Nicki Minaj Has Become an Hip-Hop Embarrasment: JD Vance Twists Nicki Minaj’s AmeriFest Comments to Push Anti-DEI Agenda
Written by b87fm on 12/22/2025
JD Vance seized on Nicki Minaj’s recent remarks at AmeriFest to amplify his anti-DEI messaging — while reshaping her words to fit a political narrative she did not explicitly endorse.
On Sunday (Dec. 22), the vice president took to X to highlight Minaj’s comments on beauty and self-worth, framing them as a rejection of diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
“Nicki Minaj said something at Amfest that was really profound,” Vance wrote. “I’m paraphrasing, but she said, ‘just because I want little black girls to think they’re beautiful doesn’t mean I need to put down little girls with blonde hair and blue eyes.’”
Vance went on to argue that Americans have been trapped in “zero-sum thinking,” claiming that unnamed elites “pit us against one another,” and concluding, “Nicki Minaj rejects that. We all should.”
Minaj’s actual remarks, delivered during a surprise onstage conversation at the conservative gathering, focused on self-confidence and rejecting the idea that one group’s affirmation must come at another’s expense — without referencing DEI or public policy.
“I don’t need someone with blonde hair and blue eyes to downplay their beauty because I know my beauty,” Minaj said. “Why shouldn’t she feel that? Why have we gotten to a point where certain colors or certain kinds of people have to be afraid of loving themselves and loving the way they look?”
She added: “I don’t want what was done to little black girls done to little white girls. I don’t want it done to any girl. I want all little girls in the world to know that you are unique. You are beautiful.”
Despite that framing, Vance quickly pivoted from praise to politics, using Minaj’s comments as a springboard to attack DEI initiatives.
“Unlike the left, we stand against treating anybody different because of their race or their sex,” Vance said at the event. “So we have relegated DEI to the dustbin of history, which is exactly where it belongs. In the United States of America, you don’t have to apologize for being white anymore.”
The moment drew criticism online, with observers noting that Minaj’s message about shared dignity and self-worth was repackaged into a broader ideological argument she did not articulate.
Minaj’s presence at the conservative conference itself sparked widespread discussion. During her conversation with Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk, the rapper praised President Donald Trump and Vance, calling the administration “full of people with heart and soul.”
“I have the utmost respect and admiration for our President,” Minaj said. “He’s given so many people hope.”
She also criticized California Governor Gavin Newsom — referring to him as “New-scum” — and took aim at his policies related to transgender youth.
An awkward moment followed when Minaj jokingly referred to Vance as “the assassin JD Vance,” before realizing she was seated next to Kirk, whose husband, Charlie Kirk, was killed earlier this year. Kirk brushed it off, saying, “Words are words, but I know her heart.”
Minaj has become increasingly vocal in political spaces, including a November appearance at the United Nations where she spoke about Christian persecution in Nigeria and reiterated her support for Trump.
Still, the AmeriFest fallout underscores a familiar tension: when celebrity commentary on culture and identity is lifted out of context and repurposed to serve partisan agendas — often leaving the original message behind.
