Nicki Minaj apologizes for postponing Amsterdam concert after arrest

Nicki Minaj apologized to her fans in Amsterdam.

After the 41-year-old rapper was released from police custody in the Netherlands hours after recording herself being arrested by Dutch police officers for allegedly “carrying drugs,” Minaj met with supporters outside his hotel in Manchester, England, to express his sorrow at having to cancel a show that evening that was part of his Pink Friday 2 world tour.

“I love you and I'm so sorry this happened tonight,” Minaj said in a video shared by a fan account on social media.

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In a post onformerly Twitter, Minaj reacted to her arrest and thanked “everyone who prayed for me today,” adding, “May God cover you and everything connected to you. May you be blessed beyond of your imagination.”

The “Anaconda” musician then spoke further about the cancellation of her Amsterdam concert, writing: “After sitting in a prison cell for 5-6 hours, my plane still hasn't taken off for another 20 minutes once I boarded the flight was 50 minutes.

“That's why they had to do some big singing and dancing, because they knew I would always find a way to perform even if it came down to my last 90 minutes in the building, which would have lasted until 11:30 p.m. , she continued. “The building was ready to operate after 11 p.m. I'm very grateful to them for that.”

“So they succeeded in their plan of not letting me go on stage tonight. I managed to get to the bottom of it by recording it and posting everything in real time,” Minaj added. “I have so much video evidence. You wouldn't believe it if I told you. But I'll ask the lawyers and GOD to take care of it from now on.”

The mother-of-one then asked her fans to “accept my deepest and most sincere apologies.
They certainly knew exactly how to hurt me today, but this too shall pass.”

“They did this over and over and over and over and over and over again and I tried so hard not to discuss it because you just deserve to have the good things. I hate to involve you in anything.” T for entertainment purposes only,” Minaj said.

The Grammy nominee then said, “I will find a way to not only make up the performance date, but I will also create an extra bonus for everyone who had a tkt for this show. Promise.”

She concluded her message by letting fans know that her concerts in Birmingham and Manchester were still set to go ahead as planned.

Minaj initially recorded her arrest in an Instagram Live video posted to X by a fan account. Police officers were heard telling Minaj that she was “under arrest” for “transporting drugs”, before asking her to get into a van to go to the police station.

In a second video posted to her Instagram, Minaj spoke behind the camera to a man in a suit, who told her that the police wanted to reach her luggage again “because you were filming.” [the police officer]. .. He doesn't believe you don't have more with you than you said.

In a series of posts on X on May 25, Minaj wrote that the arrest was an attempt to “sabotage my tour.”

“They are being paid a lot of money to try to sabotage my tour because so many people are furious that it is such a success and they can't eat me. They were caught stealing money from my travels /planes. They were fired crazy, etc.,” she said.

A representative for Minaj did not respond to PEOPLE's request for comment.