Nicki Minaj Commemorates Trini Independence Day With “Pound The Alarm” Throwback

“Happy Independence Day to my beautiful country,” she penned in a caption attached to screenshots of her “Pound The Alarm” music video. “The home of carnival. #Trinidad

 

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Happy Independence Day to my beautiful country. The home of carnival. #Trinidad Island gurls run it‼️ ??????????♥️‼️?thank you to @machelmontano @bunjigarlin @fayannlyons for coming to this video shoot for Pound The Alarm. @destragarcia was traveling @ the time~ I was given permission to recreate carnival for this video & it was one of the best experiences ever. Trinidad, I’ll be seeing you sooner than you think. God bless my country. Sweet sweet T&T. LOVE YOU

A post shared by Barbie (@nickiminaj) on Aug 31, 2019 at 12:26pm PDT

She would follow it up with a full IGTV upload of the 2012 music video, adding that the luxurious creation was the result of an era in which Burdman made a habit of saying, “Give Barbie whatever she want.”

While many know Nicki to hail from South Jamaica Queens, she spent the first five years of her life in Trinidad and Tobago, orimarily girwing up with her grandmother in the Saint James district of the country’s Port Of Spain capital.

 

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This is when Baby used to say (in that strong New Orleans accent) “give Barbie whatever she want” ?? flew a whole crew to Trinidad for this one. ? good timez. Trini girls mad pretty owwwww ??

A post shared by Barbie (@nickiminaj) on Aug 31, 2019 at 1:16pm PDT

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