Nicki Minaj has canceled her appearance on ‘The Ellen DeGeneres Show’ on “doctor’s orders”.
The 35-year-old rapper – who’s set to release a new album next month titled ‘Queen’ – was scheduled to make an appearance on the daytime talk show but was advised to pull out on medical reasons.
And the last-minute change means Nicki has had to rethink her plans to make a special announcement to her fans. She explained on Instagram: “I couldn’t fly out to shoot Ellen. [Doctor’s Orders]. I’m sad about that. There’s an announcement I was going to make on Ellen. I’ll make it tomorrow via social media instead. Love you.”
Nicki also took to Twitter to announce that she would be delaying her album announcement.
You guys, after careful consideration, I’ve decided to do my announcement tmrw when most of my fans all around the world are wide awake. A lot of them are asleep right now due to it being like 3 or 4 in the morning in their various countries. Let’s do 3pm EST tomorrow. ♥️you 🦄
— YIKES (@NICKIMINAJ) May 24, 2018
But many fans were less than impressed.
https://twitter.com/Madison_ddl/status/999480802919505920
And the fans who should already be asleep and stayed awake waiting for you? 🙄
— Deadline (@RunMeDaMoneyy) May 24, 2018
Nicki’s most recent TV appearance came on ‘Saturday Night Live’, where she performed her new single ‘Chun-Li’ for the first time but faced a backlash from viewers after being accused of cultural appropriation.
The musician took to the stage in a traditional East Asian outfit – believed to be in tribute to the ‘Street Fighter’ character the song was named after – however, her performance attracted criticism for appropriating Asian culture.
One Twitter user said: “I wouldn’t care as much about the appropriation of Asian culture if Asian culture was represented in American culture by Asian actors more. Instead, it’s used as set dressing (and frequently fetishized). Nicki Minaj’s performance on @nbcsnl is a prime example.”
However, some were quick to come to her defense saying: “I’m seeing that people are saying that Nicki Minaj is partaking in cultural appropriation because of Chun-li and the music video.
“Chun-li is about a video game character and the music video is alluding to that character. It’s not mimicking a culture. Also, Nicki is part Asian.”
