Nicki Minaj was released from custody on Saturday after being detained by police in the Netherlands on suspicion of exporting soft drugs, authorities said.
The rapper was fined and permitted to "continue her journey," police stated in a translated post on X around 4 p.m. ET.
Minaj, 41, was traveling from Amsterdam to Manchester, England, for a concert on her “Pink Friday 2 World Tour” when the incident occurred. Minaj, whose real name is Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty, was scheduled to perform at the Co-op Live arena in Manchester on Saturday night, but the show was postponed, Live Nation UK announced.
“Despite Nicki’s best efforts to explore every possible avenue to make tonight’s show happen, the events of today have made it impossible,” the company said. “We are deeply disappointed by the inconvenience this has caused.”
Tickets will remain valid for the rescheduled concert, Live Nation UK added.
Police did not name the individual arrested, but when asked if it was Minaj, a spokesperson confirmed that a 41-year-old American woman was detained at Schiphol Airport for possession of soft drugs.
In a social media post early Sunday local time, Minaj mentioned she arrived at her Manchester hotel just over an hour earlier. "After sitting in a jail cell for 5-6 hours, my plane still didn’t take off for another 20 minutes once I boarded," she wrote about the 50-minute flight from Amsterdam.
"Please, please, please accept my deepest & most sincere apologies," Minaj wrote. "They sure did know exactly how to hurt me today but this too, shall pass."
The rapper expressed hope to announce the rescheduled date for Saturday's show on Sunday, mentioning potential options in June and July.
She confirmed she would still perform the second Manchester show on Thursday and the Birmingham show on Sunday.
"I’ll find a way to not only make up the date with the performance but I’m going to create an added bonus for everyone that had a ticket for this show. Promise," Minaj said.
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