Nicki Minaj Defies Criticism, Performs for Angolan Dictator After Allegedly Pocketing 2million Dollars (Photos+Video)

American hip hop star, Nicki Minaj has come under heavy criticism for her involvement in the controversial concert organised by the president who was dubbed corrupt and dictatorial by his people.

Angolan President, Jose Eduardo dos Santos 

 

On Saturday, Nicki Minaj defied human rights appeal as she performed to a packed crowd in the impoverished African nation of Angola.

 

The event was a Christmas party hosted by Unitel communications firm, which is part-owned by the family of the country's controversial President Jose Eduardo dos Santos who has been accused of many crimes.

 

Dos Santos, 73, has been accused of overseeing corruption, misrule and intimidation in the country that suffers endemic poverty, despite being Africa's second-largest oil producer. Since becoming president of Angola in 1979, dos Santos has allegedly amassed an incredible amount of money in assets by taking control of several emerging companies and industries while nearly 70 percent of the population lives on less than $2 a day. 

 

Nicki Minaj arrived Angola on a private jet

 

According to Forbes his daughter , Isabel dos Santos is Africa's first billionaire and the richest woman on the entire continent. However, it is a known truth that her father diverted all the money and assets he was alleged to have stolen after the Angola parliament banned presidents from having financial holding in companies and organizations.

 

Nicki Minaj's honouring the invite shows she endorsed the cruelty the president has been meting on his people by stealing from them to give to musicians, human rights groups have said.

 

Minaj was reportedly paid $2million for the performance on Saturday, where crowd members broke into a chant of her name during the show. 

 

Nicki Minaj rocks Angolan flag

 

This is not the first time the Angolan president is indulging in this wanton waste of his people's money as it would be recalled that in 2013, pop superstar Mariah Carey was similarly criticized for performing in front of the Angolan leader for a reported fee of $1 million.

 

Human Rights Foundation president Thor Halvorssen also spoke out, saying: 'Nicki Minaj is a global artist.' 

'There is no good reason for her to do business with the corrupt Angolan dictatorship and endorse the ruler's family company.'  Nicki Minaj has been condemned for performing at the concert as some said she came for the money.