During her Birmingham show on Sunday (May 26) night, Nicki Minaj asked for a moment of silence for Princess Diana, who she referred to as a “dear friend”. Minaj had just finished asking the crowd where they had traveled from when one group revealed they had come from Wales. Minaj, who was only 14 years old when Princess Diana was killed in a car accident in 1997, associated Wales with a particular remembrance and launched into the tribute, surprising many fans. “Wales,” she said in an upper-class English accent. “It always reminds me of a dear friend of mine, well she’s not here anymore, but the Princess of Wales.” The crowd applauded and Minaj asked for a moment of silence.
Many videos and tweets emerged on social media, with most surprised and shocked by the moment of silence for Princess Diana. X/Twitter user Fiona Small wrote, “Nicki Minaj calling Princess Diana ‘a dear friend of mine’ and holding a moments silence for her is so unserious.” However, others like AnnaWanyama wrote, “Nahhhhhhhhh am fkn Howlin,” meaning they were bursting with laughter. Another Twitter user, Ruby Naldrett, was “absolutely obsessed” with the moment.
Minaj had referenced Princess Diana on a song that was released last year, collaborating with Ice Spice on a track named after the Princess. Currently performing her Pink Friday 2 world tour, Minaj has promised to fire her touring DJ, DJ Boof, if he signs fans’ breasts again after an image of him doing so emerged online. DJ Boof has remained quiet on the matter.
Performing at The O2 in London on May 28 before concerts in Glasgow and Manchester, Minaj missed her planned gig at the new Co-Op Live arena last Saturday (May 25), as she was arrested in Amsterdam for “carrying drugs”. Apologizing to her fans, Minaj explained that she was detained for “5-6 hours” in a jail cell and believed the authorities had purposely stopped her from making the gig. Nonetheless, her fans are still looking forward to her headlining the Wireless Festival 2024 in London’s Finsbury Park this summer
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