Rapper Nicki Minaj is going on quite the public tirade today, as she has been detained at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS), reportedly over marijuana. As stupid as I think many drug laws are, she’s not exactly coming across as very pleasant here (not that Nicki Minaj is famous for her good manners), and for that matter, can’t even keep her story straight as to who is to blame. Thanks to @thomas199023 for flagging this.
Nicki Minaj’s private jet drug drama
Nicki Minaj has posted dozens of times on X/Twitter in recent hours, after her private jet from Amsterdam to Manchester was searched, and marijuana was reportedly found in the luggage. The rapper is currently on a tour, and performed in Amsterdam on Thursday night, and is supposed to perform in Manchester this evening.
Essentially it seems that her and her team’s luggage was subjected to a quick inspection on departure by police, which is totally standard and legal. Marijuana was found, so then the decision was made to search all the luggage on the plane more thoroughly. At this point she started recording everyone and everything as well, and streaming it online, for her tens of millions of followers.
She can’t seem to keep a consistent narrative, though, as to whether the drugs were planted on her or not. In one post, she explains that “this is how they plant things in your luggage.”
In another post, she claims that “[her] security has already advised them those pre-rolls belong to him.”
Yet in another post, she claims “I’m on the jet alone” (so was there security or not?).
In one video that Nicki Minaj posted online, the private jet pilot can be heard explaining to her that the police is requesting to search all of her luggage. Not only is she recording him and instantly posting it online, but she also seems to be misdirecting her frustration.
For example, when he explains that the police need to search her bags, she says “isn’t that what you planned on doing from the get go?” C’mon, the pilot isn’t at fault here, he’s just following orders from the police. He didn’t plan on doing anything — he’s at the police’s mercy.
This poor pilot. She seems to accuse him of being in on it, saying he’s “smiling from ear to ear.” Seriously?!
In another video, she films a police officer, as he explains that she needs to come to the police station. She refuses to get into the police car until a lawyer is present. Go figure she then also complains how long everything is taking.
It’s important to acknowledge that recreational marijuana is legal in the Netherlands in some situations, but there are still laws against traveling internationally with it. It’s the same as how in the United States, you can’t even travel with marijuana nonstop between two states where it’s legal, given that state and federal laws differ.
Let me be clear — my personal opinion is that laws against marijuana are ridiculously stupid, and the level of criminalization we see of it in so many places defies logic. That being said, the laws are the laws, and if you’re traveling internationally, there can be consequences.
Nicki Minaj claims everyone is out to get her
What’s kind of mind-boggling in this whole situation is the amount of baseless blaming she’s doing of others, not to mention the conspiracies that she’s coming up with.
First of all, she’s convinced that this is a conspiracy against her, and that they’re trying to stall her so that she misses her concert.
She also doesn’t seem to understand that your legal rights are different when you’re just randomly somewhere in the United States, vs. when you’re abroad at an airport. For example, she claims that her bags were taken “without consent.” Immigration officers don’t need consent to search your bags at an international port of entry or departure.
One thing I can’t speak to is that she claims that she recently fired a manager who was reportedly pocketing a lot of money on the private jets he was booking for her, and she claims people are trying to sabotage her tour because it’s successful.
For what it’s worth, it doesn’t appear she has actually been arrested, but rather she has just been asked to provide statements regarding what happened.
The other thing she doesn’t seem to understand is that sticking a camera in everyone’s face and being rude probably won’t help with moving things along quickly. It’s one thing if you’re in the United States in public, but this is a different situation.
Bottom line
Nicki Minaj is causing quite the drama today at Schiphol Airport, after marijuana was found in luggage in her private jet headed for Manchester. While I personally think laws against marijuana are stupid, they still exist, so immigration officers have to enforce them.
Nicki Minaj seems convinced that she was specifically targeted due to her success and because she recently fired a manager. She also can’t seem to keep her story straight as to whether the drugs were planted on her, or whether her security admitted that it belonged to him.
What do you make of this situation?
