Nicki Minaj Deactivates Her Instagram Amid Heavy AmFest Backlash

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Nicki Minaj takes the stage with Erika Kirk at the Phoenix Convention Center during the final day of AmericaFest on Dec. 21, 2025. © Joe Rondone/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images
Nicki Minaj has said she's not listening to anyone's criticisms publicly, but she's taking one extra step to ensure she can't hear the noise.

Nicki Minaj is getting off social media as the noise following her attendance at AmFest increases. Per Billboard, the 43-year-old is off Instagram as of today (Dec. 24). If you try and go to her page a message pops up. "Sorry, this page isn’t available," it will say.

While some people will say she's ducking the smoke, she's been doing quite the opposite. During her time at the Turning Point USA event in Phoenix, Nicki Minaj made it clear she's sticking to her guns. "We’re the cool kids. The other people, they’re the others that are still just disgruntled. They are angry with themselves... In a world that doesn’t want us to think, we will think."

Elsewhere, she praised Donald Trump and how he's been leading the United States.

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"I have the utmost respect and admiration for our president. He's given so many people hope that there's a chance to beat the bad guys and to win. And to do it with your head held high and your integrity intact. He's from Queens, New York, like me. But what it's shown me personally is, sometimes, even in the worst-feeling times in your life, you think that you're never going to come back from it. But you do. Our president shows that."

Her comments have sent a lot of people over the edge including folks like reality star Tammy Rivera. She labeled Nicki as "the epitome of a bootlicker." Joe Budden also sounded off on his namesake podcast. "I'm out. I'm done. That was it. Sorry, I'm gone. That was the last candle on the cake for me. Sorry Barbz, sorry Nicki. Don't call me. Don't text me. It is what it is."

Peter Rosenberg, who's traded blows with Nicki in the past, denounced her conversative promotion in more indirect fashion. "Is today the day we can admit the monster verse is the most overrated verse in hip hop history lol?"

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Zachary Horvath is one of the Music Freelance News Writers at HotNewHipHop and has held that title since August 2023. Prior to this position, he held another freelance gig covering local high school football, girls and boys varsity basketball, in addition to recapping Cleveland Cavaliers games remotely. He's taken the previous experience and used it to become a jack of all trades at HotNewHipHop. Zach has thoroughly enjoyed tackling some of the trending topics in sports, with a larger focus on hip-hop and pop culture. Some of those include Bronny James's draft stock, a multitude of angles swirling around the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef, as well as Diddy's arrest and lawsuits. Separate from the headlines that everyone wants to hear about, he was fortunate enough to help spread Zaytoven's current thoughts at the time around mid-December in 2023. Even though being able to give his expertise on these stories is fulfilling, being able to share his passion for releases trumps that ever so slightly. Having the chance to express his excitement indirectly about what he thinks our readers should be checking out/revisiting grows his passion for writing that much more.

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