Key Takeaways:

• Lizzo addressed Nicki Minaj’s current help of Donald Trump, saying she is “not surprised” by the political shift.
• She warned that extra celebrities might align with the fitting for monetary achieve and visibility.
• Her remarks spotlight how fame and revenue more and more form political id in leisure.

Lizzo believes we’re going to see much more celebrities becoming a member of the fitting within the coming years. On Wednesday (Dec. 24), the “Truth Hurts” artist shared her ideas on Nicki Minaj, who praised Donald Trump at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest final weekend.

In a now-deleted TikTok video, Lizzo started, “So, I’m getting texts about Nicki, and I’m like, ‘What are you talking about?’ I didn’t even know. Then, I researched and saw [what] was going on.” She added that her tackle Minaj didn’t matter as a result of, in her phrases, “Celebrities’ opinions of other celebrities does not matter.”

The Grammy Award-winning musician continued, “You’re about to see an influx of people who see that it is more profitable and more beneficial to join that side. You’re going to see it. It already started, and it’s going to continue.”

Lizzo went on to level out that it’s solely “Trump’s first year as president.” She defined, “We got three more years of people who are going to surprise you, and it’s going to hurt your feelings. It’s gonna disappoint you … There’s money behind everything. There are privileges behind every move [that] people in these positions make.”

She ended the video by saying she’s “not surprised” at how issues are unfolding. Quite a few rappers have supported Trump through the years, together with Kanye West and Kodak Black, the latter of whom obtained a pardon throughout Trump’s first time period.

More lately, Soulja Boy, Nelly and Rick Ross carried out at January’s inaugural Crypto Ball, held in celebration of Trump changing into the forty seventh U.S. President. Responding to criticism for showing on the occasion, the “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” artist mentioned, “They paid me a bag. Obama ain’t never put no money in my f**king pockets, n**ga… Trump put money in my pockets, n**ga.”

As for Minaj’s foray into politics, she informed Erika Kirk — the widow of Charlie Kirk — that she was “tired of being pushed around.” During AmericaFest, she additionally praised Trump and Vice President JD Vance as “powerful men”: “Both of them have a very uncanny ability to be someone that you relate to.”