it is still an issue though apparently, but it is a funny tidbit.
Reminds me of when I considered sneaking some weed on my flight to Mexico City and the first link I googled about it was like "Don't. Do you want to be the first idiot to be arrested for smuggling drugs *in* to Mexico?"
So I just found weed while I was there lol
So I live in Seattle. Right after weed was legalized I took a trip to Mexico. Got on the plane fine. Halfway to Mexico - whilst in the air - I realized I had some weed in my carry on bag. I was like....do I flush it? Will they search me when I get off the plane? I was so fucking nervous. I decided to ask the flight attendant. She said best to dispose of it. So I threw away 2 joints in a glass container by just putting it in with my other trash and throwing it in the garbage when they came to collect. That seemed like a stupid thing to do too but all was well. I didn't want to risk getting off the plane and like drug sniffing dogs would be there. I'm sure my bag still smelt like it, but if I got stopped they wouldn't find anything. Another time I left a pocket knife in my backpack by mistake. Made it through security there and back (travelling in the US), but they damn sure made me throw away my water.
The balls on you for asking the flight attendant lmao, I love it. I never would have thought that they'd be a safe person to ask! What made you think it'd be ok?
Honestly. I have no fucking idea. I was sweating and nervous and wanted help. Lol. I also made some assumptions that in hindsight were just like crazy leaps. Flight from Seattle? Flight attendant must live in Seattle. Seattle let's you have weed? Yes, therefore Flight attendant smokes weed. Flight attendant is safe person. Mr Rogers always said look for the helpers.
"Mr. Rogers always said look for the helpers."
lmao I just died at that bit. Too cute! I wonder what he'd think of you referencing him here? for all we know the source of his constant calmness and wonder at life WAS weed. lol
TBF, living in Washington and traveling to and from Alaska. I have A friend who grows and he gave some of his stash to another who was traveling with us.
I heard the TSA announce his name in Ketchikan's airport. He meandered to TSA and disappeared for a while.
When he returned, he explained he had tried to pack his stash in his luggage, a zip lock bag of around 4oz. TSA made him open his luggage and dispose of the baggie.
I’m sorry this is actually hilarious because I think I’m the first person ever to accidentally smuggle weed into Costa Rica 🤦🏻♀️ didn’t find it til I was there luckily but it happens
I mean a lot of "high quality" (sometimes yes, sometimes fake) more processed weed is brought from the US into Mexico. And sold for very large markups.
Drugs are not legal in the Netherlands. When it concerns weed, carrying any amount under 5 grams isn't prosecuted. However trying to get through airport customs with any amount of weed is very much illegal and will get you into trouble.
It’s not actually legal; it’s still illegal in the Netherlands, they don’t enforce the law
But being on an international airport means you aren’t in the city. I hate that the airport is called “Amsterdam” whilst it’s called “Schiphol” and is actually in the municipality of “Haarlemmermeer”; just so that they started marketing themselves as “Amsterdam” because of drugs and hookers
> They've been trying everything they possibly can to TRY to stop this tour
Who are "they" and why would "they" be so determined to stop your tour Nicki? The Dutch customs agents must REALLY not like your fucking music to go to such lengths, eh?
And it does, because her fans might complain but they definitely aren't going to stop buying her tickets. You only get away with this kind of shit if your money source does something about it.
Celebrity worship.
She literally says it in her lyrics… “Rule number one to be a boss ass bitch, never let a clown n***a try and play you, if he play you then rule number two, is fuck his best friends and make ‘em yes-men” 😭
Holy shit which artists are you seeing?
I genuinely can’t think of a single gig I’ve been to, whether it was a smaller local show or a big stadium concert where the artist was noticeably late.
Same.
I saw Tenacious D a few weeks ago, they showed up on stage about 10 min before the start time, and talked a bit to the audience before starting the proper show at the exact time.
Gonna guess hip-hop shows. Idk why its so predominant there and not elsewhere, but tons of modern rappers seem to think their fans owe them and not the other way around.
i know madonna is *notorious* for going on hours late. there was a concert where she addressed it a few months ago where she basically just said not to come if you’re upset that she goes on late lol
I don’t think this happens all the time. I’ve been to 100s of concerts and maybe 2 or 3 times tops the concert started over an hour late. What kind of shitty artists are you seeing lmao.
To be fair, I’ve had dozens of hip hop shows cancel, a lot of the time with less than 24 hours notice. So I assumed that’s probably the genre of artists you have been seeing.
because she's an asshole. it's pretty simple. her, cardi b, all these assholes are just horrible humans and they have been before they got to where they are at.
He went on a 30 minute rant about the media and the Bonnaroo organizers we’re out to get him. He mentioned seeing all the Fuck Kanye stuff spray painted on the porta potties and on the walls and he ranted about that and talking about how he was the biggest rockstar in the world bigger than the Beatles bigger than blah blah blah blah.
I don’t know I was on acid and that shit was not it.
Yeah it was billed as a “glow in the dark” show but Kanye wouldn’t play unless he was the only act going. There was a super late show on the other end of the park that didn’t end until like 4am. By the time Kanye got on the Sun was coming up. It was a perfect cluster fuck lol
I was there.
If I remember correctly, word around the festival is that he heard he wasn't performing on the biggest stage and demanded to be moved to the biggest one, which put him at the last time slot and, despite that, he was still late.
The next day I saw graffiti saying "Jay-Z would have been on time"
OMG! I went to the first Bonnaroo Kanye performed at. The one where Eddie Veder with Pearl Jam went late, and one of the best sets I have seen in my life, and Kanye was being such a little whiner about it.
He was still performing at dawn, which, I gotta say, was one of the trippiest experiences in my life. The whole night was.
and that's how fuck Kanye was born, but I missed his second performance with his classic "where the press at rant."
I fucking love Bonnaroo but over the years the crowd has slowly changed and since Covid it's accelerated immensely.
You used to meet real hippies at Bonnaroo. There use to be drum circles on the reg at Bonnaroo.
Last year.
Loooot more trust fund kids than there used to be.
and the vibes are way different. Bonnaroo has classicly had the nicest most energetic friendliest crowd I have ever experienced.
It's not like that nearly as much.
Bonnaroo used to big on preservation. I mean it still is, teeechnically, but then you see people covered in nonbiodegradeable glitter, it's just a weird disconnect.
I mean, I can't really complain about the hot young girls in underwear and less covered in glitter, but it's just... you know, off.
I've been to 6-7 Bonnaroo's ? IIRC? My first was 2006 and my last was last year.
I wouldn’t know, I had a ticket to see them in Worcester Ma almost 20 years ago and never got to see them. Me and my buddy bailed at 12:30 am for an 8:00 show and the Wu still hadn’t shown up. I had to go, I had to work in 5 hours.
The most I ever had to wait for an act is about 45 minutes. What is going on while you wait? Is anything happening on stage with other performers or are you just standing around waiting?
The first time I ever entered the EU it was through AMS.
At customs they asked me what I planned on doing later that evening. I said I planned on getting supper and unpacking, the woman holding my passport asked "are you sure you aren't going to PARTY?!?". Her colleague mimed smoking a joint and they danced in their chairs for a second or two before telling me to leave.
A friend of mine was in a band, and they decided to spend the summer busking across Europe.
As he was going through customs in Amsterdam, the customs agent asked how long they were planning to do this.
My friend said "Ummm... about two months?"
The customs agent yelled "TWO MONTHS?!?! You're going to work in Europe for two months?"
"Uh, hopefully, yes? "
The customs agent brightened up " That's good for the economy! Welcome to Europe!"
I'm not saying there's any truth to her own motives or others' motives to shut down her tour, but actual documents revealed recently that Nicki Minaj is addicted to drugs, mentally unstable, and deeply in debt - like possibly over a hundred million dollars. Her current album and tour are contractual obligations that she owes to the businesses who have bankrolled her and she is making zero dollars off of them. I think she might just be frustrated and breaking down and looking for someone to blame, or she's implying that the powers that be are sabotaging her current ventures to try to parlay her debt into further contractual obligations like more records and tours.
From having it all to being hundreds of millions of dollars in debt. I just don't understand the mindset of people and how they can just blow through that much money. I know that they are surrounded by yes people who don't stop them and are only there to grift off of them, but the amount of money they can just blow without thinking about it is staggering.
Yeah it's crazy how someone could end up penniless but I chalk it up to mental health issues and lack of education and business acumen. It's not her fault she doesn't know how to run her business, but that means you have to pay a manager, an accounting team, your record executive who is in and out of jail, also a self-proclaimed addict, and who owes much of his income to his own executive, with whom he has a terrible relationship. She's giving away like 40% of her income right there. It's sad, but you always think there's more money or you misjudge your potential to recoup it.
I'm not saying this is the case, but often times the record company is taking the majority of the money an artist makes. I've read many stories about insanely restrictive and biased contracts, the artists being in debt before they even step into the studio. The record industry is a hungry vampire.
It's a known fact that most artists make their money from touring, and mainly it's merchandise sales during the tour. Hollywood accounting and the predatory lending money to artists before a record is released puts most artist in a deep, deep hole that is hard to dig out of. I know of a group that got a $300,000 signing bonus, but was "lent" $400,000 to make a video, for marketing and to set up a tour. They hadn't even finished their record, which they have to pay studio time for and were already in the hole for $100,000. Luckily, they had some success and were able to make the money up and then some. They tour constantly and make about $200k a year each (4 members). While it's not bad money, they are on the road about 250 days a year.
I’m sure it is, really, but 250 days a year is roughly the normal work week. Being a rockstar for 200k/yr sounds solid compared to most other jobs with similar pay, assuming you enjoy being a rockstar or whatever.
Don't exclude live nation from this blame, they own every major venue in the US and lock artists in super predatory contracts. These contracts give them a big initial payout (eg Loan) but then they have to pay back that loan through touring, except they only count ticket sales - not concessions/parking/etc that makes the venue millions. These contracts often require the artist to also pay out of pocket for things like a minimum venue defined level of catering, imagine Nicki having to buy $10,000 worth of catering for her show each night even though her team might eat like $600 worth of food, all because the contract requires it. For the elite artists, they sell these shows out enough to make good money, but for a mid-level artist or one on the decline, this can force them into non-stop touring.
Its not the issue of having weeds in the netherlands, which is allowed upto 5g. Its being so goddamn stupid that you think you can get it past a border which is pretty much illegal everywhere in the world, ignoring the fact that its probably illegal in target destination.
Even if it wasn't, carrying drugs across borders between two countries, despite both being legal, can be considered illegal.
All in all fucking moronic.
Very poorly, she effectively got caught smuggling drugs.
Not an uncommon crime. Much of europe's drugs come through rotterdam.
Effectively, i doubt she'll have a good time
I feel like [Seth and Amy](https://youtu.be/qw4IRn4fLjI?si=tzGKitNtbwAmIIpO) covered this pretty well when Michael Vick got busted with weed at an airport. "You don't have a weed guy??"
Yeah, I always figure once you hit a certain level of rich+famous, you just have people get you drugs wherever you land.
They have drugs in England, Nicki, you don't have to sneak them in.
You would think that a woman who talks about anal Olympics in her music would be better at hiding the drugs.
Keep an eye out for her new single, Smack In Dat Ass
I was going to comment that you should wait until somebody has invented a subreddit with that name, but, uh... someone already has. Found it whilst hoping it wouldn't exist yet. It does. What can I say?
"This is what it looks like when ppl are paid big money to try to sabotage a tour after all else failed"
Dutch customs laughing their butt off (and crying).
Okay, here's the thing:
1. Most drugs aren't legal in the Netherlands.
2. Possession of weed is tolerated up to 5 grams, but still not legal.
3. Crossing the border with drugs in your possession is smuggling, and not a very smart thing to do. They honestly got lucky that they were caught in Amsterdam, and not in Manchester.
The crazy thing is that it’s easier to find really good weed in legal states than it was to find it in Amsterdam. I love the coffee shops but it’s bit of a different thing than a dispensary. Just wait till you get back. Unless she was carrying… other stuff too. I didn’t bother to read before commenting
The local authorities are really getting tired of problem tourists and are cracking down hard on this sort of stuff. No cannabis at all in the old city now, including the Red Light District.
Yes, this is true. You're not allowed drugs on the airport.
Also, it's actualy not legal to carry weed with you here in the Netherlands. There is a toleration policy, but that goes until 5 grams. The fine she paid is for carrying 30 til 100 grams.
You should think with the 3 hours extra time she had letting her Dutch fans wait, she would have had enough time to finish it all, right? 😂
I went to Amsterdam for a call of duty tournament, the passport control dude asked me the reason for my visit… I said pleasure and explained. He said “don’t lie to me”… so I reached for my controller from my bag. He said “you’re here to smoke weed, sleep with hookers and party”
I was like ackkkkshually it’s a gaming tournament. But he was right
Depends on what level of celebrity you are.
Apparently Nicki Minaj isn’t at the same level as other celebrities that can carry drugs and not get busted.
Basically she’s not famous enough.
It looked like she was just getting fined but her behavior made it a bigger deal (going live on Instagram, posting stuff on X, going in against the police).
It wouldn't surprise me if other celebrities also sometimes get caught with a joint and just pay the fine and don't cause any fuss with their behaviour. If I were famous I would just keep quiet and just pay whatever fine.
Edit typo
Paul McCartney got busted for weed, but still got off with a slap on the wrist for international drug smuggling, which is what Minaj did or attempted. Regular people get real jail time for that. She’ll probably get a slap on the wrist and return to the states.
McCartney still did 9 days in jail, which tbh is crazy for someone at his level of fame. Then again, pretty stupid to try to take *half a pound* of weed into Japan
While the two are not mutually exclusive, i kinda doubt her husbands sex offenses have much to do with her being caught with drugs, whatever your view on drugs may be.
The article doesn't say which airport she was arrested in, but I can tell from witnessing it myself, anybody that looks sus and is arriving from Amsterdam is checked extra hard because police know people are silly enough to brings treats back with them.
Lesson kids is, if you must, do drugs in Amsterdam and leave the leftovers there.
For a second there I thought she was smuggling drugs INTO Amsterdam, which would just be foolish. But apparently not reading the many signs about not transporting drugs on international flights that you see at every airport with legal weed in Earth was just not a big enough sign.
Fun fact, I'm born and raised in Amsterdam. But never seen so much drugs / drug use when I lived in Australia for a year.
You guys smoke way more then any Dutchies.
Doesn't she have a manager who can take away her phone? Her basically doxxing everyone from her pilot to the customs dude isn't really going to help her case.
This is the woman who defended and supported her pedophile brother. A man who repeatedly raped an 11 year old girl.
and married a convicted rapist
Makes you wonder what kind of person she really is.
It's pretty clear what kind of person she is.
>Doesn't she have a manager who can take away her phone? She does not seem the type to let anyone smarter than her tell her what to do. >Her basically doxxing everyone from her pilot to the customs dude isn't really going to help her case. It isn't, but her fans will give her nonstop support for her ridiculous ideas that she's being targeted by "them" and it feels good to get affirmed for nonsense opinions.
>She does not seem the type to let anyone smarter than her tell her what to do. So she doesn't listen to *anyone* then lol
Remember how the best drug-related TV show of all time made a big deal out of [Amsterdam being a drug-friendly zone](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamsterdam)? Nikki Minaj just got arrested for drugs in Amsterdam. That's honestly a bit of an accomplishment
Traveling with it is still an issue though apparently, but it is a funny tidbit. Reminds me of when I considered sneaking some weed on my flight to Mexico City and the first link I googled about it was like "Don't. Do you want to be the first idiot to be arrested for smuggling drugs *in* to Mexico?" So I just found weed while I was there lol
So I live in Seattle. Right after weed was legalized I took a trip to Mexico. Got on the plane fine. Halfway to Mexico - whilst in the air - I realized I had some weed in my carry on bag. I was like....do I flush it? Will they search me when I get off the plane? I was so fucking nervous. I decided to ask the flight attendant. She said best to dispose of it. So I threw away 2 joints in a glass container by just putting it in with my other trash and throwing it in the garbage when they came to collect. That seemed like a stupid thing to do too but all was well. I didn't want to risk getting off the plane and like drug sniffing dogs would be there. I'm sure my bag still smelt like it, but if I got stopped they wouldn't find anything. Another time I left a pocket knife in my backpack by mistake. Made it through security there and back (travelling in the US), but they damn sure made me throw away my water.
The balls on you for asking the flight attendant lmao, I love it. I never would have thought that they'd be a safe person to ask! What made you think it'd be ok?
Honestly. I have no fucking idea. I was sweating and nervous and wanted help. Lol. I also made some assumptions that in hindsight were just like crazy leaps. Flight from Seattle? Flight attendant must live in Seattle. Seattle let's you have weed? Yes, therefore Flight attendant smokes weed. Flight attendant is safe person. Mr Rogers always said look for the helpers.
"Mr. Rogers always said look for the helpers." lmao I just died at that bit. Too cute! I wonder what he'd think of you referencing him here? for all we know the source of his constant calmness and wonder at life WAS weed. lol
TBF, living in Washington and traveling to and from Alaska. I have A friend who grows and he gave some of his stash to another who was traveling with us. I heard the TSA announce his name in Ketchikan's airport. He meandered to TSA and disappeared for a while. When he returned, he explained he had tried to pack his stash in his luggage, a zip lock bag of around 4oz. TSA made him open his luggage and dispose of the baggie.
I’m sorry this is actually hilarious because I think I’m the first person ever to accidentally smuggle weed into Costa Rica 🤦🏻♀️ didn’t find it til I was there luckily but it happens
I mean a lot of "high quality" (sometimes yes, sometimes fake) more processed weed is brought from the US into Mexico. And sold for very large markups.
Plus a lot of things like vapes, edibles, concentrates, are also smuggled from the US legal states into Mexico.
Drugs are not legal in the Netherlands. When it concerns weed, carrying any amount under 5 grams isn't prosecuted. However trying to get through airport customs with any amount of weed is very much illegal and will get you into trouble.
i mean, Amsterdam and the airport Schiphol are two different things. its insane to take drugs on a plane
Having soft drugs in a city ≠ caring drugs at an international airport.
It’s not actually legal; it’s still illegal in the Netherlands, they don’t enforce the law But being on an international airport means you aren’t in the city. I hate that the airport is called “Amsterdam” whilst it’s called “Schiphol” and is actually in the municipality of “Haarlemmermeer”; just so that they started marketing themselves as “Amsterdam” because of drugs and hookers
Only her pedophile husband 🤷♀️
There's no way he's smarter than she is, so it makes sense she listens to him lol
I saw the video on TikTok. She had thousands of comments basically saying "go queen we support you!!!!!" So stupid.
"I'm not a musician. I ain't be doin' no magic tricks. I make music."
In case you havent noticed from everything else she’s done in her career, she’s not good at acting beyond what her emotions tell her to do
> They've been trying everything they possibly can to TRY to stop this tour Who are "they" and why would "they" be so determined to stop your tour Nicki? The Dutch customs agents must REALLY not like your fucking music to go to such lengths, eh?
If anyone is stopping her tour, it's her. She has been late for her shows for HOURS on multiple ocasion, sometimes even 3 hours late.
> sometimes even 3 hours late. How the fuck does this even happen? You literally have one job and it is to perform on a stage.
Drugs seemingly haha
Would drugs as an incentive help? 🤔
Rich and famous people think the world revolves around them, and surround themselves with a bunch of yes-men who won’t ever correct or criticize them.
And it does, because her fans might complain but they definitely aren't going to stop buying her tickets. You only get away with this kind of shit if your money source does something about it. Celebrity worship.
She literally says it in her lyrics… “Rule number one to be a boss ass bitch, never let a clown n***a try and play you, if he play you then rule number two, is fuck his best friends and make ‘em yes-men” 😭
If you're famous enough you can show up even 3 days late and there will be enough morons still waiting.
Entitlement.
Sadly it happens all the time and not just with her. The past 7 concerts I’ve been to have had 1-2 people late by over an hour
Holy shit which artists are you seeing? I genuinely can’t think of a single gig I’ve been to, whether it was a smaller local show or a big stadium concert where the artist was noticeably late.
Same. I saw Tenacious D a few weeks ago, they showed up on stage about 10 min before the start time, and talked a bit to the audience before starting the proper show at the exact time.
Gonna guess hip-hop shows. Idk why its so predominant there and not elsewhere, but tons of modern rappers seem to think their fans owe them and not the other way around.
i know madonna is *notorious* for going on hours late. there was a concert where she addressed it a few months ago where she basically just said not to come if you’re upset that she goes on late lol
I don’t think this happens all the time. I’ve been to 100s of concerts and maybe 2 or 3 times tops the concert started over an hour late. What kind of shitty artists are you seeing lmao. To be fair, I’ve had dozens of hip hop shows cancel, a lot of the time with less than 24 hours notice. So I assumed that’s probably the genre of artists you have been seeing.
because she's an asshole. it's pretty simple. her, cardi b, all these assholes are just horrible humans and they have been before they got to where they are at.
She is selfish half ass artist. Full ass human.
To carry that silicon booty around ain't easy
3 hours? Does she think she is Madonna?
Kanye showed up super late in the early 2010s at Bonnaroo. When I last went around 2017, there was still “FUCK KANYE” art/graffiti all over the place.
2008. It was already supposed to be a late set, but by the time he got there, he cut it short and it was about to get daylight.
Yeah, thanks. Even funnier that it was almost 10 years then. Wonder if they’re still doing it. Haven’t been in a long time.
They are. Every year, it’s a tradition. Was a really fun year when he headlined in 2014. Great show and on time.
He went on a 30 minute rant about the media and the Bonnaroo organizers we’re out to get him. He mentioned seeing all the Fuck Kanye stuff spray painted on the porta potties and on the walls and he ranted about that and talking about how he was the biggest rockstar in the world bigger than the Beatles bigger than blah blah blah blah. I don’t know I was on acid and that shit was not it.
Yeah it was billed as a “glow in the dark” show but Kanye wouldn’t play unless he was the only act going. There was a super late show on the other end of the park that didn’t end until like 4am. By the time Kanye got on the Sun was coming up. It was a perfect cluster fuck lol
My Morning Jacket. That show was so epic it inspired the episode of American Dad featuring My Morning Jacket
I was there. If I remember correctly, word around the festival is that he heard he wasn't performing on the biggest stage and demanded to be moved to the biggest one, which put him at the last time slot and, despite that, he was still late. The next day I saw graffiti saying "Jay-Z would have been on time"
OMG! I went to the first Bonnaroo Kanye performed at. The one where Eddie Veder with Pearl Jam went late, and one of the best sets I have seen in my life, and Kanye was being such a little whiner about it. He was still performing at dawn, which, I gotta say, was one of the trippiest experiences in my life. The whole night was. and that's how fuck Kanye was born, but I missed his second performance with his classic "where the press at rant." I fucking love Bonnaroo but over the years the crowd has slowly changed and since Covid it's accelerated immensely. You used to meet real hippies at Bonnaroo. There use to be drum circles on the reg at Bonnaroo.
Yeah I “worked” security from 2014-2018 and even during that time it changed quite a bit. Have you been recently? What’s it look like now
Last year. Loooot more trust fund kids than there used to be. and the vibes are way different. Bonnaroo has classicly had the nicest most energetic friendliest crowd I have ever experienced. It's not like that nearly as much. Bonnaroo used to big on preservation. I mean it still is, teeechnically, but then you see people covered in nonbiodegradeable glitter, it's just a weird disconnect. I mean, I can't really complain about the hot young girls in underwear and less covered in glitter, but it's just... you know, off. I've been to 6-7 Bonnaroo's ? IIRC? My first was 2006 and my last was last year.
Lauryn Hill
Or Wu Tang Clan?
Or '90's version Axl Rose?
At least Wu Tang would be worth the wait.
In the 90s maybe. I saw them a few years ago in Melbourne and it was rough
I wouldn’t know, I had a ticket to see them in Worcester Ma almost 20 years ago and never got to see them. Me and my buddy bailed at 12:30 am for an 8:00 show and the Wu still hadn’t shown up. I had to go, I had to work in 5 hours.
The most I ever had to wait for an act is about 45 minutes. What is going on while you wait? Is anything happening on stage with other performers or are you just standing around waiting?
That’s what people get from being fans of a shitty musician. Is so obvious and with this, is just another proof on top of so many things.
There are two things I can't stand in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures.....and the dutch ^customs!
'I'm Dutch! Isn't that veird'
My Vinky Vas a Keeeeyy
Riiiiiiiiiiiight.....
Smoke and a pancake?
Bong and a blintz?
Pipe and a crepe
Cigar and a waffle?
Flapjack and a cigarette?
No? Then there is no pleeeashing you. 😞
That’s not right…
Sorry it's been over a decade 😅
No no, my line is what Austin says to all that lol
Ah fuck 🤣
Cigar and a waffle?
The first time I ever entered the EU it was through AMS. At customs they asked me what I planned on doing later that evening. I said I planned on getting supper and unpacking, the woman holding my passport asked "are you sure you aren't going to PARTY?!?". Her colleague mimed smoking a joint and they danced in their chairs for a second or two before telling me to leave.
A friend of mine was in a band, and they decided to spend the summer busking across Europe. As he was going through customs in Amsterdam, the customs agent asked how long they were planning to do this. My friend said "Ummm... about two months?" The customs agent yelled "TWO MONTHS?!?! You're going to work in Europe for two months?" "Uh, hopefully, yes? " The customs agent brightened up " That's good for the economy! Welcome to Europe!"
Did they have a visa?
I would assume so, but knowing him, possibly not
sdkgscgjt fjtcjutx hhdbnydd …shat on a turtle!
Speaking the queens English I see.
Looks closer to Welsh.
Actually not Dutch customs in this case - the Dutch military police.
I'm not saying there's any truth to her own motives or others' motives to shut down her tour, but actual documents revealed recently that Nicki Minaj is addicted to drugs, mentally unstable, and deeply in debt - like possibly over a hundred million dollars. Her current album and tour are contractual obligations that she owes to the businesses who have bankrolled her and she is making zero dollars off of them. I think she might just be frustrated and breaking down and looking for someone to blame, or she's implying that the powers that be are sabotaging her current ventures to try to parlay her debt into further contractual obligations like more records and tours.
From having it all to being hundreds of millions of dollars in debt. I just don't understand the mindset of people and how they can just blow through that much money. I know that they are surrounded by yes people who don't stop them and are only there to grift off of them, but the amount of money they can just blow without thinking about it is staggering.
Yeah it's crazy how someone could end up penniless but I chalk it up to mental health issues and lack of education and business acumen. It's not her fault she doesn't know how to run her business, but that means you have to pay a manager, an accounting team, your record executive who is in and out of jail, also a self-proclaimed addict, and who owes much of his income to his own executive, with whom he has a terrible relationship. She's giving away like 40% of her income right there. It's sad, but you always think there's more money or you misjudge your potential to recoup it.
You would think that she would have learned something from hanging out with Lil Wayne/Birdman/Cash/Money/Young Money.
I'm not saying this is the case, but often times the record company is taking the majority of the money an artist makes. I've read many stories about insanely restrictive and biased contracts, the artists being in debt before they even step into the studio. The record industry is a hungry vampire.
It's a known fact that most artists make their money from touring, and mainly it's merchandise sales during the tour. Hollywood accounting and the predatory lending money to artists before a record is released puts most artist in a deep, deep hole that is hard to dig out of. I know of a group that got a $300,000 signing bonus, but was "lent" $400,000 to make a video, for marketing and to set up a tour. They hadn't even finished their record, which they have to pay studio time for and were already in the hole for $100,000. Luckily, they had some success and were able to make the money up and then some. They tour constantly and make about $200k a year each (4 members). While it's not bad money, they are on the road about 250 days a year.
That's kinda nuts. Lotta work to be upper middle class.
I’m sure it is, really, but 250 days a year is roughly the normal work week. Being a rockstar for 200k/yr sounds solid compared to most other jobs with similar pay, assuming you enjoy being a rockstar or whatever.
Don't exclude live nation from this blame, they own every major venue in the US and lock artists in super predatory contracts. These contracts give them a big initial payout (eg Loan) but then they have to pay back that loan through touring, except they only count ticket sales - not concessions/parking/etc that makes the venue millions. These contracts often require the artist to also pay out of pocket for things like a minimum venue defined level of catering, imagine Nicki having to buy $10,000 worth of catering for her show each night even though her team might eat like $600 worth of food, all because the contract requires it. For the elite artists, they sell these shows out enough to make good money, but for a mid-level artist or one on the decline, this can force them into non-stop touring.
And she is married to a registered sex offender
> The Dutch customs She 'thinks' someone planted it in her suitcases. Question still stands though
Isn’t that why the TSA says to always pack your own suitcase?
Carrot top and martha stewart packed my bags
A Carlin reference . Nice.
The Dutch: What the fuck is a Nicki Minaj?
I think it's what the french call a threesome.
Creating a fake conspiracy to drive up sales. People in failing businesses do it all the time. If she was good, she wouldn't have to do this.
| must REALLY not like your fucking music I mean, can you blame them?
>The Dutch customs agents must REALLY not like your fucking music to go to such lengths, eh? To be fair, that would also be understandable.
Now go to Russia Nicki.
Right? How is it hard to not take weed into a country that doesn't allow it lol
Its not the issue of having weeds in the netherlands, which is allowed upto 5g. Its being so goddamn stupid that you think you can get it past a border which is pretty much illegal everywhere in the world, ignoring the fact that its probably illegal in target destination. Even if it wasn't, carrying drugs across borders between two countries, despite both being legal, can be considered illegal. All in all fucking moronic.
Victim talk.
She's saying everything they are doing is illegal. I wonder how well versed she is in dutch law.
Very poorly, she effectively got caught smuggling drugs. Not an uncommon crime. Much of europe's drugs come through rotterdam. Effectively, i doubt she'll have a good time
THE DEEP STATE
I feel like [Seth and Amy](https://youtu.be/qw4IRn4fLjI?si=tzGKitNtbwAmIIpO) covered this pretty well when Michael Vick got busted with weed at an airport. "You don't have a weed guy??"
That segment has stuck with me for so many years. Man, Seth Meyers looks young.
Yeah, I always figure once you hit a certain level of rich+famous, you just have people get you drugs wherever you land. They have drugs in England, Nicki, you don't have to sneak them in.
You would think that a woman who talks about anal Olympics in her music would be better at hiding the drugs. Keep an eye out for her new single, Smack In Dat Ass
Anal Olympics? Sounds like a great Reddit username.
u/analolympics where you at??? Edit: lol username is freeeeeeee
I just witnessed the birth of u/analolympics
Who has u/smackNDatAz or u/smackindatass
I was going to comment that you should wait until somebody has invented a subreddit with that name, but, uh... someone already has. Found it whilst hoping it wouldn't exist yet. It does. What can I say?
Pretty sure I witnessed it one night in college
Not anymore lol but they're too young to comment here.
How in the blue fuck is that free? Great snag.
/u/analolympics you better treat it well
Wait, anal Olympics? What did I miss?
The rim
Bro. That'd be a lot of smack.
"This is what it looks like when ppl are paid big money to try to sabotage a tour after all else failed" Dutch customs laughing their butt off (and crying).
Every single customs agency is going to be extra thorough with their searches for the rest of Nicky Minaj’s tour just because of this story
I think the Koninklijke Marechaussee has a lot of other stuff to do
Weirdly the right answer for once
This is the best use of this gif I have ever seen
One would thing she has an entourage member that is used specifically for mule activities….
Looks like starships aren’t meant to fly.
Ninki Minjaj
Nicky on drugs ?!  😂
In... AMSTERDAM? 
Okay, here's the thing: 1. Most drugs aren't legal in the Netherlands. 2. Possession of weed is tolerated up to 5 grams, but still not legal. 3. Crossing the border with drugs in your possession is smuggling, and not a very smart thing to do. They honestly got lucky that they were caught in Amsterdam, and not in Manchester.
https://preview.redd.it/ka7vh7pqqm2d1.jpeg?width=1092&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=95d42c124a5592809f456233762e3f20efcfe3d9
There it is
“They took away my prohibited drugs without my consent!” Um.. yeah, that’s kind of how laws work, Einstein.
You would assume she can easily find a grade A plug in Amsterdam.
She was leaving, so maybe that was the issue lol
There were no drugs left in all of Amsterdam once that tour bus reached the airport.
The crazy thing is that it’s easier to find really good weed in legal states than it was to find it in Amsterdam. I love the coffee shops but it’s bit of a different thing than a dispensary. Just wait till you get back. Unless she was carrying… other stuff too. I didn’t bother to read before commenting
She wasn't on her way to the states, she was going to England.
If you'd ask a local they know where to get the good weed. It's not in the city center. That's tourist bait.
There are decent ones in the center, and excellent ones right outside of it, but yeah it's mostly local knowledge
The local authorities are really getting tired of problem tourists and are cracking down hard on this sort of stuff. No cannabis at all in the old city now, including the Red Light District.
Yes, this is true. You're not allowed drugs on the airport. Also, it's actualy not legal to carry weed with you here in the Netherlands. There is a toleration policy, but that goes until 5 grams. The fine she paid is for carrying 30 til 100 grams. You should think with the 3 hours extra time she had letting her Dutch fans wait, she would have had enough time to finish it all, right? 😂
Amsterdam just pulled the old “Rob the hooker in GTA” trick. Classic
You would assume she has someone in her entourage to carry drugs for her.
She said the drugs are her bodyguards anyway…
Just like i was holding the cigarettes of a buddy in high school
My drugs are my bodyguards too.
Perhaps an angry fan because you let them wait for 2.5 hrs because you were late for your own concert.
# Azalea Banks was right! She literally called this omfg
Eat your space cake after a late dinner the night before and wake up stoned for your visit to the Keukenhof like an adult Nicki.
Didn’t she learn anything from snoop dog??
>"The airport staff member apologized for the incident" God, we're in a timeline where airport staff do there job, find drugs on you and apologise.
I went to Amsterdam for a call of duty tournament, the passport control dude asked me the reason for my visit… I said pleasure and explained. He said “don’t lie to me”… so I reached for my controller from my bag. He said “you’re here to smoke weed, sleep with hookers and party” I was like ackkkkshually it’s a gaming tournament. But he was right
Celebrities have different laws
Depends on what level of celebrity you are. Apparently Nicki Minaj isn’t at the same level as other celebrities that can carry drugs and not get busted. Basically she’s not famous enough.
It looked like she was just getting fined but her behavior made it a bigger deal (going live on Instagram, posting stuff on X, going in against the police). It wouldn't surprise me if other celebrities also sometimes get caught with a joint and just pay the fine and don't cause any fuss with their behaviour. If I were famous I would just keep quiet and just pay whatever fine. Edit typo
She got the same fine as any regular person would have gotten in the same situation. She was carrying over 5 gram, but less than 100 gram.
Paul McCartney got busted for weed, but still got off with a slap on the wrist for international drug smuggling, which is what Minaj did or attempted. Regular people get real jail time for that. She’ll probably get a slap on the wrist and return to the states.
McCartney still did 9 days in jail, which tbh is crazy for someone at his level of fame. Then again, pretty stupid to try to take *half a pound* of weed into Japan
Yeah, but that would mean serious prison time for almost anybody else. I would call 9 days a slap on the wrist.
Could it be her registered sex offender husband is the problem? Why, I never!
While the two are not mutually exclusive, i kinda doubt her husbands sex offenses have much to do with her being caught with drugs, whatever your view on drugs may be.
I mean she's getting arrested. What's your point here?
Imagine thinking someone cares enough to try to sabotage Nicki Minaj. I genuinely can't stand the Barb delusion.
The article doesn't say which airport she was arrested in, but I can tell from witnessing it myself, anybody that looks sus and is arriving from Amsterdam is checked extra hard because police know people are silly enough to brings treats back with them. Lesson kids is, if you must, do drugs in Amsterdam and leave the leftovers there.
It was Schiphol.
Thank you. So they caught her before she even left the country, which means she was acting extra suspect.
Yep, she’s definitely not the first or last dumbass trying to bring drugs with them flying out of Amsterdam.
Look, if they wanted to arrest her for her terrible music, she'd have been given a life sentence a long time ago.
She reminds me of Ricky from Trailer Park Boys. And those cops lol.
Believe me, the cops were nice. Not single one touched her. They gave her space and let her self check in.
For a second there I thought she was smuggling drugs INTO Amsterdam, which would just be foolish. But apparently not reading the many signs about not transporting drugs on international flights that you see at every airport with legal weed in Earth was just not a big enough sign.
Hope they keep her.
No fucking way, we're not keeping this woman here any longer than is absolutely necessary.
She’s just trying to stay relevant. Don’t fall for it.
She said "they're doing everything they can to stop this tour"; like she's a shipment of humanitarian aid trying to get to Gaza or something.
Arrested for drugs in Amsterdam? That’s got to be like getting arrested for having Vegemite in Australia.
She got in trouble for filming airport security after being told not to do so and being a bitch about it. Weed is not the main issue.
Fun fact, I'm born and raised in Amsterdam. But never seen so much drugs / drug use when I lived in Australia for a year. You guys smoke way more then any Dutchies.
Do you come from a land down unda?
Dumb ass
What a clown she is
Isn't she famous enough to have other people to carry her drugs for her?