Nicki Minaj Is Relaunching Her Student of the Game Charity & Going to College

This ain’t high school — Nicki Minaj is heading to college. In addition to resuming her education, the Barbz leader is relaunching her Student of the Game charity fund.

It’s unclear what inspired Nicki’s push to further her education, but she told fans on X Sunday (Nov. 3) that the charity was back and she’s going to be a student once again.

“Barbz, as you may recall, 2 days ago, I mentioned me getting a college degree & that I’d share more on the Major & other details at a later time,” she wrote. “I wanted to also mention that I plan on resuming my #StudentOfTheGame Charity for Barbz who need help with College. Info 2 come.”

Nicki helped handfuls of students facing financial issues back in 2017 when she stepped up to pay fans’ tuition, room and board, book costs, student loans and more to help alleviate the semester’s stress.

One person she helped get through college hopped into her replies, thanking her and letting Minaj know that her assistance allowed them to move onto law school. “You helped me graduate college by paying my student loans in 2017,” they wrote. “I graduated with my BA in Criminal Justice and now I’m onto law school. Thank you.”

You helped me graduate college by paying my student loans in 2017. I graduated with my BA in Criminal Justice and now I’m onto law school. Thank you.

— J. (@J0rdan0re0) November 4, 2024

Another student she helped out added, “Will never forget this. You said mine on IG live and from there I just waited. I told my parents and like nobody else off social media. My mom was like this may be a scam. Don’t give out any personal information and I’m like mom this is really NICKI MINAJ. And I was like she follows me on Twitter but she still didn’t believe me. She didn’t know how serious you were with fans/fan interaction.”

Nicki went on an impromptu payment spree, helping fans out with educational costs in 2017 if they brought back straight As and had proof on their report cards. She promised to continue to make this more of thing and eventually turn it into a charity.

“This makes me so happy,” she wrote on IG in May 2017. “I’ll do another impromptu payment spree in a month or 2 but pls know that I’m launching my official charity for Student Loans/Tuition Payments VERY SOON! You’ll be able to officially sign up! I’ll keep you posted!”

She followed-up and made good on her word in July 2018 when Minaj awarded 37 students with the Student of the Game scholarship ahead of her Queen album arrival, which completely paid off student loans and tuition for the selected scholars.

It’s unclear exactly how Minaj plans to tackle her own education, but she wants to help more people along the way. The Queens-bred rapper graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in 2000.