by Angelica MartinezBuzzFeedBuzzFeed Staff During his opening monologue at Sunday's 68th annual Grammy Awards, host Trevor Noah took a dig at Nicki Minaj. Frazer Harrison / Getty Images While working the crowd and pointing out all the big names in attendance at the biggest night in music, Trevor took a moment to point out who was not. Kevin Mazur / Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy "Nicki Minaj is not here. She is not here, uh," he began, and was then cut off by prolonged cheers from the crowd. CBS "She is still at the White House with Donald Trump discussing very important issues," he said, followed by an impression of Trump claiming he has a "bigger ass" than the rapper. CBS Earlier this week, Nicki spoke at the Trump Accounts Summit in Washington, DC, to promote the president's infant investment accounts program, calling herself "probably the president's number one fan" and claiming, "that's not going to change." Win McNamee / Getty Images That same day, Nicki was gifted a Trump Gold Card visa, which is a million-dollar residency card that Trump has previously touted as a "direct path to Citizenship for all qualified and vetted people." The rapper was born in Trinidad and has previously claimed that she "came to this country as an illegal immigrant @ 5 years old."Welp... pic.twitter.com/c5v8ztVVLR- Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) January 28, 2026 NICKIMINAJ / X / Via Twitter: @NICKIMINAJ At Wednesday's summit, Nicki spoke on the backlash of her newfound MAGA identity online, saying, "The hate or what people have to say, it does not affect me at all. It actually motivates me to support him more." Win McNamee / Getty Images UPDATE: Nicki took to X (formerly Twitter) to respond to the joke, saying, "Trevor refuses to come out the closet when everyone in the industry knows his boyfriend... Allegedly." Feb. 02, 2026, at 03:10 AM @NICKIMINAJ / X / Via x.com The tweet included a seemingly AI-generated image of her sitting in the Oval Office and wearing a pink MAGA hat with the text, "NICKI WAS RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING!" You can follow along with our Grammy Awards coverage here. Comments