Nicki Minaj is catching flack. She is being criticized by the Human Rights Foundation for her scheduled performance this Saturday (December 19) at a Christmas party in Angola for communications company Unitel.
The company is owned by the family of the country’s president, José Eduardo dos Santos. Dos Santos has been in power in the African country since 1979 and has reportedly exploited the country’s oil and diamond industries to make a fortune for his family.
In a letter written to Nicki, Human Rights Foundation’s president, Thor Halvorssen, asks Minaj to cancel her performance.
“The payment you are receiving from your Angolan sponsors is the result of government corruption and human rights violations,” he writes.
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