Nicki Minaj Fans Slam Essence Festival for Not Live Streaming Her Performance

Nicki Minaj fans are not happy with the 2022 Essence Festival.

The team behind the annual event landed themselves in hot water after promising that the 39-year-old rapper’s performance would air live on Hulu on Friday night (July 1), only to announce last minute that her set would no longer be streaming.

Given that Nicki had been heavily promoted on the festival’s social channels, many Barbz felt as though they had been led on. Her fans then took to Twitter to voice their frustrations.

“Hulu and Essence Fest — y’all are going to hell for not showing Nicki Minaj when you know that’s the only reason we’re watching,” one fan wrote, while another added: “Nah because this is so messed up, Hulu and essence has been promoting all week saying we’ll be to see Nicki Minaj LIVE on stream.. it seems like they [used] us for interactions once again.”

Click inside to see more tweets from Nicki’s fans…

not essence cancelling nicki live.. they definitely used us for views BUT #nickiweek #NickiMinaj #PinkFriday pic.twitter.com/I0SnlH74xW

— . (@botchedfreak) July 2, 2022

me pretending as if i didn’t waste all my time watching essence fest just for nicki minaj’s not to be live streamed: pic.twitter.com/A1J3LMo1gq

— cabria 🌿 (@ca6ria) July 2, 2022

Since I can’t watch Nicki Minaj on Hulu livestream
Fuck Hulu
Fuck Essence Fest
Fuck EVERYBODY #ESSENCEFest pic.twitter.com/opgslW8UYE

— Rihanna is on B7 (@wiz_thcreator) July 2, 2022

Waking up feeling like fuck Hulu and fuck Essence Festival…We are never wasting our time with this low budget shit again #ESSENCEFest #essencefestival #Hulu #Nicki #NickiMinaj

— Alex Monroe (@alexmonroe911) July 2, 2022

Excuse me…? So I stayed up and sat through all them other performances for what? @nickiminaj @Essence @hulu I need answers pic.twitter.com/WjWe0Rq4Ju

— SPICE PUSHER (@ScotLouie) July 2, 2022

Hulu and Essence Fest — y’all are going to hell for not showing Nicki Minaj when you know that’s the only reason we’re watching #ESSENCEFest #ESSENCEFest2022 #ESSENCEFest2022 #EssenceFestOnHulu pic.twitter.com/SXDAepjjOE

— Kejiwhen (@kejiwhen) July 2, 2022

Essence Fest Dead fucking wrong for not showing Nicki Minaj performance

— Call Me Q (@quishawnammir) July 2, 2022

We should cancel Hulu for cutting off the live stream of Nicki Minaj performance at Essence Fest #cancelhulu #NickiMinaj #PinkFriday #essencefestival

— Olivia Adams (@livinlife_100) July 2, 2022