Gov. Gavin Newsom Posts Megan Thee Stallion Diss Track as Nicki Minaj Slams His Support of Trans Kids

Nicki Minaj definitely has a problem with California Governor Gavin Newsom, whose recent comments about transgender children incited a storm of diss posts on X about him from the rapper — but he seems to have clapped back by invoking the words of Megan Thee Stallion.

It all started with the politician’s Dec. 10 appearance on The Ezra Klein Show, where Newsom said that he wants “to see trans kids,” adding, “There’s no governor that signed more pro-trans legislation than I have, and no one’s been a stronger advocate for the LGBTQ [community].”

Unimpressed by the prospective 2028 presidential candidate’s remarks, Minaj unleashed a storm of posts antagonizing him on Friday (Dec. 12). “Imagine being the guy running on wanting to see trans kids,” she wrote. “Haha. Not even a trans ADULT would run on that. Normal adults wake up & think they want to see HEALTHY, SAFE, HAPPY kids.”

“Gavin is the cute boy who got everything handed to him b/c of how cute & sexy & hot & smoking he was,” Minaj quipped in another post. “He thinks he’s Tom Cruise only difference is, his next mission IS impossible. He should get another leading role.”

In other posts over the next couple of days, the hip-hop star wrote that it’s the “end of the road” for Newsom and called him a “Career politician … nothing more than a Nicki Minaj ANTI.”

Newsom — who has a trans godson — hasn’t directly responded to the callouts, but he did post a video that many onlookers have interpreted as shade against Minaj. Captioned with only a mouth-zipped emoji, the montage compiles clips of Newsom and President Donald Trump — for whom Minaj has been showing more and more support online in recent weeks — set to Megan Thee Stallion’s Billboard Hot 100-topper “Hiss.”

The 2024 track is largely considered a diss track against Minaj, who certainly took offense to lyrics such as “These h–s don’t be mad at Megan/ These h–s mad at Megan’s Law” when Meg first dropped it. Minaj is married to and shares a son with Kenneth Petty, who was ordered to register as a sex offender after his conviction of attempted rape of a 16-year-old girl in 1995; Megan’s Law is a federal mandate that requires law enforcement to make information available about registered sex offenders.

That same lyric plays over a photo of Trump standing next to Jeffrey Epstein — who pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution and soliciting prostitution from a minor in 2008, and was arrested on federal sex trafficking charges in 2019 — in Newsom’s video, which also includes newly released pictures of the president from Epstein’s estate.

Minaj appeared to respond to Newsom’s video by posting shortly afterward, “Oh gavvy Pooh the ppl behind you clearly don’t care about you” and “Pooh this won’t get the results you guys are hoping for … I can go 8 stages deeper.”

“Let’s wait…I think Gavvy’s still transitioning,” she added before sharing a fake, edited photo of herself putting Newsom in a headlock with her legs in a wrestling ring.