American rapper, Nicki Minaj wows Nigerians as she tweets in Pidgin English

• American rapper Nicki Minaj surprised and delighted her Nigerian fans by tweeting in Pidgin English.
• The rapper used pidgin to respond to a false post on microblogging platform X.
• She expressed her frustration at the profit-making potential of people mentioning her name and urged them to leave without her name.

American rapper Nicki Minaj astonished and pleased her Nigerian followers by communicating in Pidgin English through a tweet.

On the platform X, she employed Pidgin while addressing a post that appeared to be misleading regarding her.

In a passionate response, she criticized those who seem to profit from her name, imploring them in Pidgin to go an entire day without mentioning her.

She wrote: “I must be the only person you can make money off mentioning. Go 1 day. Abeg. GO ONE FUCKING DAY WITHOUT FKNG LYING ABEG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

In response to a Nigerian user, @tyxhndrxx, who asked who was instructing Nicki Minaj in Pidgin, she quickly noted that she regularly sees Pidgin phrases from Nigerians on her timeline.

@tyxhndrxx asked: “Who Dey teach Nicki minaj pidgin language”

Nicki Minaj responded: “Wetin be the confusion? I Dey have eyes o? I can read all the pidgin weh una pikin de put on my timeline every day. SUCKS TEETH LOUDLY”

Reacting to the post…

@Carbon Targaryen said: “Una frustrate this woman, she start dey shout for pidgin”

@Obioha Ogbonna said: “There are some frustrations than can only be expressed in pidgin”

@Ms.O said: “Not you using Nigerian slang.. onikaaaa! ”

@Kelly Bonito wrote: “E sure me say na Davido teach you your first pidgin class. Na so he turn Chris brown to OluwaCB”

@Sydd said: “I’m so curious as to who’s responsible”