Nicki Minaj Backs Trump at 43 as She Blasts Newsom and Jay-Z

3 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 15

Nicki Minaj said she is no longer hiding her support for Donald Trump and MAGA, saying Democratic figures including California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Jay-Z pushed her toward the GOP.
2025 swatting incidents at her California home became a turning point, Minaj said, after Newsom's office allegedly ignored her while Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna helped connect her with federal law enforcement and private security.
The 43-year-old rapper said she had long kept her pro-Trump views private because the music industry expected artists to be a "Democratic family," and she accused Jay-Z and Roc Nation of trying to derail her career.
Trump has increasingly embraced Minaj as a celebrity ally, calling her "a winner" at the February premiere of "Melania" after the two appeared together at a January Treasury Department event.
Minaj first publicly aligned with Trump in November 2025 after praising his response to violence against Christians in Nigeria, making her latest remarks the clearest account yet of her political shift.

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