Nicki Minaj is under fire from the Human Rights Foundation for an upcoming performance at the Show Unitel Boas Festas for the mobile-phone company in Angola.
Activist Thor Halvorssen wrote to Minaj's team urging her to pull out because Angolan president José Eduardo dos Santos "has made it his policy to harass, imprison or kill politicians, journalists and activists who protest his rule."
Halvorssen also noted that Angolan rapper Luaty Beirao was "arrested . . . after attending a meeting to discuss democracy and nonviolence."
He asked Minaj, "Shouldn't you be advocating for the release of the imprisoned rapper . . . rather than entertaining the dictator?" and, "This would be a great way for Minaj to set herself apart from other celebrity recipients of dictator cash such as Hilary Swank, Lionel Messi, Erykah Badu, Jennifer Lopez and Kanye West."
Minaj's rep didn't comment.
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