Celebrities Nicki Minaj Nicki Minaj reacts to photo of her from 1843: “that’s me”

Nicki Minaj is a time traveller, or at least that what the internet is claiming after a ‘picture of the rapper from 1843′ went viral and attracted the attention of Minaj herself.

The image shows a woman who shares an uncanny resemblance to the ‘Anaconda’ musician, and while the origins of the image and the date it was taken remain unverified, it’s sparked a lot of attention online.

Now, Minaj has commented on the picture – and jokingly claimed that it’s actually a real snap of her taken nearly 200 years ago.

Responding to the black and white image she was tagged in by a user on X, Minaj first questioned the image by writing, simply, “?”.

She then went on to promote her new album Pink Friday 2 by writing: “hi guys, yes that’s me in the pic. I wrote this album in 1801. Be apart of history today. Open your music app & press play…may you receive joy & peace.”

The tweet received a lot of attention and Minaj then added another message promising to give the original user who shared the image with her a “prize”.