Nicki Minaj during a recent interview on Katie Miller’s podcast.
Rap superstar Nicki Minaj has revealed she supported Donald Trump long before she went public but stayed silent because of the political culture inside the entertainment industry.
“I felt that way already about him, just that I didn’t dare act like that publicly,” Minaj said in an exclusive interview with TIME magazine.
“It’s been ingrained in everyone’s brain in the music business that we are supposed to be a Democratic family.”
The rap superstar said the left’s response to her 2021 vaccine skepticism only hardened her views.
“I guess they had examined everyone’s testicles in Trinidad and came back to tell me that I was lying,” she said, mocking the official backlash to her comments.
Nicki Minaj reveals the reasons why she became a MAGA supporter:
• She was turned off by Democrats after her home was “swatted” several times by trolls calling the police and triggering outsized responses. Minaj says she requested time to sit down with Governor Gavin Newsom,… pic.twitter.com/4kUioFonTN
— Variety (@Variety) May 14, 2026
Minaj also blasted former President Barack Obama over his comments to Black voters during the 2024 election.
“I just saw so many videos of Black men saying that they didn’t like the way they felt about that speech that Obama gave,” she said.
“They felt like they weren’t being listened to.”
She also revealed that repeated swatting attacks at her California home helped push her fully towards MAGA>
Minaj said she reached out to California Governor Gavin Newsom for help and was completely rebuffed.
“I was shocked,” Minaj said. “I’d never seen anyone in politics treat me that way.”
“That’s what made me say that I don’t care to keep this a secret anymore.”
Nicki Minaj tells TIME her political beliefs shifted after Governor Gavin Newsom allegedly ignored her pleas when her home was swatted multiple times, putting her family in danger.
The rapper admits she kept quiet about her support for Trump out of fear of alienating fans and… pic.twitter.com/u5H4675ONR
— Buzzing Pop (@BuzzingPop) May 14, 2026
She also defended Trump’s concerns about election integrity and the fraud that took place during the 2020 presidential election.
“Obviously, I do not know, but I know that if he comes out and says it, that he’s done his due diligence, and I know that he’s not just making it up.”
Mnaj added is prepared to campaign for Republicans in the upcoming midterms.
“I’ll do whatever it is,” she explained. “Many celebrities feel the way I do, “but they don’t say it.
”Sometimes you just need one brave person to get the brunt of the impact. I think I am the catalyst for that change.”
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