Nicki Minaj is catching flak from The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and many others online for posting an Instagram video perceived to be making fun of a woman with mental illness in South Beach, Florida.
The video features Nicki filming a woman from the window of a car while the woman shouts briefly and unintelligibly. Minaj can be heard laughing and goading the woman.
When the woman walks away and turns back to shout “Go away!” at Nicki, the rapper laughs hard and and asks “What did I do?”
As the woman continues to walk away, Nicki says “Miss! You look nice, can we talk?” before being distracted by a man who stops to tell her he’s a big fan.
The video has provoked a lot of backlash online with many accusing Minaj of making fun of a mentally ill or incapacitated woman.
A representative for NAMI has also given Minaj a dressing down, saying: “Nobody would make fun of a cancer patient, and mental illness is an illness like any other,” according to TMZ.
The video has been viewed 1.9 million times since it was uploaded, and has amassed 255,000 likes.
2016 has seen many rappers come under fire for their attitudes toward mental illness. While the community was largely supportive of Kid Cudi when he entered rehab for suicidal impulses, Drake dissed him on “Two Birds, One Stone” and caught some heat for it. 50 Cent also issued an apology to an autistic airport worker after posting a video to Instagram accusing the man of being “high as a muthafucka.”
Minaj has yet to respond to the backlash.
I don’t think she had a mental illness I think that was a crack addict
that is a crackhead for sure.
these are all issues with mental health…be kind, look out for each other, mental health is an area we know little about, so be kind.
One mentally ill making fun of another mentally ill, nothing to see here.
Hahahaha!! Was thinking the exact same thing….
damn theres a video of Meek Mill fucking with some crackhead homeless lady on the streets too. these people are fucked up mane. saying he gonna knock her out and shit.
how was anything she said bad? like nobody’s ever laughed at a crazy person? i don’t even like her but she seemed decent at the end wanting to talk to the woman. all these special interest groups exist to bitch and complain about everything.
Yal tripping..how was Niki suppose to know the lady had an illness..the lady sounded drunk..n it’s not like Niki cussed her out..y’all quick to put up memes on social media with pics of ppl u don’t know but act like hypocrites when a celeb does something similar..criticizing someone what everyone else is doing
People can diagnose mental illness just by some old lady yelling “I don’t need your social help” in a 5 second video clip? Uh, ok.
Man, you beat me to it. I’ve seen homeless people like this in L.A. all the time. I worked part-time as a homeless shelter supervisor in my school days. People were just like this either because of mental illness, drugs or alcohol. I felt like a bouncer sometimes.
Why do you think they are homeless or on drugs in the first place. Healthy, happy people with no problems dont get hooked on crack and heroin.
I don’t know why they are getting on Nikki for. She does a lot for the mentally ill. She’s even dating a person who is mentally ill.
This the same bitch who though it was coo to make fun of people in wheelchairs
nicki sounds like she needs R.I.F.
You can TELL nicki is a HORRIBLE PERSON! For how she treats others, defends the CHILD RAPIST brother, choice in ‘men’, & attitude of not being humble & helping those less fortunate! F*CK HER!
evil society create mental illness. destroy evil society.
No one should be surprise she has done this before ,these puppets who fame is fading will be trading places because when they done wit you they dump you like trash the industry !
New Yorkers are annoying asf, misss cuomee errrrh that’s what she sounds like.
This ignant itch older than me….actin like a lil 8yr old. Wtf?