Award-winning rapper and songwriter Nicki Minaj recently gave a killer show at the 2022 Wireless Festival and caused a stampede in London.
Nicki Minaj, whose real name is Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty, headlined the Wireless Festival on July 10 and delivered a fantastic show to a roaring audience. That day, she reposted a video of her set at the jam-packed National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, London from a birds-eye.
“THE QUEEN HAS ARRIVED [crown emoji] @nickiminaj #GopuffxWireless,” the original post, uploaded to Wireless Festival’s official Instagram page, said.
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Minaj performed a string of her classic and newer hits, including “Moment For Life” (2010), “Did It On ‘Em” (2011), “Superbass” (2011), “Starships” (2012), “Anaconda” (2014), “Do We Have A Problem” (2021), and “We Go Up” featuring Brooklyn rapper Fivio Foreign (2022).
DID IT ON EM 🦄🔥 @NICKIMINAJ #GopuffxWireless pic.twitter.com/uvWigzXhr3
— Wireless Festival (@WirelessFest) July 10, 2022
The Trinidadian-born Queens-bred musician was reportedly 40 minutes late to her performance, but her devoted fans and attendees of the concert said it was well worth the wait. Many of them even climbed barriers and tried to bypass police to see her, causing a stampede.
“The impact to see Nicki Minaj today is crazy,” user @HARDWHlTE wrote with footage of the stampede.
The impact to see Nicki Minaj today is crazy. pic.twitter.com/JTPmFJ06uV
— 🦄 (@HARDWHlTE) July 10, 2022
After her show, Nicki went on Instagram live and told her followers that she’d be showing up at a local cafe for a meet and greet with the Barbz at Cafe KOKO on July 11. She reportedly took three hours to show up and caused yet another stampede when she did.
Footage of the second stampede quickly went viral on social media.
“QUEEN HAS ARRIVED,” @BigBankBurt tweeted with a video of the chaos attached.
QUEEN HAS ARRIVED pic.twitter.com/tMGXZRP3xA
— 💥 (@BigBankBurt) July 11, 2022
“@NICKIMINAJ checking out of Camden [star eyes emoji],” @carmel_clinton wrote with another video of it.
@NICKIMINAJ checking out of Camden 🤩 pic.twitter.com/qBqL90sz8B
— Carmel McKenna (@carmel_clinton) July 11, 2022
TikTok user @urboysolo also posted a viral clip of Nicki in the crowd via his account.
“Absolute carnage! Nicki in the hood [laughing emoji] #london #nickiminaj,” he wrote.
@urboysolo Absolute carnage! Nicki in the hood😂 #london #nickiminaj #fypシ゚viral ♬ original sound – Urboysolo
After the hoopla, the “We Go Up” rapper shared an image of herself sitting in her car on Instagram.
“My babies, I love you all so much. [heart hands emoji] [British flag emoji]. Thank you to the officers for helping us so much today [heart emoji],” she wrote.
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Earlier in July, she headlined the Essence Festival in New Orleans. She’s set to headline Rolling Loud in New York and iHeart Music Festival in Las Vegas this September.
