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Nicki Minaj "High School" Pose Challenge, also known simply as the Nicki Minaj Challenge, refers to a TikTok trend and internet challenge inspired by a pose struck by rapper Nicki Minaj in her 2013 song "High School." The Nicki Minaj pose involves people wearing high heels and sitting low to the ground with their legs crossed, often in a way where all their weight is balanced on one foot. Over time, the trend evolved into a challenge in which people did the pose while balancing on precarious objects, like dumbbells, banisters or mailboxes. In July 2025, TikToker Imanni @uwantaqua posted a video where she balanced on an upright dumbbell, followed by TikToker @kristy.sarah posting a video balancing on several dumbbells stacked on each other, gathering over 70 million views. This led to several internet users spamming other viral Nicki Minaj "High School" Pose videos with the catchphrase "Kristy Sarah won this trend."

Origin

The official music video for the song "High School" by rapper Nicki Minaj (featuring Lil Wayne) was released on YouTube^[1] on April 23rd, 2013. At the 34-second mark in the video, Nicki Minaj is seen sitting by a pool in very tall heels with her legs crossed. The video gathered over 31 million views in four months.

The earliest known TikTok of someone attempting to copy Nicki Minaj's pose in the video is an April 29th, 2025, post by TikToker^[2] @1jacore, who gathered over 1.6 million plays and 200,000 likes on a video trying and failing to do the pose.

Various internet users have commented on Nicki Minaj's pose in the music video for "High School," including X^[3] user @chrismarrquez, who gathered over 14,000 likes on a May 9th, 2025, tweet that read, "this nicki minaj pose? INSANE."

On July 8th, TikToker^[4] @spencerclark posted a video sitting in the middle of a street, balancing in clear high heels with his legs and hands crossed. The video gathered over 9 million plays and 400,000 likes in two weeks, and remains the earliest known viral iteration of the trend.

Spread

Various internet users posted tweets with a GIF version of TikToker @spencerclark, including X^[5] user @_itsreeal, who gathered over 18,000 likes in 11 days on a tweet posted on July 9th, 2025.

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— COWBOY CRENTEFÓBICO (@_itsreeal) July 10, 2025

On July 14th, X^[8] user @alexxpaiddd posted a video showing backup dancer Honey Balenciaga performing at a Beyoncé concert and doing the Nicki Minaj High School Pose, gathering over 10,000 likes in a week.

“One of Beyoncés dancers did the Nicki Minaj pose”
let me stop you there…

THIS IS HONEY BALENCIAGA !!! pic.twitter.com/xBCc3O8STd

— alexx $$$ (@alexxpaiddd) July 14, 2025

Other TikTokers joined in on the "Nicki Minaj Pose" trend in July 2025 as it continued spreading online.

On July 15th, 2025, TikToker^[6] @uwantaqua posted a video where she posed on a single upright dumbbell, balancing on one foot with her legs crossed. The video gathered over 17 million plays and 3 million likes in five days.

On July 17th, 2025, TikToker^[7] @kristy.sarah posted a video in which she posed on several upright dumbbells stacked on top of each other, balancing on one foot with her legs crossed. The video gathered over 70 million plays and 13 million likes in three days.

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