Nicki Minaj causes backlash over “false” HIV/AIDS figures in Trinidad

Minaj may be getting dragged by her Trini massive pretty soon. The Head Barb In Charge sparked outrage in her home country after implying that Trinidad’s HIV/AIDs rate is aroud 250,000.

That’s a quarter of the country and almost the entire population of Barbados. In fact, the estimated number of people living with HIV/Aids in Trinidad at the end of 2010 was 22,787.

According to reports;

The Ministry of Tourism in Trinidad will soon embark on a public relations campaign to “correct” a statement made by Trinidad-born rapper Nicki Minaj that 250,000 people were living with Aids in T&T. Tourism Minister Stephen Cadiz, now attending the World Travel Market in London, said in a telephone interview yesterday that the statement was “obviously erroneous and has to be corrected.”

Minaj made the comment in an interview with the UK Guardian last Thursday. She also said 40 per cent of local adolescents were not educated about HIV/Aids. Minaj is the face of Mac Cosmetics’ 2012 Viva Glam line of lipsticks.

Cadiz said he was not “overly concerned” by the statement, adding that local HIV/Aids prevalence had never had a negative effect on tourism. Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan lauded Minaj for her musical talents, but suggested she speak with Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) Rodger Samuel.

and as usual…the fans already started mud stomping Nicki over her false statements

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