Nicki Minaj has been forced to deny that she has come out of gay following a new viral photoshoot.
Minaj posed for the latest issue of Vogue Italia with one of the pictures showing the female rap superstar stepping out of a closet.
One fan commented on the image, saying: "This is more than just a picture, it's showing Nicki in the closet because she's dl."
Minaj immediately moved to shut down the rumors, simply responding: "No."
Nicki Minaj reacts to a fan speculating that a photo of her in a closet signified her being secretly gay:
"No" pic.twitter.com/56zGFYzvfs
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) May 27, 2025
The Trinidadian born MC previously responded to speculation over her sexuality early in her career.
She said in 2010: "I think girls are sexy. But I'm not going to lie and say that I date girls."
These days, Nicki is happily married to husband Kenneth Petty and recently penned an emotional tribute to him on their fifth wedding anniversary.
Nicki wrote on Instagram: "24 years after we first met. Love at first sight. I'm so proud of you. Thank you for catching me…every single time. Thank you for our little BFF. Dear Ken, Happy 5th Anniversary, Love, Barbie. 10.20."
The couple originally knew each other as teenagers before reconnecting years later in 2018 after Nicki Minaj broke up with Meek Mill.
They would then marry in 2019 and a year later welcomed their first child together.
Despite his seemingly picture-perfect family life, Petty has faced much scrutiny over his criminal past and went viral earlier this year after his updated sex offender registry photo circulated social media.
Thr 46-year-old's mugshot was taken from the Megan's Law website, which required certain information about sex offenders to be publicly available.
The website lists Petty's sex offender status along with personal details such as his date of birth, profile description and the reason for his conviction: "Attempted rape by force or fear."
Petty was convicted in 1995 for the attempted rape of a 16-year-old girl, for which he spent four years in prison.
He was later given three years' probation and one year of house detention in 2022 after failing to register as a sex offender in California, where he and Nicki moved in 2019 before getting married.
Jennifer Hough, Petty's sexual assault victim, accused Nicki and her husband of harassing her because of the incident.
