Nicki Minaj takes the cover of V‘s spring issue, and inside she describes the creative control tug-of-war that comes along with being a female artist.
“In the beginning I felt very controlled,” she said. “When you’re a new artist–especially when you’re female–everyone thinks they know everything. Everybody wants to be Daddy and feel some empowerment or joy when they can tell a female what to do. All girls are multifaceted, but women artists stifle themselves, or are stifled by others who tell them that you can only be one thing and you can’t change from that thing–that’s all you are. Starting out I can’t remember what it was that I had to look like per se, but I felt boxed in.”
Although the Young Money artist said she sometimes has to struggle for control of her public behavior and image, she refuses to become a corporate product because she wants to maintain a genuine relationship with her fans, whom she calls Barbs and Ken Barbs, the latter of which represent her gay fanbase.
“We’ve become a little family now,” she said of her fans. “My hard-core fans know that everything I do has been approved by me personally. That’s very important to me–and to them. Even though my team is mostly made up of guys, none of them would ever think about telling me what to wear or what to do with my hair. I ask for my team’s opinion, but they know that ultimately, I’m gonna do what I’m gonna do.”
Minaj is currently overseas promoting her debut album Pink Friday.
wut?! i told yall niggaz dat she’z strictly 4 gayz and lesbianz and femalez. and u niggaz didn’t belive me. haha. i feel sorry 4 any guy dat bought pink friday wit a fluffy pink album cova, actin all gay and shit now. told yall niggaz 2 buy dat MBDTF and u didn’t listen. don’t matta, kanye’z beatin her in salez rite now n-e-wayz.
RNGMB BITCH!
Oh Honey, if you want the tickle monster you don’t have to be all homophobic. FIRST! MMMMWWWWAHHH!
Niggaz like yourself hate to see a woman win in Hip-Hop. Nicki is the First Female Rappers to go Gold in years. Niggaz are doing to much in hip hop…Let a female win for a change.
Dis nigga mad at Nicki and her supporters lol… I give Nicki her props when she does well.
No reason to hate… she definitely brought women back into Hip Hop, I mean seriously.. Foxy Brown and Lil Kim are building come backs, they are doing radio interviews and more shows since Nicki game in the game sooooooooo U gotta give Nicki props where props are due.
About the sales vs Kanye… Kanye is beating her by 11,000 but she has beaten Kanye every week after the 2nd week… She is slowly but surely gonna outsell him in the long run. She will cross that million marker 1st.. maybe they will both cross it in the same week but when they both do she will be ahead. #datsjustfacts
the american dream…kills people
Damn, in the mean time check this out:
(THIS SHXT IS CRAZY)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtxXkKIJTy0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtxXkKIJTy0
CAN ANYBODY DO IT LIKE THIS!!!!(DAMMNNNN!!)
one hit wonder
This chick is so fucking fake. She came in the game claiming to be “bisexual”, that was all part of her gimmick, cuz in reality the bitch had a man the whole time. Yall know the idiot dude Safaree aka SB that’s always on stage with her jumping around like a damn fool. Now you notice how she doesn’t talk about that anymore. Her fucking music is for the 13 year old little girls and gays. Female rappers back in the days didn’t have to make up bullshit fake stories to get fans or sell records. This chick is a fucking liar and a straight up gimmick. I don’t see what all the hype is about her. In my eyes she will never be the “Queen of hip hop”. That is reserved for a real female mc.
Nicki Minaj = Hip-Hop’s Lady Gaga
nikki, is just a gimmick. one part of her gimmick is the fact shes a girl (No, this doesnt mean a girl cant be a good rapper, it just means a girl who is a rapper is ten times more likely to get noticed,because they are few and far betwee)and the second are these made up stories of bisexuality that females are down with these days.
In short, anyway you slice it, nikki is the cancer killing rap music.
wasnt ever really feeling nikki, but she killed that monster track….. “and I’m all up in the bank with the funny face and if I’m fake I ain’t notice cause my money ain’t”…thats real and i dont even like the bitch
If by killed you imply ruined. She didnt do anything extra on the track, dont believe the hype. Although i did dig the “thick ass whiplash” cuz that ish does happen to dudes in general.
damn thank god, i thought this was going to be about nicki working with dame dash in new york
Smh…
STUPID POSTCARD PULLS IN $750,000 IN 6 MONTHS! Then over $3 million in 18 months.
Wanna mail my stupid postcards? See for yourself!