#nicki-minaj

#nicki-minaj

I'll be honest, it didn't take long for the fresh, excited energy I was trying to bring into 2026 to be quashed. (But maybe that's on me I forgot to put "attack a foreign country and seize its leader with only the murkiest of communications about what might come next" on my "out" list this year.) But this week, I want to talk about two other stories that, when juxtaposed,

The 12-time Grammy nominee also doubled down on her opposition to governor of California Gavin Newsom, due to his support for trans youth, and urged young boys to be more masculine. She told the crowd: "Boys, be boys... It's OK. Be boys. There's nothing wrong with being a boy... How powerful is that? How profound is that? Boys will be boys and there's nothing wrong with that."

Minaj, who spoke at an event held by the US embassy to the United Nations, thanked Trump for "for prioritizing this issue and for his leadership."

According to a TikTok mash-up that has been used in more than 463,000 videos, you don't just scream "What's going on?" Linda Perry thinks the viral remix of 4 Non Blondes' 1993 track "What's Up?" with Nicki Minaj and 2 Chainz's 2012 hit "Beez in the Trap" is "ridiculous in all the best ways," she said in a statement to Rolling Stone. It's the reason she joined TikTok this month.