đ¨ Trevor Noah Leads the Hollywood Elite in Mocking Nicki Minaj While Ignoring Their Own âEpsteinâ Baggage đ¨
The 68th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, February 1, 2026, didnât even start before the Hollywood elite began their coordinated attack on Nicki Minaj for her open support of President Donald Trump.
Host Trevor Noah, making his sixth and final appearance, dedicated a significant portion of his opening monologue to mocking the âSuper Bassâ rapperâs absence:
Noah announced to the cheering Crypto.com Arena crowd, âNicki Minaj is not here⌠she is still at the White House with Donald Trump discussing very important issuesâ.
Noah broke into a mock presidential cadence, joking that Trump was telling Nicki, âActually, Nicki, I have the biggest aâ. Everybodyâs saying itâ.
The room of celebritiesâincluding Kendrick Lamar, Tyler The Creator, and Billie Eilishâerupted in laughter and cheers at the expense of their fellow artist.
The elitist mocking comes just days after Nicki Minaj upstaged the President at the Trump Accounts Summit in Washington, D.C.:
The âGold Cardâ: Minaj has faced a firestorm of âhateâ from liberal circles after proudly displaying her âTrump Gold Cardâ and announcing she is finalizing her U.S. citizenship paperwork with the Presidentâs help.
At the Treasury event, Nicki declared she is the âPresidentâs No. 1 fanâ and that the âsmear campaignsâ and âbullyingâ from the industry only motivate her to support him more.
While Hollywood mocks her, Nicki has pledged between $150,000 and $300,000 to fund her fansâ âTrump Accountsââa new federal policy that seeds $1,000 for every newborn baby in America.
Supporters are calling out the staggering hypocrisy of the Grammy stage, where celebrities took âpointed jokesâ at Nicki while ignoring the darker headlines surrounding their own:
Social media is currently exploding over the release of 3 million Epstein Files on January 30, which reportedly include a 1996 FBI complaint naming Jay-Z (Shawn Carter) in connection with a Harvey Weinstein incident.
While Trevor Noah and the audience had plenty of âsharp humorâ for Nickiâs political stance, there was a deafening silence regarding the serious allegations surfacing against industry power players.
Nicki herself hit back on social media, reminding the public of the industryâs selective outrage: âImagine if a 30 year old rapper was out here with a 16 year old⌠yâall would have his head on a platterâ.
