The best-selling female rapper in history popularly known as The “Queen Of Rap” also the most successful female rapper in history has just addressed the World Liberty Forum, why she decided to turn Republican and support Donald Trump.
The 43 year old rapper is one of the defining pop-rap figures of the era, with more than 149 Billboard Hot 100 entries, more than 20 BET Awards, tens of billions of global streams, and a social media reach exceeding 200 million followers.
Yet her turn from provocative, path-breaking artist to Trump acolyte has made her a pariah to some in the music industry and surprised her fan base, known as the Barbz, who emulate her persona.
hasn’t been shy about her support for Donald Trump and the Make America Great Again movement in the last year, but it took a lot for her to come out publicly and back the president, as she was initially afraid of the backlash from her peers in the music industry.
“I felt that way already about him, just that I didn’t dare act like that publicly,” she said. “It’s been ingrained in everyone’s brain in the music business that we are supposed to be a Democratic family. I just knew they would not like me supporting Trump.”
Minaj continued: “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. Hopefully, when they see me and hear me speak and feel my energy.”
For the “Super Bass” rapper, she felt compelled to speak up about her MAGA pivot after she was allegedly “completely ignored” by California Governor Gavin Newsom, following repeated swatting calls to her California home.
That’s when Republican U.S. Representative Anna Paulina Luna stepped in to have her touch base with law enforcement and a private security firm to put an end to the swatting.
She explained she and her family felt threatened after reporting multiple swatting with no follow up from the government.
She narrated how a Republican politician reached out to her and came to her aid.
I was shocked. I’d never seen anyone in politics treat me that way,” she told TIME. “That’s what made me say that I don’t care to keep this a secret anymore.”
