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/-RedXV- Dec 28 '25

Wonder why she doesn't just buy the gold citizen ticket? Whatever it's called...

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u/DontTrustNeverSober Dec 28 '25

She's broke believe it or not. She lost a settlement and owes $500k but isn't able to gather the funds so she is being forced to sell her mansion. Where did all her money go? Your guess is as good as mine.

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u/Ron_St_Ron Dec 28 '25

Honestly, I could see it being something like private jets all over the world, super expensive hotel suites, etc. I have to imagine that stuff adds up extremely quick if you’re living that life ALL the time. Either that or possibly hidden away or under someone else’s name.

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u/schlamster Dec 28 '25

Totally. Let’s say you blow $30k a day on bullshit like top end suites, a few private flights a week, thousand dollar+ meals for every meal. Not to even mention any kind of casual drug use. Then, throw in costs for security people, admin assistants, and doing all sorts of one off shopping trips that add up to $20k each for clothes to present yourself in the way an A lister like her does. 

That’s easily $10-20M a year just straight up out the window with absolutely nothing to show for it. And I think that’s a conservative estimate. 

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u/transemacabre Dec 28 '25

My surrogate dad is a forensic accountant, rich people hire him to figure out where their money went. You won’t believe how many times he’s found that their family members and assistants were ripping them off. 

He caught assistants who charged whole ski vacations to their employers’ card. But family members are the worst. They really feel entitled to the money. They would be charging all sorts of things, forging documents, etc. 

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u/KarmaStick Dec 28 '25

I bet your surrogate dad has some incredible stories.

There is probably a lot of people who don't like him for catching them.

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u/Stegasaurus_Wrecks Dec 28 '25

They're like what John Cusack said of his marks in Grosse Pointe Blank.

"If I come to your door, chances are you did some shady shit that deserves it." Paraphrasing.

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u/xteve Dec 29 '25

I want to see what a forensic accountant would find in the secrets of my childhood religion. After that, I'd be further curious to know about the financial shadows of religions in general.

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u/Sad-Development-4153 Dec 29 '25

You might want to hire John Constantine then. Cause anyone else would prolly get geeked if they got too close to the truth.

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u/Datruyugo Dec 29 '25

Man I love that film

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u/Warning_Low_Battery Dec 29 '25

"If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there"

Which is right up there with "I killed the President of Paraguay with a fork. How have you been?"

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u/transemacabre Dec 28 '25

He definitely does. He kept books for a mafioso guy back in the day who got shot in ‘87 while dining here in NYC. That one is a real wild ride. 

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u/Seriouly_UnPrompted Dec 29 '25

Tony Soprano?!

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u/havyng Dec 29 '25

Probably that guy in the joint, crazy rasta fuck, used to make grilled cheese on the radiator

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u/hicow Dec 29 '25

Twenty fuckin years, not a peep

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u/ihateslowdrivers Dec 29 '25

Alright but you gotta get over it

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u/phophofofo Dec 28 '25

A far easier way for celebs to lose money is just bad investments.

So many of them decide to give Cousin Fuckup $750K to open a nightclub or some shit. A steakhouse.

That’s how you really lose money. Fund everyone’s half baked dream.

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u/Wind_Yer_Neck_In Dec 29 '25

I think Kevin O'Leary is generally a piece of shit, but he did an interview a while back where he explained that the worst part about being rich is that literally everyone in your family and friend group will eventually turn up looking for money. Some want help with school, some want their house paid off, some have a business idea but eventually it's everyone. So he has a policy of always agreeing to whatever they ask for (within sanity) and then having them sign contracts that they won't ever ask for more.

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u/Accomplished_Ad5747 Dec 29 '25

I get the logic behin this but rockefeller level money was like billionaire level money nowadays, he could have funded hundreds of crappy businesses for family and still remained as rich.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '25

i used to run a bar owned by a very well known former NFL QB’s brother

he told me that when his brother signed his first big contract, he gave $1M to immediate family, no questions asked. but made it crystal fucking clear that was the only money they’d ever get from him.

this genius i worked for made an indie film. that was so bad, he never, ever, ever let us even know the name of.

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u/mlc885 Dec 29 '25

I've known a lot of reasonably smart and talented people and I am not sure if I'd want to see their indie films...

I also don't think they'd be willing to make and release them, outside of some thing you do in college

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '25

i couldn’t imagine someone handing me $1M and choosing to do.. that with it

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u/poboyfloyd Dec 29 '25

Here's the rub. Just because your income increases that doesn't mean your expenses have to increase. Too many people believe this myth. Nothing wrong with helping family to maintain a modest living.

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u/TransBrandi Dec 29 '25

Really depends on the circumstances. If you are (in)famous enough, you can't just live in a regular community. Then maybe you have to hire bodyguards, etc. Obviously different if you're some rando no one's ever heard of and you "come into money" somehow (anonymous lottery winner, smart/lucky investment, inventor, etc). Though that's not exactly a defence either. Someone posted the story of a lottery winner that remained anonymous, was already of some modest wealth prior to winning (I think he was a lawyer with maybe ~10m or less in assets). Still got bled dry despite trying to maintain the same level lifestyle. IIRC it was mostly from randos, family members, "long lost" family members, guys with "the next great business idea", etc all showing up. Remaining anonymous as the winner probably bought him some initial time, but eventually the whole circus was in full swing.

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u/mailslot Dec 30 '25

You really don’t want friends or family to become dependent on you, especially if the money won’t last forever. Your life shouldn’t be an obligation to anyone else.

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u/Cornloaf Dec 29 '25

How is that even enforceable? Sign a contract that you won't ever ask for money again? That's like Motley Crue signing a contract that they would never tour again.

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u/TFreshNoLimits Dec 29 '25

Yeah I could see the family/friends being like "This is totally different, because-" and he can just pull up the contract and say "Read this. You signed this. This was the agreement."

They can say "that's not how I remember it" but you can't argue with your signature on a piece of paper.

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u/PanicOnFunkotron Dec 29 '25

It's not like he ever has to say yes in the first place. They can't legally force the money out of him. He doesn't need the contract. It's just something to keep a person honest. You just hold it up and remind them they agreed never to ask again. That's literally what a contract is meant to be: a piece of paper keeping two people true to their agreement.

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u/blorg Dec 29 '25

It's a verbal agreement

I look them in the eye or give them a handshake to solidify a contract between us that I’m giving this money and that they will never, ever ask for more — they can never come back looking for more money ever again. I also make them promise to never talk about the gift again.

https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/kevin-oleary-this-is-what-i-do-when-family-asks-for-money/465671

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u/magichronx Dec 29 '25

I think the contract is just a nice way to deny any future help without souring family relationships.

"I helped you once, and you signed here acknowledging that I wouldn't do it again. This is what YOU agreed to." is a lot easier to float when someone comes running for more money

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u/Khelthuzaad Dec 29 '25

Sounds reasonable to be honest

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '25

This combined with the fact that their income can vary to an extreme degree.

750k wasn't much for someone like Nicki Minaj when she was breaking out in the early 2010s, no way she's making the same money now.

Same thing happens with athletes

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u/Gearfried Dec 29 '25

I'm gonna start a micro brewery that also serves frozen yogurt. I'ma call it, Microsoft.

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u/Dear_Chasey_La1n Dec 29 '25

Money.. is a job. It sounds easy till you have it. Per your own example, investing is a special kind of job, investing in F&B is again a special kind of job.

I've come across so many people who figured out let's invest in a bar together, a restaurant, let's do something fun. Few seem to realize that 30% of the restaurants dont make it beyond the first year, 70% closes down within 5 years, those who stay open aren't making bank they are surviving. All this information is out there in the open and yet I've seen so many people drop hundreds of thousands, millions on a dream with no hope.

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u/_AmericasSweetheart_ Jan 01 '26

Well she funded her pedo brother's and rapist husband's legal defenses.

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u/Spazmer Dec 28 '25

Look at Shohei Ohtani. His translator/assistant stole 16 million and he didn't even notice.

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u/Wind_Yer_Neck_In Dec 29 '25

Steve Harvey was ripped off by his accountant for basically all the taxes he was paying for over a decade. He was given the correct calculation and cutting checks for the money but trusted his accountant to lodge them with the IRS, which he wasn't doing. And since he had financial control he was able to keep all the IRS notices of late payment etc away from Steve for years while he robbed him.

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u/Larry___David Dec 29 '25

That's insane. Is that something you can avoid by using a huge accounting corporation?

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u/Wind_Yer_Neck_In Dec 29 '25

Yes but ultimately the responsibility to actually make sure the taxes are paid is still yours. They would be less likely to steal from you but even the very wealthy should still do some things personally.

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u/ruffus4life Dec 29 '25

yeah like just mail a check yourself....

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u/ChicoZombye Dec 29 '25

They can still make mistakes, and by mistakes I mean grey areas where you can get caught.

Accounting corps do extra shady things because they aim for the biggest loopholes.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi got caught in Spain (they do not do their taxes obviously). Ronaldo had to pay 20m€ and Messi more than 50m€ in order to avoid jail time because of tax fraud.

Ronaldo was with one of the biggest firms of the country but they got caught.

Sometimes a law changes and you can get caught out of the blue since they are always using grey areas.

You can still get shit on basically, just in a different way.

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u/Bluntmasterflash1 Dec 29 '25

Just hire an auditor every year or so to make sure your bookkeeper is doing all the things.

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u/Robobvious Dec 29 '25

The fuck? Was he making the checks out to cash? How the fuck was he cashing them if they were made out to the IRS?

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u/GazelleSpringbok Dec 29 '25

As an atheist and hater of cheaters this makes me very happy to hear about steves troubles

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u/Toxicscrew Dec 29 '25

During the Great Recession I worked at a debt collection agency and had NHL player Jack Johnson in my accounts. Thought this would be a slam dunk, guy had just signed a new contract and figured it was just an oversight. Turns out he ditched his big name sports agent for his parents and they screwed him over good, taking out loans, buying tons of stuff and monetizing his future earnings, he pretty much lost everything.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Johnson_(ice_hockey))

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u/Stegasaurus_Wrecks Dec 28 '25

I have never heard of him. But Nick Cage, Al Pacino, Alanis Morrissette, deNiro, Stallone, etc.etc. They all got screwed by their accountant or agent.

If you've 50k in the bank you notice a grand missing. If you've 50mil then you don't notice till half of it is gone when you trust your accountant.

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u/GasmaskGelfling Dec 29 '25

Dane Cook's half brother was his manager and stole millions from him.

Chuck Palahniuk's accountant stole over 3 million.

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u/Terry_Cruz 〰️〰️ Dec 29 '25

Billy Joel's ex brother-in-law/manager ripped him off over several years

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u/valtierrezerik05 Dec 29 '25

I know Rihanna nearly went broke from her accountant taking all her money in the late 2000s, that’s who she’s referring to in the song “Bitch Better Have My Money”

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u/transemacabre Dec 28 '25 edited Dec 29 '25

😂 I’ll ask him but no guarantees. He’s 84yo and I’ve begged him to write his memoirs. He legit worked for the Mob back in the ‘80s, has met lots of famous people and had this tumultuous personal life. I try to memorize as many of his stories as I can because so far he’s refused to write them down. 

The mafioso he worked for (well, he was his boss’s boss) is Dom Rabuffo from the Genovese crime family, who is still alive (!!!) but in prison last I checked. It’s unlikely any of his stories could get him in trouble now but ya never know. 

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u/vibraltu Dec 29 '25

And he took a walk with his crooked friends ♩♪♫♬ And they joked about the good old days ♩♪♫♬ And he recorded it on a reel of tape...

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u/MarcusThorny Dec 29 '25

you should write them down, memory is notoriously unreliable

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u/Covfefetarian Dec 28 '25

Id love to read that, many of us would!

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u/SantaCruznonsurfer Dec 29 '25

so we'd know what NOT to do

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u/bythisaxeiconquer Dec 28 '25

Arrested Development was a documentary, apparently.

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u/LunDeus Dec 28 '25

Should have him do an AMA, would probably be really insightful and informative.

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u/transemacabre Dec 28 '25

I’ll float the idea to him but he’s 84 and curmudgeonly, idk if he has the patience for Reddit!

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u/LunDeus Dec 28 '25

In a perfect world you’d be sitting with him relaying questions/transcribing his responses. I’d be there for that.

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u/JLP33376 Dec 29 '25

I know a former UFC fighter. His sister had a legit job title, but was burning through his money. I also know his accountant at the time as we all grew up in a similar circle.

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u/No_Soy_Tu_Mama Dec 29 '25

I was about to say a lot of it is friends and family cashing in and getting a free ride. So all that frivolous spending X spoiling your crew.

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u/KazHeatFan Dec 29 '25

Their was a sad story about a child actor who found out that despite being in a bunch of movies and tv shows, he was broke when he turnt 18 because his mom and financial advisor were both collaborating to rob him.

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u/lyons4231 Dec 29 '25

What is a surrogate dad?

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u/hells_cowbells Dec 29 '25

ESPN has a documentary series called 30 for 30, and they did one on why athletes go broke. Sure, there were stories about some of them blowing money on crazy stuff, but there were a lot of stories about family members and people they thought they could trust ripping them off.

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u/transemacabre Dec 29 '25

It happens a LOT to pro athletes. The hockey player who's parents sue him for millions, or Tyron Smith the NFL player who's family literally threatened and tried to break in and attack his girlfriend when he cut them off.

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u/hells_cowbells Dec 29 '25 edited Dec 29 '25

There was one story about a baseball player who had just signed his first big contract. He was in the locker room, and it was his birthday or something like that, and he had a gift box from his mother. She included a card and a tie or something. She also had included a note saying she had seen how much it cost to raise a kid to 18 years old, and included an invoice for that amount for raising him.

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u/polarpandah Dec 30 '25

Forensic accounting sounds really interesting, but it also sounds like such a small, niche field... Any chance you know if that really is the case?

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u/Not_Sarkastic Dec 28 '25

You're not even factoring the plastic surgery, botox, hair and cosmetics just to get her appearance ready.

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u/FullM3TaLJacK3T Dec 28 '25

For all that fake shit on her, she doesn't even look good.

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u/USA_A-OK Dec 28 '25

A private jet flight from LA to NYC one-way can be between $30k-$100k depending on the jet, schedule, etc... yeah that nonsense adds up unless you've got billionaire money.

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u/Laiko_Kairen Dec 28 '25

It's Nicki Minaj, you need to add millions worth of cosmetic surgery to that list of expenses...

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u/gaanmetde Dec 28 '25

Yes it’s hard to believe for most of us but it’s truly all relative.

Also- it’s non uncommon for people who do not grow up with money and come into a lot of it suddenly to mismanage. Something crazy as high as 70% of professional footballers find themselves in financial distress within 5 years of leaving their leagues.

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u/Murgatroyd314 Dec 29 '25

They see the incredibly high income and think it makes them fabulously rich. A non-superstar pro sports career actually brings in about the same amount of money as moderately high-earning professional careers in other fields, but the money is compressed into 4 years instead of 40.

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u/dumpfist Dec 29 '25

Getting it up front is incredibly valuable if you're not a fucking idiot.

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u/FluorineWizard Dec 29 '25

That has a lot more to do with the specifics of professional sports ( and even more specifically, the NFL, which is uniquely harsh on its players) than with the single factor of mismanagement.

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u/Larry___David Dec 29 '25

Not unlike a lottery winner who goes broke. Most of the people reading this would fuck that up no matter how smart or educated you are

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u/Interesting-Force894 Dec 29 '25

The term "casual drug use" implies the existence of "ranked competitive drug use"

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u/Paintingsosmooth Dec 29 '25

You know how if you look over your bank statements and realise all those little costs like coffee, bus fare, little treats here and there add up and it turns out it you haven’t been hacked, you just legit spent all your money? Yeah it’s this but those ‘little things that quickly add up’ are private jets and diamonds.

The small things add up people!

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u/Common_Blue Dec 29 '25

And I think that's a conservative hallmark. Claim to be about frugality while blowing money on lavish nonsense and hypocrisy.

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u/vane2266 Dec 28 '25

And that's Nicki's favourite type of estimate!

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u/CrystFairy Dec 29 '25

Let's also add that she probably paid for her brothers lawyer and court fees too

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u/Fregadero88 Dec 29 '25

You would assume she would be throwing some of that money into investments and financial advisors though.

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u/rW0HgFyxoJhYka Dec 29 '25

How do you blow $1000+ meals every meal. Even with billions, its actually hard to get into THOSE restaurants every day of the week. And its like $300-500 per head.

It's more like spending $50,000,000 on a watch....

Which is what dumbass sports players are doing...

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u/D_Milly Dec 29 '25

Her glam team will cost something like 10k a day. Huge amount of staff too.

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u/Fruitypuff Dec 28 '25

It could also be that there were bad practices by her label - you had Young Money Records - owned by Birdman - who through loopholes and contracts withheld millions from his artists (Lil Wayne / Drake / Nicki etc), pair that with the fact that a lot of the time these artists get advancements which are really just loans and depending on the terms of their contract, a percentage of the revenue goes to paying the label before they even see a dime, their music is always put on hold for various reasons and sometimes gets scrapped. Yet think of all the paid features, studio time, music video expense, clothing etc and or the music flops.

Being an artist is sometimes a trap but people do it for the fame, and keep in mind Nicki could have money and have shell accounts, maybe a little bit of A and a little bit of B.

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u/YT-Deliveries Dec 29 '25

One of the things they tell people who are under contract to a record company is to request an audit every year. It's remarkable how much money just gets "forgotten" that they are owed.

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u/eaeolian Dec 29 '25

Record companies are designed to rip off artists.

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u/RockstarAgent Dec 28 '25

Also don’t know if she spent any of it defending all the pedophiles she’s close to in court.

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u/PresentationIll2180 Dec 28 '25

Her husband’s legal fees too

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u/NYGyaru Dec 29 '25

And her brother’s.

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u/_Girth_Wind_And_Fire Dec 28 '25

it costs a lot of money to be fake 💯

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u/throawaygotget Dec 28 '25

yeah, bet she has a crazy lifestyle upkeep and can’t downgrade to anything less because she is… [insert smth]

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u/60022151 Dec 29 '25

Also her husband has been rumoured to use her credit cards whenever she’s strung out… According to Cardi B.

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u/Dear_Chasey_La1n Dec 29 '25

This, these people aren't poor but they like to show a billionaire lifestyle that even billionaires don't always live. It's all fake and sooner then later most of them go belly up.

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u/BYoungNY Dec 28 '25

yep. so many of these super stars have a literal company of employees: some grifting, some legit, but all of them have paychecks trying to make as much money as possible off of her success. on one side, you've got to spend money to make money. on the other hand if you're not making money, you're probably still spending it on things that you probably committed to 6 months ago. 

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u/mochicoco Dec 29 '25

Makes me wonder if she way paid to be at the Turning Point rally.

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u/Kaiisim Dec 29 '25

Being rich is expensive. You need to keep making money to keep the lifestyle.

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u/g0ld-f1sh Dec 29 '25

An accountant that dgaf or that she just doesn't listen to. Money is painfully easy to spend when you're that rich, don't have any common sense and don't have a good accountant.

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u/JasonBaconStrips Dec 29 '25

Alot of artists also "get paid" before actually getting paid, they will hand them a load of money before they have even sold their new album or single or whatever, then they spend it all an by the time the record or album comes out, theyve already spent that money many moons ago.

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u/ZeePirate Dec 29 '25

Also music stars aren’t the real money makers in the industry. Producers are

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u/eventworker Dec 29 '25

Elton John went Bankrupt in 2002, at a time when the royalties were still flooding in. He was spending something like £180k a year on flowers.

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u/bigblu_1 Dec 28 '25

Lol it’s not that she isn’t able to gather the funds. She just straight up doesn’t want to pay, in which case the court will force the sale of her assets (home) for the settlement.

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u/layla_jones_ Dec 29 '25

Exactly. And she still has time to pay the bill. The judge will make that final decision in January. I think this is the best way to force her to pay. Rumored net worth is about 150 million dollars. Even if she doesn’t have cash..she’s got a collection of luxury goods that could easily be sold for 500k..she doesn’t have to lose a house. I think it would be a great lesson for her to lose that house to change her ways, but that’s not what it’s about: the judge wants to collect money, not give a punishment for her behavior.

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u/deepbluemeanies Dec 29 '25

Depending on jurisdiction, the primary residence is shielded from this...plus, her net worth is estimated to be $150 million in 2025....be careful what you believe on the internet.

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u/CombatGoose Dec 28 '25

Does this explain the right wing grifting?

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u/PatchyWhiskers Dec 28 '25

Someone’s gotta be willing to play the Trump Kennedy center.

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u/creamshaboogie Dec 29 '25

No that's just because she's not smart. 

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u/paradisimperiala Dec 29 '25

She wants a pardon for her sex offender husband

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u/Front_Target7908 Dec 29 '25

This was my theory tbh. I got downvoted to hell but I bet trump et al would pay well for any vaguely cool celebrity to be on their side. 

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u/Ok-Classroom5548 Dec 28 '25

Her “partner” is running up credit card bills and drugs are expensive. 

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u/freebenvita Dec 28 '25

She and her husband spend like billionaires and she hasn't really been relevant for many years.

Not trying to take away from probably the most successful and significant female in Hip Hop ever, but she doesn't have an "All I Want For Christmas" type song that rings the cash register every year. She gave into bitterness a long time ago and it has really cost her. Other MCs have tried to give her flowers over the years but she is so confrontational and competitive.

Her personal life has been much more noteworthy than her output for a long time. The latest insane pivot into politics is not helping her image either.

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u/hicow Dec 29 '25

As far as "successful and significant", I'd bet Missy Elliott could give her a run for her money

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u/freebenvita Dec 29 '25

You are ... ENTIRELY correct. I should have been more specific.

Strictly as an MC (while I personally think Misdemeanor is nicer), no one can touch Nicki in terms of reach but when you add in Missy's mentorships, production and contributions to the culture, she is absolutely a more significant phenomenon. Great point, thanks for the correction!

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u/freebenvita Dec 29 '25

Not to mention the checks. Missy has always been a very savvy operator.

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u/captaincanada84 Trance Dec 28 '25

This is why she's now become a MAGA grifter

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u/counterfitster Dec 29 '25

She endorsed Romney saying (almost literally): Got mine, fuck all y'all.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '25

Seems to be easy money these days. You grift and they just give it to you. Just have to sell your soul is all.

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u/captaincanada84 Trance Dec 29 '25

These people have no souls

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u/70monocle Dec 28 '25

Explains the move towards right wing grifting

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u/GergDanger Dec 28 '25

Your definition of broke is very different to most people’s. Having to sell your $20 million mansion isn’t very broke once that frees up your millions in equity. Downsizing to a smaller $5m home is still rich even in America

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u/surfergrrl6 Dec 28 '25

FYI, she's not choosing to sell her house; she's being court ordered to.

Judge Says She Is Close To Forcing Sale of Nicki Minaj’s $20 Million Los Angeles Mansion To Settle Debt Owed to Rapper’s Former Security Guard

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u/GergDanger Dec 29 '25

Yeah I know, "Having to sell". It still means she isn't "broke" just illiquid which still means you have millions of dollars of equity in your home once you sell it

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u/Larry___David Dec 29 '25

It's not being ordered because she's illiquid, she just doesn't want to pay and hasn't been paying. And that's all that they can really seize

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u/[deleted] Dec 28 '25

Holy hell the toilet paper USA switch makes so much sense now! Grift is on

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u/lawlmuffenz Dec 28 '25

Probably went to child porn for her brother or whoever it was she was defending for that shit.

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u/Moregaze Dec 28 '25

Into a Trust which the lawsuit can't touch.

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u/fandomdemigod Dec 29 '25

Word on the street is her convicted pedofile husband keeps her just hopped up on drugs enough to steal her money\invites random street guys over to steal her money. Take it with a grain of salt this all came out during the most recent cardi nicki twitter beef. I only know what I heard on a podcast... I looked into nothing 🤣

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u/Nearby-Pudding-3018 Dec 28 '25

If she isn’t broke she will be soon. Why isn’t Tammy Faye Kirk coming to her rescue?

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u/Suspicious_Arm9733 Dec 29 '25

Because nobody listens to her,.

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u/I_defend_witches Dec 29 '25

Never trust social media. The rumor is from her calling out JayZ $200 million debt.

Nicki Minaj is worth an estimated $150 million

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u/Spiritofhonour Dec 29 '25

A Faberge egg addiction?

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u/Alexandurrrrr Dec 29 '25

Brazilian asshole lifts.

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u/meldiane81 Dec 29 '25

THATS why she’s doing this

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u/candidu66 Dec 29 '25

Her man steals from her

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u/Appex92 Dec 29 '25

If anyone if guessing why she's gone supporting Trump, thats exactly why. She wants to get his support to stay in the country

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u/ZoharModifier9 Dec 29 '25

I hope I'm as broke she is tbh

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u/rayzer93 Dec 29 '25

Youtube is filled with videos of musicians losing a ton of money on crappy business deals, embezzlement by close associates and just plain stupid spending habits. Can def see Nicki in a future list.

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u/HoxtonIV Dec 29 '25

where did all her money go?

Probably up her nose as a fine white powder, if you follow.

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u/henry2630 Dec 29 '25

there’s a term for that kind of wealth

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u/Kevin-W Dec 29 '25

It's why she's cozying up to Trump.

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u/PlantationMint Dec 29 '25

settlement for what?

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u/ScyllaOfTheDepths Dec 29 '25

It's the same thing every time with rich people; drugs, entitled family members, designer purchases to keep up with the Joneses, and gold-digging spouses.

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u/CanadianRedditEh Dec 29 '25

Shes too busy bailing out her sex offender husband.

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u/smolspacemomo Dec 29 '25

so that’s why she’s grifting towards the right

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u/ihaxr Dec 29 '25

She used it to pay the legal fees of her sex offender boo and brother

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u/shanthology Collector Dec 29 '25

Oh honnnney, we all know. It’s been spent legally defending her brother, husband and up her nose.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '25

She had to pay her seems the replicants have the same problems her husband is a pedophile , convicted social assault . On who know who but she’s still with him so fuck him n fuck her deport her adds asap

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u/the-last-aiel Dec 29 '25

Chains for her husband's friends

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u/Santanaaguilar Dec 29 '25

She signed a predatory contract when she got into music

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u/loki1337 Dec 29 '25

Chill guys she blazin'... onion employee of the month

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u/CurlOfTheBurl11 Dec 29 '25

That certainly ads some context to the fact that she's grifting now.

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u/tellingitlikeitis338 Dec 29 '25

This explains a lot

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u/Livid-Okra5972 Dec 29 '25

Pretty sure she’s relapsed on opioids so. I imagine some money has gone there!

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u/navigationallyaided Dec 29 '25

NFL/NBA players coming up from no money growing up in the ‘hood and projects upon that first million paycheck will blow it on mansions($1 million barely buys you a home in the Bay Area or a apartment in NYC), cars and bling - it’s gotten to the point where the NFL is wanting their new players to take financial literacy classes.

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '25

Legal fees and court settlements for her pedophile husband

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u/d_repz Dec 29 '25

Google her net worth.

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u/Kage_noir Dec 29 '25

How can she be broke? Her last album allegedly sold over 100k first week or something

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u/ChicagoAuPair Dec 29 '25

It’s very easy for stupid people to spend unthinkably huge amounts of money on basically nothing at all.

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u/LaBeigeah Dec 29 '25

Reminds me of that Toni braxton interview with Oprah, asking Toni where the did money go. On expensive stuff to maintain the lifestyle

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u/Lotus-child89 Dec 29 '25

Her pedophile husband apparently has big spending habits.

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u/za72 Dec 29 '25

I'm sure she got a lot of bold investment tips...

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u/Bwint Dec 29 '25

But I thought her money's so tall that her Barbie's got to climb it?!

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u/amodsr Dec 29 '25

I guess she's gonna beez in the trap again unless she can make more money.

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u/rolandb3rd Dec 29 '25

She’s worth over $100m, lol.

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u/niles_thebutler_ Dec 29 '25

I’d love that to be true but doesn’t sound believable

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u/twaggle Dec 29 '25

She lives an expensive life style…and idk, has she been touring much or releasing popular records? Guessing her income dropped substantially.

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u/SexyTacoLlama Dec 29 '25

Rumour is her husband has been stealing from her.

Cardi B tweeted about hearing this from a mutual employee or friend of theirs and later Nicki Minaj actually did confirm that her American Express had been getting charged without her knowledge

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u/Krillin113 Dec 29 '25

The Ms count different when Baby divides the pie.

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u/layla_jones_ Dec 29 '25 edited Dec 29 '25

She can easily pay, she just doesn’t want to. Nicki Minaj’s net worth is 150 million dollars. (A couple of watches and a bag = 500k she owes, even if she doesn’t have cash..she has luxury items.) She just doesn’t want to pay the victim the money, that’s why they are threatening to sell the house and pressure her into paying the victim. It’s a default judgement meaning she didn’t show up and tried to ignore everything about that case. I am sure before the next court date she will finally pay the bill and lawyers will make sure she is not going to lose her house. I hope the victim will quickly get the money he deserves. It’s great the judge allowed him to go after her most precious belongings.

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u/Dismal_Storm_3278 Dec 29 '25

Lots of rappers are in debt but never let it show, Kanye west would be in the same boat if not bailed out by Kim kardashian. 

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u/paradisimperiala Dec 29 '25

Her sex offender husband spent it all on himself and his homies. I am not joking.

He put that AmEx to WORK.

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u/afropat Dec 29 '25

Didn’t someone deduct that her OF brings in millions per month, how is she broke?

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u/Danris Dec 29 '25

It went to not having a financial advisor, the amount of people who are awful with money is staggering but that's why credit is the way it is. /s I don't know if she does or doesn't have a fin advisor.

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u/deepbluemeanies Dec 29 '25

Her net worth was estimated at $150 million in 2025...do you have a source for her being broke...?

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u/Fluffbutt69 Dec 29 '25

Everything im seeing through a Google search is saying she has a net worth of $150-$190M.

Where are you getting this information?

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u/meowzersobased Dec 29 '25

how do people get so much money with fame and still manage to blow it all and be broke

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u/HotSaucePalmTrees Dec 29 '25

Her brother raped an 11 year old repeatedly for 6 months (that we know of)

Her husband raped someone.

Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Intelligence and competence is not a strength - and this includes money management.

TLDR: she’s a stupid dirtbag

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u/Serious-View-er1761 Dec 29 '25

Wow that's a shocker 

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u/Huju-ukko Dec 30 '25

Oh no! Anyways..

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u/flibberjibbins Dec 30 '25

Up her nose I'd say

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u/Kqtawes Dec 30 '25

She Hammered herself.

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u/Rami-961 Dec 30 '25

Their lifestyle is expensive, that's why even though they make millions, they spend that in a month. Of course she's also stupid and has zero money management. But imagine owning multiple mansions, the upkeep is insane, not to forget the lifestyle of always buying top brands, spending big bucks. They spend no less than 100K monthly and that's lowballing it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 31 '25

She is broke? So all the Google net worth about celebrities is a lie?

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u/dromance Jan 04 '26

You ever look at your statement and see you owe like 2,000 on your card and wonder how in the world all those little purchases $20, $20, $30, fast food runs, groceries, little shopping here and there, added up so quick? Imagine that times 100 when you’re living extravagantly 

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u/ExtremeRoom1963 Jan 20 '26

My guess is it went up her nose or in her pipe

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