Gov. Kathy Hochul tells Nicki Minaj to 'get outside' after Nicki calls her an 'evil woman'

Nicki Minaj and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul are going back and forth five days before the governor's race.

Nicki Minaj and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul are going back and forth five days before the governor's race. On X, the Queens-raised rapper called Hochul "an evil woman" who "will not escape God's wrath," said the Democratic Party should forfeit her seat, and urged New Yorkers to vote for Republican Bruce Blakeman in Tuesday's election. Nicki pointed to Hochul's old remark that Black kids in the Bronx don't know what the word computer is. Asked about it at a campaign stop in Albany on Wednesday evening, Hochul fired back on camera: "I think she ought to get outside and offline a little more. And stop going to Trump rallies, because it's kind of poisoning your mind." Nicki appeared at Turning Point's AmericaFest in December 2025. The clip of Hochul's answer passed 280,000 views on X overnight. Nicki had not answered Hochul directly as of Thursday morning.