Nicki Minaj appears with Erika Kirk, widow of Charlie Kirk, and takes a far right turn

This Sunday, December 21st in Phoenix, Arizona, Nicki Minaj appeared alongside Erika Kirk on stage at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest, to ecstatic cheers from the audience. Conservative organization founded by Charlie Kirk and taken by his widow after his assassination gathered at its annual conference, examining all the favorite subjects of the Republican Party, from the question of immigration to that of the rights of transgender people or even the succession of the president adored by his supporters. Under fireworks, the rapper arrived on stage with a smile on her face, before sitting down for a political discussion with Erika Kirk. She affirms her support for the President of the United States and declares: “I have the utmost respect and admiration for our president. I’m not even sure he knows it, but he gave so many people hope.”

This alleged turn to the far right will surprise many, especially since Harajuku Barbie’s fan base has been made up of a majority of LGBTQI+ people since her inception, which she claimed in 2010 to the magazine. outclaiming that gay men were “Absolutely a huge part of the movement.” However, his unfettered support for Donald Trump it doesn’t come out of nowhere. It’s long been difficult to know where the line was between Nicki Minaj’s alter ego and her personal positions, themselves highly volatile. If she denounced her immigration policies in 2018 (“I can’t imagine the horror of being in a strange place and being separated from your parents at the age of 5”she pleaded on Instagram), she didn’t fully condemn him in 2015, admitting that Billboard : “He brought up some points that maybe weren’t so terrible.”

A shift to the extreme right

Precisely in 2021, the rapper’s positions mark a real turning point. In one of these infamous posts, Nicki Minaj stated that she did not want to be vaccinated against Covid, even if it meant missing the Met Gala, for this simple reason, denied by the Minister of Health of Trinidad and Tobago: “My cousin in La Trinité will not be vaccinated because his friend was vaccinated and became impotent. His testicles swelled.” His numerous diatribes bordering on narcissism against the next generation of female rappers, from Megan Thee Stallion to Cardi B, are now linked to those of the presidentattacking every political opponent, but in recent weeks, she has done it “exit” Official MAGA. After sharing a White House release listing all of her accomplishments, she now loudly admits her affiliation with the Republican Party. “I was just tired of being teased”she replies to Erika Kirk. “Why do I care about these people and what they think? Who are they? They don’t even know who they are. So I’m not going to back down. I’m never going to back down again.”