Nicki Minaj and Polo G Show Support for Coi Leray After Viral Crowd Reaction Clip

Nicki Minaj and Polo G offered words of encouragement for Coi Leray on Twitter, after a clip of a crowd's reaction to her performance went viral.

Coi Leray attends a party at Gold Room.
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Coi Leray attends a party at Gold Room.

Coi LerayΒ took to Twitter to vent about a videoΒ that had beenΒ going around from herΒ performanceΒ in Houston over the weekend. The clip shows a section ofΒ the crowd standing motionless whileΒ witnessingΒ her performanceΒ as part ofΒ H-Town Memorial Day Mayhem.Β 

β€œThe love use to outweigh the hate but now the hate outweigh the love and it’s slowing destroying me,” she wrote. β€œY’all haters are in my life for a reason, we gon have to just deal with eachother. In with whatever smoke.”

After theΒ series of tweets in which she sounded defeated, bothΒ Polo GΒ and Nicki MinajΒ tweetedΒ words of encouragement for the rising rapper.

That’s always how it b when u 1st come in Compared to when u really blow u gotta block that shit out & keep goin crazy u got itπŸ–€πŸ’―πŸ’―

— Polo.G🐐 (@Polo_Capalot) May 30, 2021

β€œThat’s always how it b when u 1st come in Compared to when u really blow u gotta block that shit out & keep goin crazy u got it,” Polo G wrote.Β 

Don’t do that. Chin up. Always remember this, when black ppl not fkn w|you #TheyWillBoo. Those ppl were on their feet. That means they may not have known the song, but they were interested in getting to know moreβ€” so they were observing u. Charge it to the game & move on πŸŽ€ https://t.co/X0LAFnhPRG

— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) May 30, 2021

β€œDon’t do that. Chin up. Always remember this, when black ppl not fkn w|you #TheyWillBoo,” Minaj wrote.Β β€œThose ppl were on their feet. That means they may not have known the song, but they were interested in getting to know moreβ€” so they were observing u. Charge it to the game & move on”

Minaj’s advice seemed to be especially helpful inΒ uplifting Leray, whoΒ tweetedΒ that her kind wordsΒ turned the last few daysΒ from β€œwtf to best weekend ever,” and became something she truly needed to hear.Β β€œThank you so much for this. This means everything and more to me,” she wrote in response to Nicki’s tweet. β€œWow. I’m speechless. You just gave me so much more hope. Thank you again.” 

Thank you so much for this. This means everything and more to me. Wow. I’m speechless. You just gave me so much more hope. Thank you again πŸ€žπŸΌπŸ€žπŸΌπŸ€žπŸΌπŸ€žπŸΌπŸ’“πŸ’“πŸ’“πŸ’“πŸ’“ https://t.co/Zj8GQOiFdG

— Coi (@coi_leray) May 30, 2021

My weekend went from wtf to the best weekend ever . Thank you Nicki πŸ€žπŸΌπŸ’“

— Coi (@coi_leray) May 30, 2021

In early May, Leray’sΒ hit song β€œNo More Parties” was recognized by the RIAA as one of six singles to go platinum or higher this year.

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