Nicki Minaj cancels headlining gig at SAGA Festival in Romania over 'safety concerns' amid protests

Nicki Minaj was forced to cancel her headlining performance at SAGA Festival on Sunday night due to a planned protest in Bucharest, Romania. Nicki Minaj was forced to cancel her headlining performance at SAGA Festival on Sunday night due to a planned protest in Bucharest, Romania; seen in March 2024 'The news has left us all devastated, and we know it’s a huge disappointment for all of you, just as it is for us,' the organizers wrote. The Grammy-winning rapper, 41, revealed she made the decision to pull out from performing, at the last minute, due to 'safety concerns' Despite vehemently denying that she was carrying any drugs, the rapper was told that she needed to go to the police station in footage captured during an Instagram Live. In May, Minaj was briefly arrested before being fined at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport on Saturday on allegations that 'soft drugs' were found in her luggage; seen in 2023 Additionally, she shared footage on her Instagram of a man telling her that police needed to take a closer look at her luggage. Despite vehemently denying that she was carrying any drugs, the rapper was told that she needed to go to the police station in footage captured during an Instagram Live in May In the recording, a man explained to her that she 'would get a lawyer at the office' and they would go 'as fast as possible' Before the alleged arrest, Minaj shared a series of posts on X, about her bags getting pulled for a thorough search at the airport 'They've been trying everything they possibly can to TRY to stop this tour,' she wrote in one tweet, before theorizing that they were trying to 'plant things' in her luggage Minaj also tweeted that her 'filming every single thing made' airline employees and police 'mad' Minaj's went on to claim that she was told that she had five minutes 'to make a statement about' her 'security to the police precinct.'