Nicki Minaj and the Pinkprint Tour is coming to South Africa

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.

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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.