{"id":471017,"date":"2026-02-16T00:29:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T00:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/471017\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T00:29:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T00:29:07","slug":"disgusted-designer-of-famed-nicki-minaj-fried-chicken-necklace-ditches-it-to-protest-her-maga-turn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/471017\/","title":{"rendered":"Disgusted designer of famed Nicki Minaj fried chicken necklace ditches it to protest her MAGA turn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Icky Minaj!<\/p>\n<p>A jeweler who designed a famous necklace for Nicki Minaj is selling it to protest her MAGA turn, Page Six has learned.<\/p>\n<p>ONCH created the pink fried-chicken piece that the rapper memorably wore on on stage at the iHeart Music Festival, which was fawned over by everyone from Billboard to Bon Appetit and which was even called out on a Remy Ma diss diss track.<\/p>\n<p>Nicki Minaj wore the necklace on stage at the iHeart Music Festival in 2011. FilmMagic<\/p>\n<p>The look got a lot of media attention.  Ethan Miller<\/p>\n<p>But now he\u2019s auctioning it to benefit the American Civil Liberties Association after Minaj embraced the Trump Administration.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cAnaconda\u201d rapper wore the piece on stage in 2011 with a pink tutu and a pink bra, Billboard featured it on its cover, and wondered, \u201cIs it satire, offensive, or just making you hungry?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And by 2017, it was still on some people\u2019s mind.<\/p>\n<p>On Slether, Ma rapped, \u201cAre you dumb? You wore a pink diamond chicken wing chain (Are you dumb?)<br \/>You had a leopard beehive on your head (Are you dumb?)\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now its designer, ONCH, is selling it to protest Minaj\u2019s embrace of the MAGA movement. Getty Images for Los Angeles Magazine<\/p>\n<p>But now ONCH, a Taiwanese-American immigrant, is selling the original necklace worn and signed by Minaj after the rapper embraced the MAGA movement.<\/p>\n<p>Think of it as more K F-You than KFC.<\/p>\n<p>In January she was interviewed by Turning Point USA\u2019s Erica Kirk at one of its conventions, and in January she appeared on stage with President Donald Trump, declaring herself \u201chis number one fan.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Minaj has recently appeared on stage with MAGA figures including Donald Trump. REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>The one-of-one neklace will <a href=\"https:\/\/palmstreet.app\/au\/30l4vvtb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">go on the auction block with shopping app Palmstreet<\/a> on February 24 with a minimum bid of $30,000. It\u2019s open for pre-auction bids now.<\/p>\n<p>ONCH, whose other clients include Rihanna, Kate Moss and Ariana Grande, told us, \u201cAs an artist of color, it matters to me how my work is remembered. Redirecting this moment toward giving back allows the design to carry new meaning beyond the current spectacle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the first time the piece has ever been made available to the public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Icky Minaj! A jeweler who designed a famous necklace for Nicki Minaj is selling it to protest her&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":471018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,12,88,24749,216,13028,111],"class_list":{"0":"post-471017","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-donald-trump","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-jewelry","12":"tag-music","13":"tag-nicki-minaj","14":"tag-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}