Nicki Minaj was apparently arrested in Amsterdam on Saturday for allegedly carrying drugs — despite the “Super Bass” songstress’ repeated insistence that she had no contraband, according to Instagram Live footage she posted of the incident.
One official said that they wanted to take the “Bang Bang” rapper into custody for “carrying drugs,” the video showed.
“I’m not going in there. I need a lawyer present,” the 41-year-old replied.
The officer also mentioned her concert scheduled for Saturday night in Manchester, England, and said they would “try to get [her] there” as soon as possible.
“Oh, so I’m under arrest?” Minah asked, while multiple officers repeatedly asked 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 her bags.
“Why didn’t you guys search it before they went on the plane?” she asked.
The man shrugged and said that the previous officer did not believe the rap star was not carrying drugs — and was miffed that she had filmed him.
It was not immediately clear if Minaj – who is currently on her Pink Friday 2 World Tour – was actually booked at a police station.
“Now they said they found weed & that another group of ppl have to come here to weigh the pre-rolls,” Minaj wrote on X around 10:30 a.m. ET.
“Keep in mind they took my bags without consent. My security has already advised them those pre-rolls belong to him. Oh yea & the pilot wants me to take my ig post down,” she added.
The rapper went on to lament that her plane was being held up by at least two hours.
A few hours later, the Manchester arena announced that the doors opening for Minaj’s concert would be delayed by 30 minutes to 7 p.m. local time — prompting a flurry of fans to reply asking for a guarantee that it would go on as planned.
“but nicki was arrested in amsterdam, are you sure that the show will continue to go on tonight, or will it get postponed? please be honest,” one user wrote.
“If this isn’t happening just let us know now… why waste people traveling for it to be canceled…?” another replied.
Fans of the music superstar also took to social media with the hashtag “#FREENICKI.”
Marijuana is legal in Amsterdam as long as an individual has no more than 5 grams of cannabis on them at one time, according to a government website.
Other harder drugs are illegal.
