Rapper Nicki Minaj is occurring fairly the general public tirade right this moment, as she has been detained at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS), reportedly over marijuana. As silly as I believe many drug legal guidelines are, she’s not precisely coming throughout as very nice right here (not that Nicki Minaj is known for her good manners), and for that matter, can’t even preserve her story straight as to who’s in charge. Due to @thomas199023 for flagging this.
Nicki Minaj’s non-public jet drug drama
Nicki Minaj has posted dozens of occasions on X/Twitter in latest hours, after her non-public jet from Amsterdam to Manchester was searched, and marijuana was reportedly discovered within the baggage. The rapper is presently on a tour, and carried out in Amsterdam on Thursday evening, and is meant to carry out in Manchester this night.
Primarily plainly her and her group’s baggage was subjected to a fast inspection on departure by police, which is completely customary and authorized. Marijuana was discovered, so then the choice was made to look all the bags on the aircraft extra completely. At this level she began recording everybody and every thing as nicely, and streaming it on-line, for her tens of tens of millions of followers.
She will’t appear to maintain a constant narrative, although, as as to whether the medication had been planted on her or not. In a single publish, she explains that “that is how they plant issues in your baggage.”
In one other publish, she claims that “[her] safety has already suggested them these pre-rolls belong to him.”
But in one other publish, she claims “I’m on the jet alone” (so was there safety or not?).
In a single video that Nicki Minaj posted on-line, the non-public jet pilot could be heard explaining to her that the police is requesting to look all of her baggage. Not solely is she recording him and immediately posting it on-line, however she additionally appears to be misdirecting her frustration.
For instance, when he explains that the police want to look her baggage, she says “isn’t that what you deliberate on doing from the get go?” C’mon, the pilot isn’t at fault right here, he’s simply following orders from the police. He didn’t plan on doing something — he’s on the police’s mercy.
This poor pilot. She appears to accuse him of being in on it, saying he’s “smiling from ear to ear.” Significantly?!
In one other video, she movies a police officer, as he explains that she wants to return to the police station. She refuses to get into the police automotive till a lawyer is current. Go determine she then additionally complains how lengthy every thing is taking.
It’s necessary to acknowledge that leisure marijuana is authorized within the Netherlands in some conditions, however there are nonetheless legal guidelines towards touring internationally with it. It’s the identical as how in the USA, you’ll be able to’t even journey with marijuana nonstop between two states the place it’s authorized, on condition that state and federal legal guidelines differ.
Let me be clear — my private opinion is that legal guidelines towards marijuana are ridiculously silly, and the extent of criminalization we see of it in so many locations defies logic. That being stated, the legal guidelines are the legal guidelines, and should you’re touring internationally, there could be penalties.
Nicki Minaj claims everyone seems to be out to get her
What’s sort of mind-boggling on this complete scenario is the quantity of baseless blaming she’s doing of others, to not point out the conspiracies that she’s arising with.
Initially, she’s satisfied that it is a conspiracy towards her, and that they’re making an attempt to stall her in order that she misses her live performance.
She additionally doesn’t appear to grasp that your authorized rights are totally different if you’re simply randomly someplace in the USA, vs. if you’re overseas at an airport. For instance, she claims that her baggage had been taken “with out consent.” Immigration officers don’t want consent to look your baggage at a global port of entry or departure.
One factor I can’t converse to is that she claims that she lately fired a supervisor who was reportedly pocketing some huge cash on the non-public jets he was reserving for her, and she or he claims persons are making an attempt to sabotage her tour as a result of it’s profitable.
For what it’s value, it doesn’t seem she has truly been arrested, however quite she has simply been requested to supply statements relating to what occurred.
The opposite factor she doesn’t appear to grasp is that sticking a digital camera in everybody’s face and being impolite in all probability gained’t assist with transferring issues alongside shortly. It’s one factor should you’re in the USA in public, however it is a totally different scenario.
Backside line
Nicki Minaj is inflicting fairly the drama right this moment at Schiphol Airport, after marijuana was present in baggage in her non-public jet headed for Manchester. Whereas I personally assume legal guidelines towards marijuana are silly, they nonetheless exist, so immigration officers must implement them.
Nicki Minaj appears satisfied that she was particularly focused as a consequence of her success and since she lately fired a supervisor. She can also’t appear to maintain her story straight as as to whether the medication had been planted on her, or whether or not her safety admitted that it belonged to him.
What do you make of this case?
