When international superstar Nicki Minaj performs in your country for the first time, the appropriate form of hospitality is arranging 1,000 cutouts of her "super bass" on the steps of one of your hallowed landmarks.
Finland knows what's up, taking over the steps of the Helsinki Cathedral with cardboard cutouts of Minaj. The rapper is set to perform in Finland for the first time in July, headlining the Summer Up festival -- Finland's "biggest festival dedicated to urban music.”
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Joko sinä bongasit pahvisen Nicky Minajin Helsingissä? http://t.co/iBJmh4IPbZ pic.twitter.com/B3tEh7ig89— YleX (@YleX) June 10, 2015
According to Finnish news outlet Helsingin Uutiset, free festival passes were taped to the back of each Minaj cutout, and festival organizers encouraged people to bring their paper Nicki with them to the show.
Presumably Minaj's demonic alter ego, Roman Zolanski, is not welcome at Helsinki Cathedral when he's in town.