Memo today from Nicki Minaj to Mitt Romney and President Obama: "Just kidding, guys!"
To the surprise of no one, and probably the relief of GOP presidential candidate Romney, the chameleon/rapper known as Nicki Minaj has clarified that she was just playing one of her many characters when she declared last week in a song lyric that she's a Republican intending to vote for Mitt.
Obama, for one, was always skeptical, he said in a radio interview in Orlando on Monday.
"She likes to play different characters," he said.
Minaj was thrilled he noticed, according to her tweet in response. "Ha! Thank you for understanding my creative humor & sarcasm Mr. President, the smart ones always do. *sends love & support* @BarackObama."
Minaj, who has previously expressed support for Obama, made the startling claim about "endorsing" Romney in a profane song lyric as a guest artist on Lil Wayne's new mixtape, Dedication 4, released last week.
It was not clear that clean-mouthed Romney knows who she is, let alone that he would welcome such a four-letter "endorsement." Still, the news caused a frisson of speculation to fire up the pop-music blogosphere and the political world, much of which was in Charlotte last week for the Democratic convention.
But it was always a stretch to believe Minaj had suddenly switched teams given her record of adopting different personalities and characters in her performances and in her life, which is sort a performance, too.
While she might not be on either the Romney or Obama iPods, even Obama admitted that his young daughters are now hipper than he when it comes to pop culture.
