Nicki Minaj hotel bill shows $9,500 suite and minibar snacks
Court filings in a 24/7 Productions dispute list luxury stays, room service and minibar charges Minaj says she does not owe.
By Poppy Nakagawa · Culture Writer
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A Nicki Minaj hotel bill has landed in the middle of a money fight, with court filings reported by TMZ laying out luxury suite charges, room service tabs and minibar buys including M&Ms and Pringles.
24/7 Productions claims it paid for lodging tied to Minaj’s 2023 work around the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball and the New York promotional week before the release of her album “Pink Friday 2,” according to TMZ. The company says the hotel stays were booked under the name Tori Spaulding.
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The bills are part of 24/7 Productions’ attempt to collect what it says it is owed after advancing money for Minaj-related expenses. TMZ reported that the company claims it covered $250,000 in costs, including $125,000 it described as personal expenses, and says Minaj and her team agreed the charges would be repaid.
Minaj has disputed the case, according to TMZ. She has argued that the legal claim is baseless and says she was not a party to the contract at issue.
The splashiest invoice cited in the filings was for the Langham hotel in New York during Minaj’s album-release week. According to the documents described by TMZ, the stay ran from Dec. 6, 2023, to Dec. 13, 2023, in a high-end suite billed at $9,500 per night including taxes and fees.
The seven-night Langham stay came to $76,000, according to the reported filings. Separate charges posted to the room for private-kitchen dining, room service, parking, cash advances and minibar items added $3,980.
The itemized expenses included more than $2,200 for private-kitchen food, more than $20 for Evian water, $8 for Badoit or Ferrarelle water, $8 for a Coke, $7 for M&Ms and $7 for Pringles, TMZ reported from the documents.
The company also submitted a Four Seasons booking in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, connected to dates from Dec. 12, 2023, through Dec. 18, 2023. TMZ reported that four nights were billed at $3,800 per night, for a total of $17,176.
At that hotel, the charges included more than $400 for in-room dining, more than $130 for private bar beverages and food, more than $100 for overnight food, $70 for breakfast food, more than $500 for pool food and $77 at a restaurant, according to the reported court documents.
The suit also says Minaj was paid $600,000 for the Jingle Ball shows and that her “Pink Friday 2” tour grossed more than $100 million, TMZ reported. Those figures are part of the company’s broader effort to show the expenses it says should have been reimbursed.
No ruling on the reimbursement dispute was reported. For now, the court fight has turned a celebrity travel tab into a public exhibit, right down to the minibar candy and chips.
This story draws on original reporting from TMZ.