Nicki Minaj’s dealing with drama on two fronts: another swatting scare at her L.A. crib and a surprise apology from Erica Mena over ex Safaree’s messy lies. Here’s the latest whirlwind around the Queen of Rap.
Swatting Strikes Again
TMZ reports that on April 9, 2025, cops rolled up to Nicki’s Hidden Hills pad around 7 p.m. after a mystery caller hit the sheriff’s line, claiming a Black woman was shot there with two people still lurking. Spoiler: total hoax. Police found nada—Nicki and fam weren’t even home. It’s classified as swatting, but the caller’s still a ghost. Flashback to June 2023: a similar stunt with fake child abuse and fire claims led Nicki to ID the perp, Stephanie Bell, on socials—“#WasItWorthItDumbo?” Bell’s now got warrants for false emergency reports. This latest hit? No leads yet.
Erica Mena’s Regret
Meanwhile, Erica Mena’s flipping the script. On Bunnie XO’s Dumb Blonde podcast, the ex-Love & Hip Hop star spilled tea on her Safaree divorce—and how it flipped her view on Nicki. Safaree, Nicki’s long-time ex from the 2000s-2010s, had Mena believing Nicki was the villain. “I owe her the biggest apology ever,” Mena said. She copped to swallowing Safaree’s “love bombing” and sob stories—“all the things [Nicki] did to him”—without questioning his side. Turns out, he cheated on Mena too, echoing Nicki’s old woes. “Everything she said about him is true,” Mena admitted. “He tried to ruin her career… I vouched for him tackily.”
Full Circle Vibes
Mena’s mea culpa hit deep: “The same thing he did to her, he’s doing to me worse.” From Safaree trashing Nicki to Mena defending him, she now sees the light—and the tables turning. Nicki hasn’t responded, but after years of Safaree shade (and that 2023 swatting clapback), she’s probably smirking somewhere.
