American rap star Nicki Minaj has become the centre of fresh controversy after briefly referring to Vice President JD Vance as an 'assassin' while speaking on stage with Erika Kirk, widow and current CEO of conservative group Turning Point USA (TPUSA), at the organisation's AmericaFest event in Phoenix, Arizona.
Minaj's unexpected political prominence at the conservative gathering has drawn sharp public reaction, not least because the description she used inadvertently echoed the recent assassination of Charlie Kirk, TPUSA's founder and Erika Kirk's late husband, who was fatally shot in September.
