--- title: Nicki Minaj Performs 'Anaconda' at the TIME 100 Gala description: She also performed the song she recorded with Beyoncé, "Feeling Myself" canonical: https://time.com/4308694/nicki-minaj-anaconda-donald-trump-joe-biden-time-100-gala/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-27T02:56:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-07-21T07:15:17.834Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Nicki Minaj Dedicates 'Anaconda' to Donald Trump and Joe Biden at TIME 100 Gala og:description: She also performed the song she recorded with Beyoncé, "Feeling Myself" og:url: https://time.com/4308694/nicki-minaj-anaconda-donald-trump-joe-biden-time-100-gala/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdaabb631b68ba4ab/698890c30b72e3862e6e9199/time-100-gala-2016-red-carpet-19.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US-MEDIA-TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Nicki Minaj Dedicates 'Anaconda' to Donald Trump and Joe Biden at TIME 100 Gala twitter:description: She also performed the song she recorded with Beyoncé, "Feeling Myself" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdaabb631b68ba4ab/698890c30b72e3862e6e9199/time-100-gala-2016-red-carpet-19.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Nicki Minaj Dedicates 'Anaconda' to Donald Trump and Joe Biden at TIME 100 Gala  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Apr 27, 2016 2:56 AM UTC  Nicki Minaj at the TIME 100 gala in New York on April 26, 2016. Nicki Minaj at the TIME 100 gala in New York on April 26, 2016.Timothy A. Clary—AFP/Getty Images  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Apr 27, 2016 2:56 AM UTC [Nicki Minaj](http://time.com/4298230/nicki-minaj-2016-time-100/) lit up the[ TIME 100 ](http://time.com/collection/2016-time-100/)Gala Tuesday evening, singing hits including “The Crying Game,” “Truffle Butter,” “Moment 4 Life” and the song she recorded with Beyoncé “Feeling Myself.” [Ariana Grande ](http://time.com/4299766/ariana-grande-2016-time-100/)mouthed along to the lyrics as Minaj performed. The superstar paused her performance to praise the women in the room. “If you don’t need a man to buy you a car or a house, make some mother-f—ing noise,” she said. She went on to send a message to the men in the room: “If you don’t know how to treat your woman, there are 100 dudes lined up ready to treat her like a queen.” She then dedicated “Anaconda” to Joe Biden and Donald Trump. “I’m very political and I would like to dedicate a song in the spirit of unity to Joe Biden and Donald Trump,” she said, laughing as “Anocanda” came on. At the end she asked, “Who do you think likes the biggest butts? Donald Trump or Joe Biden? Trump?” She concluded with “Super Bass.” Minaj, who appeared on one of [six TIME 100 covers](http://time.com/4301029/time-100-cover-gallery/), recently completed a tour. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4308694/nicki-minaj-anaconda-donald-trump-joe-biden-time-100-gala/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4308694/nicki-minaj-anaconda-donald-trump-joe-biden-time-100-gala/"},"headline":"Nicki Minaj Dedicates 'Anaconda' to Donald Trump and Joe Biden at TIME 100 Gala","datePublished":"2016-04-27T02:56:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:15:17.834Z","description":"She also performed the song she recorded with Beyoncé, \"Feeling Myself\"","url":"https://time.com/4308694/nicki-minaj-anaconda-donald-trump-joe-biden-time-100-gala/","keywords":["TIME 100","TIME 100","TIME 100 Gala"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdaabb631b68ba4ab/698890c30b72e3862e6e9199/time-100-gala-2016-red-carpet-19.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdaabb631b68ba4ab/698890c30b72e3862e6e9199/time-100-gala-2016-red-carpet-19.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-MEDIA-TIME","caption":"Nicki Minaj at the TIME 100 gala in New York on April 26, 2016.","creditText":"Timothy A. 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