{"id":54810,"date":"2026-01-03T00:48:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T00:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/03\/nicki-minaj-deportation-petitions-gain-over-120000-signatures\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T00:48:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T00:48:29","slug":"nicki-minaj-deportation-petitions-gain-over-120000-signatures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/03\/nicki-minaj-deportation-petitions-gain-over-120000-signatures\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicki Minaj Deportation Petitions Gain Over 120,000 Signatures"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\tSeveral Change.org petitions<\/a> to deport Nicki Minaj<\/a> to her native Trinidad and Tobago have amassed more than 120,000 signatures combined. The most popular<\/a> petition \u2014 garnering over 83,000 signatures \u2014 started on July 9, 2025, and lists Minaj\u2019s \u201charrass[ment]\u201d of \u201cthe Carters\u201d as one of the inciting issues (Minaj had been incessantly lambasting<\/a> Shawn \u201cJay-Z\u201d Carter on X at the time). There are also at least three other petitions created between Dec. 21 and 28, 2025, that coincide with Minaj\u2019s controversial Dec. 21<\/a> appearance<\/a> alongside conservative activist Erika Kirk<\/a> at Turning Point USA<\/a>\u2019s AmericaFest, where the rapper praised President Donald Trump\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n

\n\tOne of the recent petitions began on Dec. 27 <\/a>by a 16 year-old in Chicago named Tristan Hamilton, per the website, and has gained the most ground, with over 41,000 signatures at the time of writing. Using a photo of Minaj high-fiving Kirk as the petition\u2019s lead image, Hamilton wrote that Minaj has left her LGBTQ fans \u201cfeeling deeply betrayed,\u201d pointing to Minaj\u2019s AmericaFest comments, \u201cBoys, be boys\u2026There\u2019s nothing wrong with being a boy.\u201d Some have seen Minaj\u2019s appearance at the event as the rapper aligning with Turning Point\u2019s historically anti-trans and queerphobic leadership<\/a>. <\/strong>\u201cDeporting Nicki Minaj back to Trinidad would serve as a reminder that public figures need to be accountable for their words and the broader impact they have on diverse communities,\u201d wrote Hamilton. \u201cIt\u2019s not just about one person\u2019s fall from grace; it\u2019s about holding everyone to a standard of compassion and consistency, especially when they possess significant influence.\u201d Representatives for Hamilton and Nicki Minaj did not immediately respond to Rolling Stone<\/em>\u2019s requests for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tMinaj\u2019s AmericaFest appearance also came in the midst of the Trump administration\u2019s virulent campaign against immigration<\/a> as well as against several Black, Asian, Arab, and Latin<\/a> territories around the world, including in the Caribbean<\/a>. ProPublica reports that amid the U.S.\u2019s recent mass deportations, over 170 U.S. citizens<\/a> have also been held by immigration<\/a> agents.<\/p>\n

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\n\tIt\u2019s not immediately clear whether there would be any legal basis for deporting Minaj, who reportedly wrote<\/a> in 2018 that she came to the U.S. \u201cas an illegal immigrant at 5 years old.\u201d At the time, she had shared an Instagram post<\/a> advocating against the separation of migrant children from their parents in Trump\u2019s first administration. \u201cI can\u2019t imagine the horror of being in a strange place & having my parents stripped away from me at the age of 5,\u201d she reportedly continued. \u201cThis is so scary to me. Please stop this. Can you try to imagine the terror & panic these kids feel right now? Not knowing if their parents are dead or alive, if they\u2019ll ever see them again.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tMinaj\u2019s current citizenship status is also unclear, though in 2024, she said<\/a>, \u201cI\u2019m not a citizen of America. Isn\u2019t that crazy?\u201d during a TikTok Live stream. \u201cYou would think that with the millions of dollars that I\u2019ve paid in taxes to this country that I would have been given an honorary citizenship many, many, many thousands of years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile comments appear to be disabled on the largest petition calling for Minaj\u2019s deportation, under Hamilton\u2019s, self-proclaimed former fans wrote messages like, \u201cIt\u2019s hard to reconcile the \u2018Black Barbies<\/a>\u2019 rapper\u2014who once spoke out about the terror of immigration policies\u2014with this version of Nicki who cozy up to Erika Kirk, a woman whose platform is built on ideologies that have historically marginalized Black and trans voice [sic].\u201d Using the name Charlie, the commenter continued, \u201cIt\u2019s not just about a \u2018difference of opinion<\/a>\u2019\u2014it\u2019s about watching someone you admired lend their immense cultural capital to people who haven\u2019t shown that same love back to our community.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\n\tSome TikTok users have attributed the petition to what they see as Minaj\u2019s implicit support of anti-immigration sentiments coming back to bite her. Without endorsing the petition, @nsddahmmy said<\/a>, \u201cIts even crazier from Nicki Minaj, because as quick as they can send her to the [United Nations] to advocate<\/a> for us committing more war crimes in Nigeria<\/a> or to high five Erika Kirk while she disparages the demographics that make up what\u2019s left of her fanbase, is as quick as they could have sent ICE with a one way ticket back to Trinidad.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tOther<\/a> users<\/a> have seemingly defended Minaj and mocked<\/a> the petition with short videos merely looking into the camera with variants of captions like, \u201cWait a second, I thought liberals were against deportations and ICE,\u201d positing that the petitions are hypocritical (and claiming that all \u201cliberals\u201d are in fact against deportations. The full scope of the petitioners\u2019 politics is unknown).\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n