Nicki Minaj to attend White House Correspondents' Dinner

Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News on Apr 24, 2026

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Nicki Minaj’s full embrace of the MAGA movement has secured her a seat at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C this weekend, according to reports.

The “Super Bass” rapper will attend as a guest of Fox News, which is also hosting its own VIP party before the annual event on Saturday, USA Today reported. Other big names set to attend Fox’s pre-dinner bash include astronaut Butch Wilmore and Turning Point USA’s Erika Kirk, who is also widow of the organization’s late co-founder, Charlie Kirk.

Back in December, Minaj made a surprise appearance at TPUSA’s AmericaFest, taking the stage with Kirk just months after her husband was fatally shot on the Utah Valley University campus in Orem. Together, they discussed the importance of young men having positive examples to follow, holding up President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance as examples.

“Dear young men, you have amazing role models like our handsome, dashing president and you have amazing role models like the assassin JD Vance, our vice president,” she told the crowd.

At another point during the event, Minaj declared: “I have the utmost respect and admiration for our president.”

In January, Minaj, a Trinidadian native, revealed she’d received a free “Trump Gold Card” and declared herself his “number one fan.” A White House official later told the New York Times the card the Grammy-winner received was a mere “memento,” not a “visa document.”

The Trump Gold Card is part of a program allowing wealthy foreign nationals to obtain a green card by donating $1 million.