Nicki Minaj Performs At Controversial Concert In Angola

A throng of human rights protesters wasn't enough to stop Nicki Minaj from performing in Angola.

The hip-hop star went through with her much-maligned concert in the dictator-led nation on Saturday — just days after activists begged her to cancel the show.

Members of the Human Rights Foundation and the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights group hoped the 33-year-old artist would nix her holiday concert gig since it was hosted by Unitel, a company run by Angola's dictator, Jose Eduardo dos Santos.

Dos Santos has been accused of heading an extremely corrupt regime since taking over in 1979. Many people in his country live off of less than $2 per day, and he has been widely criticized for his treatment of those opposing him, as well as his treatment of human rights.

In the days leading up Minaj's concert, the Kennedy Humans Rights group expressed tremendous displeasure with the rapper performing at a show on Dos Santos' behalf.

"(Minaj is) callously taking money from a dictator who's been in power for nearly four decades and who has effectively and ruthlessly choked free expression," the group's Africa Policy Director, Jeffrey Smith told the Daily News' Confidenti@l page.

"This sustained crackdown on basic human rights in Angola has swept up activists, opposition members, journalists and even musicians."

Minaj, however, never wavered, as she posted several messages on social media to promote the controversial show.

On Saturday, Minaj shared a snapshot of herself stepping off of her plane as she arrived in the African country.

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