Nicki Minaj will reportedly address the United Nations on Tuesday to speak up against what the Trump administration describes as “atrocities” committed against Christians in Nigeria. The rapper will reportedly join the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Mike Waltz, to deliver the remarks on Tuesday’s event in New York.
“.@NICKIMINAJ is not only arguably the greatest female recording artist, but also a principled individual who refuses to remain silent in the face of injustice,” Waltz wrote on X on Sunday. “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 responded. “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,” she wrote. “The Barbz & I will never stand down in the face of injustice. We’ve been given our influence by God. There must be a bigger purpose.”
The US-based Trinidadian rapper’s unexpected involvement was reportedly arranged by Trump media advisor Alex Bruesewitz, who is also expected to speak at the event, TMZ wrote.
Earlier this month, Minaj thanked President Trump after he threatened military action against Nigeria over allegations that Christians in the West African nation were being “slaughtered.”
Trump, 79, took to Truth Social this month to issue the threat to the Nigerian government, claiming that Christianity was “facing an existential threat” in the West African nation.
“Radical Islamists are responsible for this mass slaughter,” he alleged. “I am hereby making Nigeria a ‘COUNTRY OF PARTICULAR CONCERN’ – But that is the least of it. When Christians, or any such group, is slaughtered like is happening in Nigeria (3,100 versus 4,476 Worldwide), something must be done!”
Trump issued another threat on the same social media platform, stating that the United States will “immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria” if the West African nation’s government “continues to allow the killing of Christians.”
Trump also said that the United States “may very well go into the now disgraced country, ‘guns blazing,’ to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities.”
Minaj, 42, shared a screenshot of one of Trump’s posts on X and thanked the president and his team for taking the alleged issue “seriously.”
“Reading this made me feel a deep sense of gratitude. We live in a country where we can freely worship God,” the rapper, born Onika Tanya Maraj, wrote. “No group should ever be persecuted for practicing their religion. We don’t have to share the same beliefs in order for us to respect each other. Numerous countries all around the world are being affected by this horror & it’s dangerous to pretend we don’t notice.”
She added: “Thank you to The President & his team for taking this seriously. God bless every persecuted Christian. Let’s remember to lift them up in prayer.”
Nigeria’s population stands at over 230 million, and the two main religions in the West African nation are Christianity and Islam. Despite Trump’s allegations, experts and analysts say that both Christians and Muslims are at the receiving end when it comes to brutal attacks from radical Islamists, CNN reported.
“The characterisation of Nigeria as religiously intolerant does not reflect our national reality, nor does it take into consideration the consistent and sincere efforts of the government to safeguard freedom of religion and beliefs for all Nigerians,” Nigeria’s president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, said in a statement.
