Nicki Minaj calls Gov. Kathy Hochul “evil” as governor fires back ahead of NY election

Rapper Nicki Minaj used her X account to attack New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, calling the governor “evil” and urging New Yorkers not to support her, according to multiple local news reports that covered the social-media post and its immediate aftermath.

Gov. Hochul publicly answered reporters later the same week, telling Minaj she should go outside and stop attending Donald Trump rallies, comments that were reported by local outlets as part of the exchange between the entertainer and the governor’s office during the campaign’s final stretch.

The back-and-forth was widely presented in the press as connected to Minaj’s recent public alignment with Republican candidates and appearances alongside Trump, a context outlets cited to explain the partisan tenor of her attack on Hochul.

Coverage places the social-media post and Hochul’s reply in the run-up to the Nov. 3 gubernatorial election, with reporting dating the immediate exchange to late October and publishers running stories the following day as the campaign entered its final week.

Reporting of Minaj’s denunciation records sharp language but does not identify a specific, independently corroborated allegation or documented incident that Minaj said Hochul failed to denounce; outlets note that the claim stands as the artist’s public opinion rather than a proven fact.

Local and national outlets framed the episode as a celebrity-fueled wrinkle in the governor’s race, and some stories noted supportive responses from Republican figures; the accounts differ in emphasis but converge on the point that the exchange became a campaign talking point shortly before Election Day. 

Why is Minaj even interfering in American politics and she nor her husband can vote.