--- title: Nicki Minaj Performs Super Bass at Bar Mitzvah: Video description: She sang 'Super Bass' and also offered some life advice canonical: https://time.com/3836878/nicki-minaj-bar-mitzvah/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-27T19:26:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:19:11.221Z og:title: Nicki Minaj Performed at a Very Lucky Kid's Bar Mitzvah og:description: She sang 'Super Bass' and also offered some life advice og:url: https://time.com/3836878/nicki-minaj-bar-mitzvah/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Nicki Minaj Performed at a Very Lucky Kid's Bar Mitzvah twitter:description: She sang 'Super Bass' and also offered some life advice twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Nicki Minaj Performed at a Very Lucky Kid's Bar Mitzvah by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Apr 27, 2015 7:26 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Apr 27, 2015 7:26 PM UTC Most Jewish kids see their Bar Mitzvahs as an opportunity to eat pigs in blankets, dance to “Build Me Up Buttercup” and hand out basketball shorts declaring “Ben’s Bar Mitzvah was a slam dunk!” But one lucky 13-year-old boy named Matt had a _slightly_ different kind of Bar Mitzvah, because Nicki Minaj performed at his reception. All we know is his name is Matt, and Nicki posted a photo with him on Instagram: Sadly, video footage is scarce, but here’s a glimpse at Nicki performing “Super Bass.” > [](https://twitter.com/NickiWorldNews/status/592280455707303937) Nicki also set aside some time to offer life lessons to the blossoming young adults in attendance: > [](https://twitter.com/NickiWorldNews/status/592282343810998272) Now everybody else’s Bar and Bat Mitzvahs are going to seem just so mediocre compared to this. _Read next:_ [_Did Nicki Minaj Just Get Engaged to Meek Mill?_](http://time.com/3824568/nicki-minaj-engaged-meek-mill-ring/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3836878/nicki-minaj-bar-mitzvah/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3836878/nicki-minaj-bar-mitzvah/"},"headline":"Nicki Minaj Performed at a Very Lucky Kid's Bar Mitzvah","datePublished":"2015-04-27T19:26:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:19:11.221Z","description":"She sang 'Super Bass' and also offered some life advice","url":"https://time.com/3836878/nicki-minaj-bar-mitzvah/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3836878/nicki-minaj-bar-mitzvah/","name":"Nicki Minaj Performed at a Very Lucky Kid's Bar Mitzvah"}}]}] ```