Nicki Minaj Says She Turned MAGA After Gavin Newsom ‘Completely Ignored Me’
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- Nicki Minaj became a vocal Trump supporter late last year.
- But after an April 2025 swatting incident, Republican Rep.
Learn more.This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more.Topline Rapper Nicki Minaj explained her surprising rightward political shift in an interview with Time, outlining a variety of reasons she became a public supporter of President Donald Trump and laying blame on Democratic figures like California Gov. Gavin Newsom and former President Barack Obama for alienating her.
Nicki Minaj became a vocal Trump supporter late last year. (Photo by Caylo Seals/Getty Images)Getty ImagesKey FactsMinaj, who became an open Trump supporter in late 2025 and has since appeared with the president on multiple occasions, told Time she had identified with Trump for a while, but “didn’t dare act like that publicly” because Democratic politics are “ingrained in everyone’s brain in the music business.”
An early incident that pushed Minaj rightward was when her Los Angeles mansion was targeted by multiple swatting calls between 2022 and 2023, prompting her to request a meeting with Newsom, whom she alleged “completely ignored me, with all the money I pay in taxes.”