Nicki Minaj became the first female rapper to address the United Nations on Tuesday and gave credit where it was due ... to President Donald Trump for setting the stage!!!
00:00Nicki Minaj had her big day at the United Nations, where she was addressing an issue she has taken up as her cause celeb, really.
00:09She has been on social media a lot talking about the reports of genocidal attacks on Christians in Nigeria.
00:19And she has supported President Trump when he said that we may have to even send troops to aid in what's going on in Nigeria.
00:29So she was invited by the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. to actually speak at the U.N. today.
00:37Here's what she had to say.
00:38Interestingly, she also addresses her fans who have been wondering why she's getting political.
00:47I must say I am very nervous.
00:50I would like to thank President Trump for prioritizing this issue and for his leadership on the global stage
00:58and calling for urgent action to defend Christians in Nigeria.
01:03Barbz, I know you're somewhere listening.
01:07I love you so very much.
01:09You have been the ultimate light in my life and career for so long.
01:20I appreciate you.
01:21And I want to make it very clear once again that this isn't about taking sides.
01:29This is about standing up in the face of injustice.
01:32So I got to say, I've been around a long time.
01:36I have never seen an address before the United Nations turned that way where what she's clearly saying is there are a lot of Barbz who are pissed off that she's supporting Donald Trump.
01:47And what she's saying is, hey, this is a righteous issue.
01:50And yet she did mention thanking Trump.
01:53So that was interesting that she, in a way, waved the red flag.
01:57By starting out by thanking President Trump for them.
01:59That's right.
02:00And then decided to address her fans, which is just something I've never seen at a United Nations speech.
02:08We should, I mean, we obviously cut that down.
02:11I don't want to make it seem like she didn't actually talk about the issue.
02:14Right.
02:14Because she did address that as well.
02:16But it is interesting that she is very, I'm not surprised that she's keenly aware of what her fans have been saying.
02:23She knows they're pissed off.
02:24Well, the Barbz are a political fan base.
02:26You know, they sway, you know, public opinions.
02:29Exactly.
02:29But they sway public opinion to no end and, you know, just to address them.
02:33I don't think she's trying to get them to move.
02:36I think she just wants to keep them.
02:39I think she wants to make sure that the Barbz.
02:41It's interesting that what we didn't hear her say, at least in that clip, and I know she spoke longer, but she didn't say, I'm asking for your support.
02:48Right.
02:49She's not asking them so much.
02:53For support for the issue, but keep supporting me because I love you.
02:57Right.
02:57That's kind of what she's saying.
02:58Yeah.
02:59Not bad.
03:00It's just never heard it before.
03:01But aren't rappers the best to be neutral?
03:03Can't they enforce the...
03:04No.
03:04There's no reason for them to be neutral.
03:07Hi, I'm Nicki from Nashville.
03:09This comment is very odd.
03:12Like you said, Harvey, not something you typically hear in front of the UN.
03:16It seems self-serving a little bit at the end of the day.
03:19I'm all for anyone with a platform using their voice to support issues that they care about and that they believe in.
03:26But turning it back on her fans, I'm sure there were people in the audience wondering who the heck the Barbz are.
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