American
pop and hip hop sensation, Nicki Minaj, is bringing her Pinkprint Tour to her
South African fans, with three shows starting in Johannesburg at the Ticketpro
Dome on Thursday, 17 March, Durban’s Moses Mabhida Stadium on Sunday, 20 March
and Cape Town’s Grand Arena, Grand West on Tuesday, 22 March.
News Article Image for 'Nicki Minaj is coming
to SA'
Tickets
go on sale at 09:00 on Thursday, 28 January from ticketpro.co.za and selected
Edgars retail stores nationally. The Nicki Minaj Pinkprint tour is presented by
Airey Scott Entertainment, 5FM, and Metro FM. The announcement of her South
African tour was made simultaneously by both.
5FM
and Metro FM on Tuesday morning on the stations' respective breakfast shows by
The Fresh @5 and The First Avenue teams.
Grammy
Award-nominated rapper, Nicki Minaj, continues to break records and impact pop
culture at large. Her critically lauded third full-length album, The Pinkprint,
arrived at the top of the Billboard 200 and Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop
Albums chart, cementing her as raps' reigning queen.
Minaj
recently made history, simultaneously occupying four top 10 spots on the
Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop airplay chart and becoming the first female artist
to achieve the feat. Minaj also has the most hits on Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart
of any female rapper in history and is #3 among all females. What’s more,
twelve of her entries entered the top ten, yielding another record for a female
rapper.
Minaj
stands at the top of the pop vanguard.
To date, she has sold over 50-million singles and 5-million albums
worldwide. Minaj has also been the recipient of a bevy of awards including
American Music Awards, MTV VMA’s, Billboard Awards, People’s Choice Awards, BET
Awards & many others.
Outside
of music, she has starred in films including Ice Age: Continental Drift and The
Other Woman in addition to judging American Idol. She’ll also take the screen
alongside Ice Cube and Cedric The Entertainer, starring in 2016’s Barbershop 3.
In
South Africa, the chart-topping, multi-award winning rapper and actress will be
performing a number of her countless hits from her three albums including her
latest offering.
Tickets
are available from www.ticketpro.co.za.
