Nicki Minaj made an unfortunate comment in front of Charlie Kirk’s wife, Erika, after she praised Vice President JD Vance as an ‘assassin.’
American Conservative influencer Charlie was shot dead in front of a crowd of 3,000 students at Utah Valley University in September.
Tyler Robinson, 22, is currently on trial, accused of carrying out the attack.
Charlie is survived by his wife Erika, 37, as well as their two children, whom they keep away from the spotlight.
The Turning Point USA CEO was in attendance at AmFest on Sunday, speaking to rapper Minaj, real name Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty.
She asked the Anaconda hitmaker, 43, what her message would be to young men in the audience, taking the opportunity to make a dig at California Governor GavinNewsom, telling them not to be like ‘New-scum.’
‘Young men, you have amazing role models like our handsome, dashing president,’ she continued.
‘And you have amazing role models like the assassin JD Vance, our vice president.’
Minaj paused after realising what she had said, but Erika was quick to assure the artist there was ‘nothing new under the sun’ that had been said to her.
‘Trust me, there is nothing new under the sun that I have not heard. So you’re fine… You let it roll right off your back,’ Erika said.
‘If the internet wants to clip it, who cares? I love this woman.’
Charlie previously criticised Nicki as well as fellow rapper Cardi B at a Turning Point USA event, labelling her ‘not a good role model.’
‘Okay, Nicki Minaj is causing dads to leave the home?’ he began. ‘I don’t think that’s a good role model for 18-year-old black girls. I don’t.
He then went on to confuse her with WAP rapper Cardi, continuing: ‘I don’t think that songs that are talking about glorifying wet female genitalia are exactly…I don’t know which one wrote that song.’
Minaj has faced considerable backlash for her support for President Donald Trump in recent months, despite previously being critical of his views and policies.
This intensified last month when she accepted a role working with the Trump administration to ‘spotlight’ the alleged persecution of Christians in Nigeria.
US ambassador to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, wrote on X of the position: ‘[Minaj] is not only arguably the greatest female recording artist, but also a principled individual who refuses to remain silent in the face of injustice.
‘I’m grateful she’s leveraging her massive platform to spotlight the atrocities against Christians in Nigeria, and I look forward to standing with her as we discuss the steps the President and his administration are taking to end the persecution of our Christian brothers and sisters.’
Minaj replied to the post: ‘Ambassador, I am so grateful to be entrusted with an opportunity of this magnitude. I do not take it for granted. It means more than you know.
‘The Barbz [a nickname for her fans] and I will never stand down in the face of injustice. We’ve been given our influence by God. There must be a bigger purpose.’
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