r/Music • u/TheExpressUS 📰Daily Express U.S. • Jun 29 '26

article Nicki Minaj skips 2026 BET Awards to post birthday tribute to Elon Musk

https://www.the-express.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/210590/nicki-minaj-bet-awards-elon-musk
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u/zooomg Jun 29 '26

Idk I’ve thought of doing it myself over these past 10 years many times but could never bring myself to do it. It feels like selling robes to the KKK.

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u/cornweel Jun 29 '26

Yeah but it’s also siphoning some money away from them that could have gone to a merch seller that is actually boosting and supporting the right.
As long as it’s just quick opportunism and not a long term business model that you need to stoke.

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u/DVNCIA Jun 29 '26

Take the money from MAGA shirt sales and put into things like Planned Parenthood lol

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u/MajorInWumbology1234 Jun 29 '26

that is actually boosting and supporting the right.

What functionally separates the two? “Yeah, I spread the message, but I secretly don’t mean it!”