Nicki Minaj appeared on social media Tuesday evening to apologize to fans for cancelling her New Orleans tour stop.
In an Instagram Story shared with her 229 million followers, she wrote, ‘New Orleans, please accept my dearest apologies for having to reschedule our date together.’
The 41-year-old rapper — who brought out Tyga during a recent performance — was forced to reschedule Monday’s show just hours before it was set to begin due to illness.
She added in her apology, which was a reposted screengrab from an X post, ‘You mean so much to me & I hate that things didn’t go as planned.’
The New York native then assured fans, ‘Within the next few days, I hope to update our schedule with a new date that I can give you 100% of myself & nothing less.’
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Nicki Minaj appeared on social media Tuesday evening to apologize to fans for cancelling her New Orleans tour stop; the rapper pictured in Oakland on March 1
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In an Instagram Story shared with her 229 million followers, she wrote, ‘New Orleans, please accept my dearest apologies for having to reschedule our date together’
The star, born Onika Maraj, emphasized: ‘You don’t deserve to pay for a tkt to see me up there rapping with the flu. Absolutely NOT.’
Nicki added, ‘Thank you for your patience. Thank you for your well wishes. I love you. I adore you. I appreciate you.
‘I look forward to seeing you very soon. It may have to be in MAY due to the NBA finals, but we won’t complete this tour w/o you. As long as you’ll have me, my team & I will be there. Wishing you guys blessings on blessings on blessings.’
She finished out the note by writing, ‘Love always,’ along with a pink bow emoji.
The rap artist followed up the post with another message directed at her Georgia fans. ‘Atlanta, I’ll see you tmrw. Thank you,’ she penned on the popular app.
Nicki’s cancelled Pink Friday 2 World Tour New Orleans stop was set to take place at The Smoothie King Center.
A source told DailyMail.com: ‘Nicki has been very sick with the flu for the last few days. She started getting sick last week and pulled through for the Rolling Loud festival show on Friday.
‘Unfortunately, after the show, she found out she had the flu and only got worse.’
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The rap artist followed up the post with another message directed at her Georgia fans
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A message shared to Smoothie King Center’s Instagram account gave a brief explanation for the cancellation
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Pink Friday 2 World Tour kicked off earlier this month in Oakland
A message shared to Smoothie King Center’s Instagram account gave a brief explanation.
‘Due to doctor’s orders, Nicki Minaj must reschedule her NOLA show tonight. As Nicki is still sick, our team does not want to run the risk of getting others sick, and Nicki would not be able to give NOLA the show they deserve.
‘We are working diligently to find a new date, so please hold onto your tickets, and we will inform you all soon,’ it read.
Some fans took to the comments to express their disappointment.
One social media user voiced, ‘She ain’t just get sick a few hours ago. This should’ve been announced this morning or yesterday. This is extremely last minute and I’m very frustrated..’
Another person added: ‘nobody is mad bc she cancelled , it’s the fact they waited 4 hours before the event to tell us officially.’
And a third agreed, ‘That’s messed up 4 hours before the event.’
