A resurfaced video showing Charlie Kirk criticizing Nicki Minaj as a role model has drawn renewed attention after Minaj appeared at a Turning Point USA event with his widow, Erika Kirk, where she spoke favorably about him.
The older clip, recorded during a campus debate in April 2024, shows Charlie arguing that Minaj was not a good example for "18-year-old Black girls."
However, Charlie seemingly appears to confuse her with Cardi B as he complained about music "glorifying wet female genitalia," which is almost certainly a reference to Cardi’s 2020 hit “WAP” featuring Megan Thee Stallion.
The older video began circulating again following Minai's appearance at Turning Point’s AmericaFest event on Sunday (Dec. 21).
It remains unknown whether Charlie’s views on the Pink Friday 2 rapper changed before his death in September.
To make things even more confusing, conservative pundit Candace Owens tweeted in October about an old text message exchange she had with Charlie in March 2018 where she shared screenshots in which he praised Nicki's infamous verse on Kanye West's "Monster."
"When Nicky drops I lose my mind," reads Charlie’s text.
"She is THE best. I do my weights to that song," replied Owens.
Minaj experienced a blunder during her Q&A session with Erika Kirk, where she referred to JD Vance as “the assassin,” a term endearment she’s used before to describe the VP.
The rapper paused abruptly at the realization of her “assassin” comment, which came more than three months after Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk was shot and killed by a gunman on September 10.
After a long pause, Erika Kirk attempted to assure her, saying, “Trust me, there's nothing new under the sun that I have not heard, so you're fine. You have to laugh about it. Truly, I have been called every single thing, and you know what? God is so good. You let it roll right off your back. And this is what's so beautiful about this moment, because if the internet wants to clip it, who cares?
“I love this woman. She's an amazing woman. She has a soul and a heart for the Lord. Words are words, but I know her heart, and it doesn't even matter. And you say what you want to say, because I know your heart and I do not judge that.”