Credit: Photo via Nicki Minaj/website
This afternoon, Grammy-nominated rapper Nicki Minaj announced 22 new dates for her “Pink Friday 2 World Tour,” and Tampa made the cut.

The “Queen of Rap” will stop at Amalie Arena on Saturday, Oct. 5. General tickets go on sale this Friday, May 31 at 9.a.m at NickiMinajOfficial.com. Minaj’s only other Florida stop will will be at Miami’s Kaseya Center the following day, Oct. 6.

According to a press release, Nicki Minaj’s current tour now holds the record for highest grossing rap tour by a woman, and is also among the top-10 highest grossing rap tours by any rapper of all time.

Minaj’s latest album, Pink Friday 2, was released in early December of 2023, and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. 

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Colin Wolf has been working with weekly newspapers since 2007 and has been the Digital Editor for Creative Loafing Tampa since 2019. He is also the Director of Digital Content Strategy for CL's parent...