Nicki Minaj's absence from a major Trump-backed festival in Washington, DC, has been seized on by Democratic congressman Maxwell Frost, who claimed on Wednesday that the rapper's embrace of the MAGA movement has 'hurt her wallet' and cost her more than half her fanbase.
The Freedom 250 'Great American State Fair' is due to run in the US capital from 25 June to 10 July, one of a series of events created under Donald Trump's administration to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence. Its initial performer slate, unveiled on 27 May, read like a nostalgia-heavy line-up, with Martina McBride, C+C Music Factory, Vanilla Ice, Milli Vanilli, Young MC, Morris Day and The Time, The Commodores, Flo Rida and Bret Michaels all billed to appear.
