Why I like Nicki Minaj: No Haters Allowed!!!
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So, this last Halloween I dressed up as . . . . (drum roll please) . . . Nicki Minaj also known as Nicki Lewinski also known as Nicki the Ninja also known as Nicki the Harajuku Barbi. (Yep, if you leave a comment requesting my Halloween picture I may post it). Yes, I, the self-identified black feminist, dressed up as a black female rapper. And not any black female rapper, but Nicki Minaj who is signed with Lil’ Wayne’s Young Money Crew. Now the question is how did I stumble upon Nicki Minaj? Well, I am glad you asked. I happen to be watching 106th and Park and Gucci Mane’s 5 Star Bitch came on. Of course, I was thinking to myself what is a five star bitch? And why do the girls have to be called bitches?
Anyway, on the video Trina rapped then a young woman with black and pink hair started to flow. Her lyrics were of the typical rap variety, “I am rich bitch buying Fendi and Versace,” but how she delivered her lyrics caught my attention. Clearly, she could flow like most MCs, however, there was an added level of dramatic intonations that made me think to myself, “Wow, she’s different.” Of course, some of you reading this will probably look at me differently after reading this post, but I am impressed by Nicki Minaj.
Not only because she has a unique flow, but because she actually realizes that she is a role model for young girls. In recent interview with The Boom Box, she talked about how to get her name out there she had to embody very hyper-sexualized images of black womanhood to the point of people calling her the second coming of Lil’ Kim. However, she said she realizes that she has to tone that image down because she realizes that she has young girl watching her and looking up to her as a role model. Well, perhaps I should be honest even if she did not tone down her image I would still love this girl pink weave and all. Yep, I said it.
So, what do you think of Nicki Minaj?
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She is different. I really enjoyed this post. A while ago, I made an effort to stop criticizing female rappers because I don’t know their backstory. In the same way that I sometimes tone down my opinions at work, perhaps ladies like Nicki Minaj feel compelled to act or look a certain way to be successful. I don’t like the way that she’s done it but I do appreciate that she has managed to empower women. Nice piece, Fallon.
She is different. I really enjoyed this post. A while ago, I made an effort to stop criticizing female rappers because I don’t know their backstory. In the same way that I sometimes tone down my opinions at work, perhaps ladies like Nicki Minaj feel compelled to act or look a certain way to be successful. I don’t like the way that she’s done it but I do appreciate that she has managed to empower women. Nice piece, Fallon.
@Tamara,
I have gotten push back on liking her and thinking she’s unique. Yeah, its interesting how we can love Biggie and Jay Z for their lyrical flow and find their rap unique and believe that their raps are authentically genuine about their life, but as soon as a female rapper tries to enter the game and shows any glimpse of sexuality we shoot her down and say she don’t have any talent and she just selling sex appeal. Wow. I just think we give male rappers a easy pass, but straight dismiss female rappers unless they are MC LYTE or Queen Latifah. It is the standard we hold black female rappers too that we don’t hold black male rappers to like Biggie and Jay Z.
Thanks for the comment.
@Tamara,
I have gotten push back on liking her and thinking she’s unique. Yeah, its interesting how we can love Biggie and Jay Z for their lyrical flow and find their rap unique and believe that their raps are authentically genuine about their life, but as soon as a female rapper tries to enter the game and shows any glimpse of sexuality we shoot her down and say she don’t have any talent and she just selling sex appeal. Wow. I just think we give male rappers a easy pass, but straight dismiss female rappers unless they are MC LYTE or Queen Latifah. It is the standard we hold black female rappers too that we don’t hold black male rappers to like Biggie and Jay Z.
Thanks for the comment.
Ludacris is consistently cooking up dese catchy tracks, theyre on fire. I like they way he got Nicki Minaj as a feature cause in my opinion she helps add to the track. The video is hot too.
Ludacris is consistently cooking up dese catchy tracks, theyre on fire. I like they way he got Nicki Minaj as a feature cause in my opinion she helps add to the track. The video is hot too.