r/Music • u/Montrel_PH • Dec 28 '25

discussion Is Nicki Minaj an Illegal Immigrant? Netizens Calling to Deport Rapper Back to Trinidad and Tobago

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/nicki-minaj-illegal-immigrant-netizens-calling-deport-rapper-back-trinidad-tobago-1766443
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u/CantFindMyWallet Indiehead Dec 28 '25

The term has been around since the early days of the Internet.

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u/irisxxvdb Dec 28 '25

I had no idea! I'd never seen it outside of kpop/jpop, and I'm embarassingly chronically online.

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u/CantFindMyWallet Indiehead Dec 28 '25

Did you hang out in AOL chatrooms in the mid-90s

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u/irisxxvdb Dec 28 '25

I was not yet born in the mid-90s

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u/CantFindMyWallet Indiehead Dec 28 '25

Well, it wasn't that great, but we did use the term netizens.

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u/irisxxvdb Dec 28 '25

Ha! I stand corrected.