Rapper Nicki Minaj has apologized to fans in Manchester, England, for postponing a planned show in the city on Saturday night after footage posted to one of her social media accounts appeared to show her being arrested by the Dutch authorities for drug possession.
Instagram Live videocaptured by CNN and shared more widely, is no longer available on Minaj’s account. It appears to show Minaj, who performed in Amsterdam on Thursday, being led into a van by law enforcement officers.
“You are under arrest,” one of the officers says in the video, informing Minaj that she will be taken to the police station. When Minaj asks why, he replies, “because you’re carrying drugs.”
The video then shows Minaj denying the accusation and repeatedly asking for a lawyer before finally getting into the van. Another video posted to her Instagram account appears to show a man telling Minaj that her luggage will need to be searched.
Neither Dutch police nor the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee, a branch of the Dutch military, responded to questions about potential charges against Minaj when reached by phone Sunday evening.
Minaj has since been released and is continuing the Pink Friday 2 world tour, according to posts and videos shared by tour account.
On Saturday, Manchester’s Co-op Live Arena said in A declaration that Minaj’s show scheduled for that evening had been postponed. “Despite Nicki’s best efforts to explore every possible avenue for tonight’s show to take place, today’s events have made that impossible,” the venue said. “We are deeply disappointed by the inconvenience this has caused. »
“Please, please accept my deepest and most sincere apologies. They certainly knew exactly how to hurt me today, but this too shall pass,” Minaj said, noting that she would set the date for the performance in June or July.
Sunday, another video posted on showed Minaj encountering screaming fans outside her hotel in Manchester. The footage shows two men repeatedly trying to quiet the crowd, warning that if they did not calm down, it would go inside.
“I can honestly tell you that I love you,” she said.
Nina Siegal contributed reporting from Amsterdam.
