Nicki Minaj sharply denied a fan’s allegation that she’s closeted.
The rapper is cover star of the new Vogue Italia issue, and in one picture, she’s seen posing coyly in a closet while wearing a pink dress and matching heels. This somehow made a Barb speculate that Minaj is queer.
“This is more than just a picture,” the fan wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “It’s showing Nicki in the closet because she’s dl.”
Minaj reposted the tweet with a “No.”
Although she’s a gay icon, Minaj denied being queer as far back at 2010, despite her earlier lyrics saying otherwise. In a past interview with Rolling Stone, Minaj sqaushed the gay speculation, saying, “I think girls are sexy. But I’m not going to lie and say that I date girls.” At the time, she was linked to her ex-boyfriend Safaree.
But Minaj is probably used to her fans joking about her past gay baiting, telling Vogue Italia that the Barbz have their “own sense of humor.” “If you get it, great. If you don’t, so be it,” she said.
What the rap icon did confirm is that she’ll soon be releasing her sixth album, which has “really strong songs” that the Barbz can enjoy. “I want the album to mean something, for the fans and for me,” she said.
