By
Emily Leibert,
a staff writer for The Cut.
She specializes in coverage at the intersection of gender and sports, the arts, and our relationship to our bodies.
Nicki Minaj’s MAGA transformation is right on course. On Thursday, the rapper popped up at Starbase, Elon Musk’s SpaceX launchpad in Texas. As the company readied to launch its new megarocket, aptly titled Starship, Minaj roamed the halls in SpaceX merch and joined an in-house broadcast to explain why starships really are meant to fly. “Major shout-out to Elon!” she told the staffers. “Elon, thank you for everything you are doing for humanity.”
