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D Project Records' US affiliate, CVR Entertainment, is calling for a public apology from Member of Parliament in Trinidad and Tobago, DR Amery Browne, for the "disrespectful words used to describe Nicki Minaj (Onika Maraj) in Parliament, as well as the erroneous information being spread about the artiste in the media".

CEO of CVR Entertainment and VP Operations for D Project Records, Richard Hope, said that Maraj's management has been following the negative fallout stemming from Browne's comments in the House of Representatives over the past two weeks and had contacted him and asked him to address the matter before they pursued legal action.

He said: "We feel that Mr Browne's comments are disrespectful and damaging to all the personalities and companies involved with this event and have contacted our lawyers to examine his statements for libellous material. We booked Ms Minaj through Total Access Talent out of Miami and their CEO, Melissa Sessom, is extremely upset over this unwarranted, unnecessary and unsubstantiated controversy surrounding the event a full month after it has occurred. Mr Browne could very well be facing several lawsuits coming from each of the parties involved, whose reputations are being damaged by his words and actions."

Hope further stated that Maraj (Nicki Minaj) has embraced and endorsed her homeland publicly and felt that Browne's comments are amount to a "slap in the face of someone who is promoting the beautiful twin-island of Trinidad and Tobago on a global scale".

Hope added that Maraj was deeply disturbed by the negative press surrounding the event as a result of Browne's statements and will issue a direct statement later this week, "if necessary".