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A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein

Why Nicki Minaj Threw It All Away For Fascism

A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein

Matt Bernstein

Society & Culture, News, News Commentary

4.92.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2025

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

When Nicki Minaj stepped on stage in Phoenix, Arizona, with one hand clasping Erika Kirk and the other waving to a crowd of white supremacists, even I was shocked. We’ve known the Queen of Rap to be many unsavory things: an insecure egomaniac, a steadfast defender of predators, an obsessive poster (she has my solidarity on that one). But “fascist propagandist” I did not see coming. Today, Olayemi Olurin, Kat Tenbarge and I draw a map of Nicki’s life to make sense of how she got here, what she hopes to receive from it, and if it’ll even pan out. Listen to bonus episodes on Patreon! Thanks to today’s sponsors! Work smarter, not harder, with Factor meals ready in two minutes at https://www.factormeals.com/fruity50off Start managing your money better and cancel unwanted expenses at https://www.rocketmoney.com/fruity.  Subscribe to Kat Tenbarge’s work. Follow Kat Tenbarge on Bluesky. Subscribe to Olay on YouTube. Follow Olay on Instagram. Find me on Instagram. Find A Bit Fruity on Instagram. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Dear young men, you have amazing role models like our handsome dashing president.

0:13.0

Handsome dashing president.

0:19.0

So Nikki Minaj, as I'm sure you've seen, joined Erica Kirk on stage at Turning Point USA's

0:26.4

America Fest, which is basically the huge conference that Turning Point does every year since

0:31.4

2021 to make content that will indoctrinate American youth into conservatism.

0:37.2

And I wanted to play one clip that I

0:40.2

selected from their discussion. If as Black women, we felt that we were not being represented

0:51.4

and not being admired for our beauty,

0:57.0

if we felt like that as black women,

0:59.0

why would we want to do that to other women?

1:02.0

Why would we now need to make other people downplay their beauty

1:08.0

so that we can feel, no, that's not how it works.

1:11.9

I don't need someone with blonde hair and blue eyes to downplay their beauty because I know

1:18.4

my beauty.

1:19.9

Do you understand?

1:21.1

It doesn't bother me that a woman feels and says that she's beautiful.

1:29.5

Why shouldn't she feel that?

1:35.6

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?

1:40.4

Your thoughts.

1:42.8

It is a big year for Nikki Minaj haters. It is a big year for Nicki Minaj haters

1:45.4

I never believe that I could get such a

1:52.2

You see

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