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Jay-Z returned to The Roots' Roots Picnic for his first festival set in seven years, delivering a 35-song performance backed by The Roots with a host of guests, and opening with a freestyle that targeted Drake, Nicki Minaj, and Kanye West. The night also featured appearances by Jazmine Sullivan, Bilal, Meek Mill, and more, with hints of further dates, including Yankee Stadium to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Reasonable Doubt.
At Roots Picnic in Philadelphia, Jay-Z headlined a 90-minute set and surprised fans with an acapella freestyle that targets Drake, Kanye West, and Nicki Minaj—including lines about Drake’s publishing and the “jig is up”—while also performing Watch the Throne cuts. Backed by the Roots and with guests like Meek Mill and Jazmine Sullivan, the moment tees up his forthcoming Yankee Stadium anniversary shows and underscores a high-profile moment in his current music run.
Jay-Z breaks six years of solo stage silence at Roots Picnic with a four-minute freestyle aimed at rivals Drake and Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, and other former Roc allies, punctuated by sharp lines about publishing, contracts, and ego; he then leads into a 31‑song set with guests including Meek Mill, Jazmine Sullivan, Bilal, and a State Property reunion.
Jay-Z opened his Roots Picnic comeback with a 31-song set backed by The Roots, delivering a freestyle that takes aim at Drake, Nicki Minaj, and Kanye West while addressing their beef-era drama. After the diss-filled moment, he continued the show with a star-studded set featuring guests like Bilal and Jazmine Sullivan, and hinted at pursuing collabs over feuds while announcing upcoming Yankee Stadium dates.
MAGA rapper Nicki Minaj made a conspicuous MAGA-friendly cameo at SpaceX’s Starbase during a Starship launch that was canceled due to a hydraulic pin malfunction. Elon Musk said another attempt would come the next day as SpaceX staff riffed on her hit lyrics. Minaj has publicly aligned with Donald Trump since 2025, appeared at Turning Point USA events and even held hands with the president at a White House moment, while insisting she once hid her political beliefs to keep fans — a move that highlights the optics around her MAGA pivot amid SpaceX’s ongoing starship testing.
Rapper Nicki Minaj publicly thanks Elon Musk for his contributions to humanity, signaling a deepening MAGA alignment among celebrities.
Rapper Nicki Minaj says she shifted to supporting MAGA after Gavin Newsom allegedly ignored her, a claim she says is echoed by other celebrities, highlighting a purported trend of celebrity support for the movement amid perceived snubs and political tensions.
Nicki Minaj says she publicly backed Donald Trump after swatting incidents and a nonresponse from Gavin Newsom, and she accuses Jay-Z of harming Obama’s legacy. She also notes Obama’s 2024 Kamala Harris speech pushed her further from the Democrats, and she says she initially kept her stance private to avoid splitting her fanbase.
In a Time interview, Nicki Minaj reveals she supports Donald Trump, explaining that her growing willingness to align with him stems from her beef with Jay-Z and his ties to Obama, plus a sense of being dismissed by the left after the cousin’s friend incident and swatting. She says she’d muted her true political views to avoid turning off fans or harming her career, notes that many celebrities privately feel the same way, and positions herself as a catalyst for more open discussion about political views among celebrities.
A weekend of controversial statements and fundraising revelations has seen a growing number of Black celebrities publicly backing or maintaining ties to Donald Trump, including Nick Cannon’s praise for Trump, Nicki Minaj’s MAGA alignment, Amber Rose’s conservative stance, Chilli’s donations to Trump-related PACs, and Waka Flocka’s ongoing support—sparking a broader debate about celebrity loyalty, accountability, and political influence.
Cardi B allegedly destroyed equipment and threatened to walk out during SNL's dress rehearsal after a Weekend Update joke about Nicki Minaj's MAGA ties; the joke was scrapped in the aftermath.
Trump allies dismissed Cyabra’s claim that Nicki Minaj’s social-media activity is amplified by thousands of bots, arguing the rapper’s popularity proves there’s no bot amplification and highlighting a broader online feud that included Cardi B and other figures.
A Cyabra analysis shared with Politico concludes that roughly 33% of the more than 55,000 accounts engaging Nicki Minaj’s MAGA‑related posts on X between Nov. 11 and Dec. 22 were likely fake, suggesting a coordinated bot campaign to boost her political content. The report notes linguistic uniformity among the fake accounts, overlap with Turning Point USA, and that some authentic influencers amplified the message. Minaj’s team and Cardi B rejected the bot claims, arguing Minaj already has a large organic following and that Cyabra’s conclusions indicate a broader strategy to manufacture broad endorsement.
Cyabra’s analysis, shared with POLITICO, found about 18,000 fake or coordinated accounts amplifying Nicki Minaj’s conservative-leaning posts on X from Nov. 11 to Dec. 28, boosting her visibility and attracting praise from Trump allies; the activity included high-volume, repetitive replies and coordinated content from both fake and authentic conservative influencers, suggesting a deliberate effort to seed MAGA messaging in entertainment circles. Minaj’s reps did not comment.
Rapper Nicki Minaj says observing how Donald Trump was treated by the public — not his policies — pushed her toward politics. In preview clips from a forthcoming interview with podcaster Katie Miller, she recalls a moment during the last campaign that nudged her into public service and notes she later joined a Trump Accounts Summit, where Trump awarded her a Trump Gold Card that could expedite citizenship.