Barbs, get to the front! The internet is outraged after rapper Nicki Minaj made a a surprise appearance at a political event for Turning Point USA (TPUSA)– the conservative movement founded by controversial podcaster Charlie Kirk and now run by his widow, Erika. While Minaj has slowly been aligning herself with President Donald Trump and his conservative allies for weeks now, no one could’ve predicted this.
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On Sunday, Minaj joined hands with Erika while walking out to her song, “Super Bass,” in front of the TPUSA crowd. “This administration is full of people with heart and soul, and they make me proud of them. Our vice president, he makes me … well, I love both of them,” Minaj said. “Both of them have a very uncanny ability to be someone that you relate to.”
We previously told you Minaj caught flak after teaming up with UN Ambassador Mike Waltz to address the alleged “genocide” of Christians in Nigeria… despite experts debunking the theory of such targeted genocide, PBS reported. Her fans were quick to call her out over this and her recent attacks against the transgender community.
@YallQunt wrote on X, “If you’re gay, trans, a woman, person of color, an immigrant, lower or middle class and still a fan of Nicki Minaj please go to the deepest pits of HELL.”
“I can’t repeat it enough, Nicki Minaj did nothing for the gay community to earn their undying support. A bunch of gay men just wanted to be her, so they crowned her a gay icon. Meanwhile, she was talking God on the heels of the Pulse mass shooting,” @TrillaryBlinton said. “None of this is surprising.”
Meanwhile, Minaj told the crowd she doesn’t notice any of the criticism over her MAGA allegiance. “I didn’t notice,” she said on stage. “We don’t even think about them.” Folks on X expressed their disappointment with the rapper. @simisuckss said that we’re all just “watching nicki minaj destroy her legacy over an administration that won’t make it to 2029.”
The queen of rap also threw shots after Gov. Newsom all while praising Trump as a “handsome, dashing” example of what a man and a good leader is. “Dear Newscum,” she began. “We don’t have a problem cleaning up the scum if we have to, please tread lightly. That’s what I’d say to Gavie poo.”
Minaj’s conservative shift, which some fans view as a move against perceived mainstream bias, has caught much of the rap community off guard. Minaj, who hasn’t spoken up this much about political issues in her entire career, also repeated made clear her admiration for the president.
She told Kirk on stage, “I have the utmost respect and admiration for our president. I don’t even know if he knows this, but he has given so many people hope that there’s a chance to beat the bad guys and to win and to do it with your head held high and your integrity intact.”
Many Black folks pointed out that Minaj’s current political allies like Kirk, his wife and TPUSA have a history of being racist towards Black people. “’Black women don’t have the brain processing power…’” the husband of the woman she’s sitting with,” @SummerSarae98 said referencing Kirk. “Such a bird.”
“First Candace Owens, now her. Where’s the grant funding to stop the rightward shift of black women?!?! Where’s Black Women Build,” @eihtbeezy said.
Some people would didn’t support Minaj previously feel justified after she seemingly turned MAGA. @ansamenow tweeted, “5 years of being a Nicki Minaj hater and every year my hatred becomes more vindicated.”
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