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Fresh off another headline grabbing appearance,\u00a0Nicki Minaj\u00a0once again has social media split down the middle after publicly praising\u00a0Elon Musk\u00a0during a SpaceX launch event in Texas.<\/p>\n
Appearing at the company\u2019s Starbase facility, Minaj addressed the crowd ahead of the scheduled Starship launch and gave Musk a very direct salute. \u201cMajor shoutout to Elon. Thank you for everything that you\u2019re doing for humanity,\u201d she said, instantly triggering reactions online from both supporters and critics.<\/p>\n
The timing added even more attention to the moment.<\/p>\n
SpaceX\u2019s latest Starship test flight was ultimately delayed after technical complications forced engineers to halt the countdown less than a minute before launch. The mission, which was expected to showcase a newer version of the company\u2019s massive rocket system, has reportedly been pushed back to a later date.<\/p>\n
Still, the conversation quickly shifted from rockets to politics.<\/p>\n
Minaj has spent much of the past year drawing headlines for her increasingly outspoken support of figures associated with conservative politics, including\u00a0Donald Trump. Her appearance alongside Musk only intensified those discussions, especially among longtime fans still adjusting to the rapper\u2019s evolving public persona.<\/p>\n
Online reactions came fast.<\/p>\n
Some applauded Minaj for embracing innovation and supporting one of the world\u2019s most ambitious tech ventures, while others accused her of aligning herself too closely with controversial billionaires and right wing political narratives.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot yall mad she\u2019s going see a rocket launch with her family,\u201d one supporter wrote online, while critics questioned why the superstar continues placing herself in politically charged spaces.<\/p>\n
Despite the backlash, Minaj has shown no signs of backing away from her opinions or associations. Whether fans agree with her stance or not, she continues to prove that a single public appearance or brief comment is enough to dominate conversation across music, politics, and pop culture simultaneously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fresh off another headline grabbing appearance,\u00a0Nicki Minaj\u00a0once again has social media split down the middle after publicly praising\u00a0Elon…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462165,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[605,61,60,24453,82,247,2306],"class_list":["post-462164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-elon-musk","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-nicki-minaj","tag-science","tag-space","tag-spacex"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462164\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}