"“I think Jay-Z ended up costing Obama a lot, whether he knows it or not,” she says. “Lots of rappers don't like Jay-Z and were afraid to say it.”"
"Minaj says there are more celebrity Trump fans than we think. “Many celebrities feel the way I do,” she says, “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.”"
"“I felt that way already about him, just that I didn't dare act like that publicly,” Minaj says. “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.”"
Nicki Minaj links her friendship with Donald Trump to her longstanding conflict with Jay-Z. She says Jay-Z’s friendliness with former President Obama alienated many in hip-hop, including herself, and that Jay-Z may have cost Obama support. She claims many rappers disliked Jay-Z but were afraid to say so. Minaj also describes becoming more right-leaning after feeling targeted by the left following a public incident involving her cousin’s friend. She says she felt Governor Gavin Newsom did not take her seriously about being swatted and that Turning Point USA’s Anna Paulina Luna recommended private security. Minaj says she hid her political views to avoid losing fans and business opportunities, noting that the music industry expects artists to be Democratic. She adds that many celebrities support Trump privately and that she sees herself as a catalyst for change.
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