Nicki Minaj has announced that Lil Wayne will be replacing her at the 2023 iHeartRadio Jingle Ball concert series in Chicago on Monday night. The official concert listing on Ticketmaster confirms Wayne has replaced Minaj on the lineup at Allstate Arena¹.
Minaj apologized to her fans on Twitter and promised to make it up to them on the Chicago stops of her tour early next year¹. She also confirmed that her new album, Pink Friday 2, will still be dropping later this week¹.
Lil Wayne, who is also known as the GOAT, will perform at the Chicago show in place of Minaj². Minaj will still be performing at the Atlanta Jingle Ball on the 14th and the Miami Jingle Ball on the 16th¹.
Nicki Minaj and Lil Wayne have a long history of performing together. They performed together during surprise appearances at the Hot 107.9 Birthday Bash in Atlanta, Georgia in 2017³.
Minaj has been hyping up Pink Friday 2 for months now. She teased that the album will reveal one of her "best kept secrets" and that it will be dropping on Friday¹. Fans are eagerly waiting for the release of the album.
