Summary:
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The internet is abuzz over allegations of Nicki Minaj’s political bots, with 33% engagement deemed inauthentic.
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Skeptics point to a suspicious timeline and connections, sparking a full-scale “bot war” between Cardi B and Trump advisor.
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Cardi B fires back at advisor, distancing herself from conspiracy theories and threatening a defamation lawsuit.
The internet is currently divided over a bombshell report from Politico alleging that Nicki Minaj’s new political era is being propped up by a “sophisticated army” of over 18,000 bots. According to data from the AI-firm Cyabra, roughly 33% of the engagement on Nicki’s pro-Trump and anti-Newsom posts originated from inauthentic accounts.
However, skeptics and online detectives are pointing to a suspicious timeline; exactly five days before the report dropped, influencer Dom Lucre warned that a manufactured “bot narrative” was being prepared to silence the rapper. The plot thickened when it was discovered that Cyabra’s advisory board included David Wander, the Chief Digital Officer of Roc Nation—the very company Nicki has accused for over a year of using “social media sabotage” to dismantle her career and family.
The controversy exploded into a full-scale “bot war” when Trump advisor Alex Bruesewitz blasted the report as a “100% BS,” specifically linking the data firm to Cardi B’s agent, Mike G. Cardi B immediately fired back, distancing herself from the “ridiculous” Roc Nation conspiracy theories while simultaneously defending the validity of data analytics.
In a series of viral tweets, Cardi slammed the advisor as a “wet dirty dog,” accusing him of gaslighting her into a “crash out” to suit a political agenda. While she confirmed her agent is an investor in the firm alongside figures like Elon Musk, she maintained that her business is entirely separate and is now allegedly moving forward with a defamation lawsuit, famously telling Bruesewitz to “get familiar with her game” because she gets down to the “gristle of it.”
