Trinidad in Debt after HB's visit Home

Nicki Minaj’s hometown of Trinidad and Tobago is in hot water after spending over $869,000 on a concert featuring Nicki Minaj last month. The concert was widely publicized in the media and also featured on Nicki Minaj’s MTV documentary “My Time Now”.

Expenses for the concert included local advertising costs of $150,000, local culture costs of $26,000, a local fashion show – $60,000, boarding fees at the Hilton Trinidad for $60,343, and local artists fees of $40,000. Booking Nicki Minaj was the biggest portion of the costs which totaled over $382,000 (in Trinidad currency) for Nicki’s talent fee plus her entourage and agent fees.




$896,000 in Trinidad currency = about $139,782 in U.S Dollars