Nicki MInaj has been cautioned by police and fined for putting on an explicit stage show in Jamaica. The 'Super Bass' star was performing at Jamaica's Reggae Sumfest over the weekend when she was approached by the country's authorities. The rapper was given a summons while leaving the Catherine Hall Complex in Montego Bay over explicit lyrics and sexual dances moves, reports the Jamaica Observer. Minaj did not appear in court, but was instead represented by local attorney Hugh Thompson, who entered an ex parte guilty plea on behalf of the hip-hop star and paid the required J$$1000 (£7.13) fine. It is not known (more)...
- 7/28/2011
- by By Lewis Corner
- Digital Spy
Not that she wouldn’t be a profoundly talented artist even without the foul mouth and booty shaking that can be seen from space, but having Nicki Minaj fined for “sexual dance moves and explicit lyrics” kind of seems to defeat the entire purpose of a Nicki Minaj concert, right? While visiting Jamaica’s Sumfest 2011 this past weekend, the Pink Friday rapper got served with a summons upon leaving the Catherine Hall complex in Montego Bay. Her crime? Basically just putting on a concert most of us would actually shell out $75 to see.
Instead of arguing that you can’t very well ask the sun not to shine or a bird not to dutty wine in a skin-tight bodysuit, Nicki Minaj, the new face of Mac Viva Glam along with Ricky Martin, plead guilty and paid the fine. What else could she do? She’s just lucky the cops didn...
Instead of arguing that you can’t very well ask the sun not to shine or a bird not to dutty wine in a skin-tight bodysuit, Nicki Minaj, the new face of Mac Viva Glam along with Ricky Martin, plead guilty and paid the fine. What else could she do? She’s just lucky the cops didn...
- 7/27/2011
- by Halle Kiefer
- TheFabLife - Movies
Nicki Minaj has been fined for swearing on stage. The 28-year-old singer was handed a court summons by police in Jamaica following her expletive-filled performance at the Reggae Sumfest festival at the Catherine Hall Complex in Montego Bay in the early hours of Sunday (24.07.11) but did not appear in a local court today (26.07.11) to answer charges of breaching local laws against profanity. Instead, local lawyer Hugh Thompson pleaded guilty on her behalf and she was fined J$1,000 - the equivalent of just $11 in the Us. It is unclear if Nicki was still in Jamaica when the punishment was given out,...
- 7/26/2011
- Virgin Media - Celebrity
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