{"id":27648,"date":"2019-07-04T10:15:37","date_gmt":"2019-07-04T09:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=27648"},"modified":"2019-07-04T10:15:43","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T09:15:43","slug":"saudi-twitter-has-major-issues-with-nicki-minaj-performing-in-jeddah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=27648","title":{"rendered":"Saudi Twitter has major issues with Nicki Minaj performing in Jeddah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- m -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5751019935\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_text\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Yesterday,<a href=\"http:\/\/me.mashable.com\/culture\/5882\/nicki-minaj-will-headline-saudi-arabias-mtv-mega-music-festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> it was announced that Nicki Minaj <\/a>will headline the biggest live music event ever staged in Saudi Arabia. Today, people are voicing their (pretty big) concerns about the decision.<\/p>\n<p>Nicki will be performing along with musician Steve Aoki, and singer Liam Payne at the huge event taking place on 18 July at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;Anaconda&#8217; singer is known for racy outfits, outlandish behaviour and some pretty graphic lyrics &#8211; all of which don&#8217;t seem to resonate with Saudi Arabia&#8217;s laws and beliefs. The general consensus amongst people is confusion amidst outrage.<\/p>\n<h3>So, many people took to Twitter to vent<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Saudi Arabia recently taken some initiatives including Nicki Minaj&#8217;s concert are really shocking for Muslim Ummah. This is not the behaviour of a Muslim country. Allah will surely destroy them who cross their limitations.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shafique Ahmed (@Shafiqu17656840) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Shafiqu17656840\/status\/1146645744687861760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 4, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You can&#8217;t ask me to wear the abaya and dress conservative to a concert where you&#8217;re bringing Nicki Minaj and all her vulgarity and her songs about shaking her a&#8211;. What the f&#8212;&#8220;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Reading all the comments about <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NICKIMINAJ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@NICKIMINAJ<\/a> performing Saudi Arabia &#8211; whoever thought that was a good idea?!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emma Brain (@EmmaPinkyB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmmaPinkyB\/status\/1146441689646665729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 3, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Nicki Minaj is really headlining the world music festival in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. I&#8217;- <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gyM6DZKVYV\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/gyM6DZKVYV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ? (@CreoleKiddo_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CreoleKiddo_\/status\/1146173022954557440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 2, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ar\">\u062d\u0637\u0648\u0627 \u0635\u0648\u0631\u062a\u0647\u0627 \u0628\u0627\u0644\u062a\u0648\u0633\u062a\u0647 \u0639\u0627\u062f\u064a \u0644\u0627 \u062a\u0633\u062a\u062d\u0648\u0627?!! \u062c\u062a \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0630\u064a..<\/p>\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 2 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5511153269\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\u2014 Ibrahim AL-Hadi (@iBraaHadi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iBraaHadi\/status\/1146099635657854978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 2, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Include her photo, it makes no difference.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"rtl\" lang=\"ar\">\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0631\u0647 \u0627\u0644\u062c\u0627\u064a\u0647 \u0645\u0627\u064a\u0627 \u062e\u0644\u064a\u0641\u0647 . \u0633\u0648\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0644\u0647 \u0648\u062c\u064a\u0647\u0643\u0645<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0646\u0627\u064a\u0641 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u062a\u064a\u0628\u064a \u041d\u0430\u0438\u0444 \u0410\u043b\u044c-\u041e\u0442\u0430\u0439\u0431\u0438 (@NaifRfuo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NaifRfuo\/status\/1146119102299344897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 2, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Next time bring Mia Khalifa.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Minaj&#8217;s music have also stirred controversy due to one of her hit songs concluding with &#8220;wrap like the things on the head of a Saudi.&#8221;<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NICKIMINAJ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@NICKIMINAJ<\/a> I can&#8217;t believe you are going to perform in Saudi Arabia!!!!!??? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JamalKhashoggi?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#JamalKhashoggi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dragon (@satx98007) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/satx98007\/status\/1146609013175595009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 4, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Nicki Minaj coming to Saudi Arabia Jeddah for the Mtv world festival&#8230;&#8230; woooow what is she gonna do twerk in a abaya or a conservative floor length dress ? Saudi Arabia has turned 180* completely in a matter of 2 years lmfaooo<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ?Reem AJ? (@RereSone) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RereSone\/status\/1146043653443510273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 2, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<h3>But, among all the chaos, Nicki fans in Saudi are still pretty excited<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Disappointed with what?? We\u2019re getting nicki minaj and steve aoki in saudi. I never expected such thing in saudi will happen during my lifetime<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 sa3d (@Sa3adAlshareef) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sa3adAlshareef\/status\/1146053925881040896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 2, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Will be interesting to see how this one plays out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"5\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 5 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9258826580\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/me.mashable.com\/culture\/5919\/saudi-twitter-has-major-issues-with-nicki-minaj-performing-in-jeddah\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- 3 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"2884989920\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Yesterday, it was announced that Nicki Minaj will headline the biggest live music event ever staged in Saudi Arabia. Today, people are voicing their (pretty big) concerns about the decision. Nicki will be performing along with musician Steve Aoki, and singer Liam Payne at the huge event taking place on 18 July at King &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27648"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27648"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27650,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27648\/revisions\/27650"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}