Nicki Minaj Says Gavin Newsom Did Not Respond After She Sought Help Following Swatting Incidents at Her Home

Hip-hop star Nicki Minaj reached out to Gov. Gavin Newsom on Twitter and through intermediaries after several swatting incidents at her Beverly Hills home but never received a response. The incidents occurred in 2022 and 2023 at the $20 million property.

“He just completely ignored me, with all the money I spent in taxes,” she told Time magazine. Minaj publicly came out in support of President Trump in late 2025. She appeared alongside Erika Kirk at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest convention that year.

The “Super Bass” rapper said she had been tilting toward Trump for a while but would not dare act like that publicly over fears of retribution in the music industry. “I just knew they would not like me supporting Trump,” she said. After Newsom’s snub, Florida Rep.

Anna Paulina Luna reached out to Minaj. Rep. Luna connected Minaj with federal law enforcement and helped her with private security. “I was shocked,” Minaj said of Luna’s assistance. ” “That’s what made me say that I don’t care to keep this a secret anymore,” she added.

Minaj also said the criticism she received over her outspokenness regarding the persecution of Christians in Nigeria led her to be more open about her politics. “If they would have left me alone, maybe I would not have done so much,” she said. ” “Sometimes you just need one brave person to get the brunt of the impact.

I think I am the catalyst for that change,” she said. In a December 2025 X post, Minaj wrote that “Gavin is the cute boy who got everything handed to him b/c of how cute & sexy & hot & smoking he was. Oohhh look @‘m.