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Egyptians Listen to Nicki Minaj for the First Time

We take to the streets of Cairo with a pair of headphones and a Nicki Minaj playlist. This is what happened next...

Date
27/01/2015 20:31

Some call her the Queen of the Booties, others call her the First Lady of Rap. She calls herself The Female Weezy, Black Barbie and sometimes, for some reason, Roman Zolanski... What do Egyptians call her? Dawsha gamda... We headed out with our Jabra Revo Wireless + headphones and let Ms. Minaj do the talking.


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