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Multiple videos have gone viral online showing Nicki Minaj’s music being booed, people stopping dancing when her music comes on and people remixing her songs to remove her verses, following her apparent move from a more liberal viewpoint to a conservative one.
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Why It Matters
In December of 2025, Minaj was interviewed by Erika Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk and the chairwoman of Turning Point USA, the conservative youth organization founded by her late husband.
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This appearance has been considered by some to be the completion of an arc that has seen Minaj move to the right in her political views. Minaj spoke out about President Donald Trump back in 2020 and said that she was "not gonna jump on the Donald Trump bandwagon."
His second term in office, though, has been a different story for the Super Bass hitmaker. She appeared at the United Nations in support of the Trump administration in November to speak about the persecution of Christians in Nigeria.
She has since posted favorable posts on X about both Trump and Vice President JD Vance, both of whom she praised at the Turning Point conference.
This has, in turn, been met with widespread backlash and condemnation from her fan base, particularly her LGBTQ+ fans. A petition was launched on Change.org calling for her deportation back to Trinidad, which as of reporting has over 39,000 signatures. A separate petition, which also calls for her deportation but was set up in July, has garnered 80,000 signatures.
What To Know
One TikTok video, shared by the account @nerdycurvyflirty and viewed over 250,000 times on the platform, shows an empty dancefloor with the text overlay, "Keep in mind literally right before this song everybody was on the dance floor… The second Nicki Minaj hit they all stopped!!"
Another video, shared by the account @valeriaxnava, shows people booing and shouting "turn it off," while a video shared by @auntydebbiet also shows a crowd booing and has the text overlay "When the DJ is jamming and puts on Nicki Minaj instant boos."
The former video has over 50,000 views while the latter has over 30,000 views.
A similar video, shared by @lil.woozy, shows a group of drag queens asking a crowd, "Who here hates Nicki Minaj?" with the crowd cheering in response. That video, viewed over 12,000 times, has the text overlay "The girls and gays will enter 2026 as Nicki haters."
@ryaneila.wav shared multiple videos on TikTok where he cuts and replaces Nicki Minaj’s song Bang Bang. One of those videos has been viewed 1.7 million times while another, which has the text overlay "replacing Nicki’s verses with other queens that actually stand on business with us," has been viewed over 900,000 times.
Speaking at the Turning Point USA conference, Minaj dismissed her critics as people "determined to just stay mad."
Despite the backlash, there are people supporting Minaj. One video shared on TikTok and viewed over 150,000 times has the text overlay "So what happened to canceling [sic] Nicki?" and shows a packed dancefloor while her music plays.
What People Are Saying
Nicki Minaj, asked about the backlash from the entertainment industry by Erika Kirk at the turning Point USA conference: "I didn’t notice."
Tristan Hamilton, the organizer of the petition to deport Nicki Minaj on Change.org: "Sign this petition to urge immigration authorities to review Nicki Minaj's residency status in the United States and consider deporting her back to Trinidad as a response to her harmful rhetoric. Let's stand together to advocate for a community that is inclusive and respectful, leaving no room for abandonment based on outdated ideologies. Every signature counts in making our voices heard and fostering a sphere where public figures can be evaluated on the principles they claim to uphold."
One social media user replying to @valeriaxnava’s TikTok video: "2026 no more nicki."
A comment on @ryaneila.wav’s video, liked over 60,000 times reads: "Quite literally an act of revolution. Standing on businessssss."
What Happens Next?
How Minaj’s political shift will go on to impact her, and if it will have a tangible impact on her career, remains to be seen.
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