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What Do You Think About Nicki Minaj?

I’ve made it more than clear that I am obsessed with rapper Nicki Minaj and I have been for a couple years now. She’s just one of the most fresh, animated and brave young MCs out there and if that wasn’t enough, her style and attitude are on point.

After watching this interview she did with MTV about her new video for “Your Love” (you probably can’t escape that on the radio), Nicki shows her full range, starting off earnest, getting quite cocky, adopting a British accent and then taking on the role of an evil queen. In a nutshell, Nicki’s working the cameras harder than the most well-trained Disney star these days. She knows what to do and what to say to keep everyone at home guessing and reporters totally baffled.

Personally, I love every minute of it as both a performer and a person who writes about wild celebrities, but how does like… America feel about it? How do the people who read this blog feel about that? Is it alienating, or do you agree that she’s the best thing to happen to pop culture in a minute?

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  • Is this yet another pop singer adopting a faux British accent? Can faux lesbian be far behind? How does “like…America” feel about her? Eh…she’s OK. But music is subjective and you like what you like. If you love her, that is all that should matter.

  • I don’t really like or dislike her. With that said, a fake British accent is a fake British accent. It’s completely obnoxious no matter who adopts it, IMHO.

  • i can’t see the video and i’m not familiar with her music because i haven’t listened to radio in years. i have heard of her, however, through some trinidadian friends i have, who seem to really hate what she’s about and who are ashamed she’s from trinidad too.

  • All of her songs are about either her how good she is at sex, how some guy is banging her, or how some guy wants to bang her. Horrible message for young girls today. And I completely agree with St. Louis about the faux lesbian comment. She swears she is bisexual, but I’m not buying it. I think she believes she can be the Lady Gaga of hip hop and is only using sexuality as a means to attract an audience. Sad, really.

  • First of all, let me say that this USED to be one of my favorite blogs. I dont know what the hell yall did with Beet but you, my new friend, are taking things a lil bit too far.

    Nicki Minaj is trash. Plain and simple. For your sake, I am HOPING that you are getting paid to spread this bullshit and the simple fact that you had the nerve to chime in with the “best thing to happen in Pop Culture” bit solidifies that fact that you dont have the slightest clue about wtf your talking about. You’re the a part of the problem sweetheart. If you cant see the damage that this trik is doing to young women everywhere…Shame on you. Everything about this skeeza is fake from her toe nails to her teeth (including her rhymes). So maybe fucking for tracks and getting ass shots might seem fresh, animated, and brave TO YOU, but to me its some hot bullshit. You wanna talk about fresh, talk about Kid Sister. There’s nothing ground breaking about stealing Lil Kim’s wigs and acting like an empty, plastic, fake booty barbie. Stick to typing about Mel Gibson and Jessica Simpson sweetheart. It will keep you from looking like a Grade A asshole.

    • I stand and applaud not at the attack on Molls, but the verbal expression of anger in this post. Truly impressive.

      I think I am tired of hearing you talk about her, Molls. We get it, you are into her. Honestly, I think she has 5 minutes left and I never hear her on the radio, so I just don’t get it.

    • uhhh…really dude? she’s having fun, who the hell cares whether or not she’s a good role model. it’s rap music. nobody really seemed to care that jay-z rapped pretty much exclusively about making money and selling coke. plus, sometimes ms. minaj raps about sandwiches. I want more of that in my life.

      as for the kid sister suggestion, I love her too, but there is NO WAY she’s more, what are you going for, substantial? she raps about family reunions and nails. so…yeah, she doesn’t show her ass n’ titties (ass ass n’ titties) as much as NM but hey, different strokes you know?

      rap music=fun
      life=fun

  • I LOVEEE NICKI MINAJ N YES I THINK SHE IZ 1 OF THE BEST ARTISTZ 2 COME OUT 4 HIP-HOP N A LONG TIME!! NICKI MINAJ ALL THE WAYYY!! I’M OBSESSED 2 SO UR NOT THE ONLY 1 ;-)

  • I’m not a fan, from what I have heard of her songs thus far. She is definatly NOT a lady or lady like. It’s not something I want to hear or anyone else in my family to hear, especially under the ages of 16…. I think she’s vile, raunchy and low class trash. Just another Lil Kim/Foxy Brown/Rapper Slut whatever. And from the looks of it, I’m not alone in my opinion ;)

  • I like her and am thankful Molls turned me on to her. Nicki Minaj is an entertainer, period. She does it well and her charisma steals the limelight from anyone she is standing near. I like the many faces of Nicki.

    Oh, about all of the Molls hate. If I were her, I would take it as a compliment. The fact that she raises such emotion in you all means that she has a strong and easily identifiable voice. If she blended in with the wallpaper, you wouldn’t notice her enough to hate. I enjoy this site because of the different voices and points of view.

  • God. Nicki Minaj is crap. Have you ever seen the video of her explaining “Harajuku Barbie”? Such an ignorant, uneducated bitch.

    She also tries way, way too hard to be like Lil Kim. Not that Lil Kim is the most educated person ever…but I enjoy her music a lot more. Kim’s raunchy, and knows it.

    Here’s the video of Minaj trying to form complete, coherent sentences about Harajuku Barbie:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkL2r2x6EFg

  • I don’t know much about her, but the interview was quite annoying. I find the fake accent as irritating as the one Lady Gaga puts on in “Alejandro.”
    Besides, Britney slipped in and out of a fake British accent and “kept people guessing” at one point there with the pink hair and all, and everyone said she was crazy, not brilliant. I guess it depends on your perspective.

  • I don’t think about her, she is horrible, fake and ugly and her music is appalling, she is far from original and looks like a retard in her lame videos, her fame is already fleeting (thank god) so hopefully she will be living in obscurity soon and we don’t have to hear from her ever again.

  • I love ms.Nicki Minaj..she is a big influence in my life. I love the fact that she is an outstanding female rapper that is very strong as an artist and a person.I have a million times more respect for her than i do for any other artist out there.Also her lyrics does make sense..if people wouldn’t be so slow then you’ll understand:)just stop being jealous.

    • I just thought I would point out that you can’t really call someone slow if you can’t differentiate between the proper use of the words does and do. I think what you meant to say was, ” Her lyrics DO* make sense. As apposed to, “Her lyrics does make sense…” Also you switched tenses in your second to last sentence. you should have said, “If people wouldn’t be so slow then THEY* would understand. Just thought you should know a little bit of proper grammar before you go calling people slow because their opinions differ from your own.
      That is all.

  • I have to agree with the majority here. Shes discusting. Fake nasty trashy no class that just about sums her up. She isnt even pretty i guess its just to show too many kids are buying these crappy records. Bring back 90’s Hip hop & RNB anyday all this new stuff sounds all the same and has no meaning to it.

  • personally, i think everything about nicki is fake EVERYTHING! i hate how she says she is barbie, she soils the name of barbie. Barbie is a modest all american blonde cutie, with a nice figure nice boobs and a cute butt. nicki minaj is not modest has no morals or self respect, a fat ass and pancake nipples. she is not cute at all. her cheek agumentaion makes her face look so weird. and she always pops out her eyes in pictures i wonder why she does that? so behind all the fake eyelashes fake hair fake lips fake boobs fake butt fake nose she is NOTHING! her raps make no since at all. and she trys to hard to be white. and her voice is weird

  • Niecey_27 jealouse of what?? fake hair and a fat ass? i can grow my own hair and i have a cute butt. at least im not so insucure of my self to where everything is fake. im original i didnt buy my nose or my boobs. i have morals i accept what god gave me, and about her raps not making since i dont understand them because im an adult and im not a retard i speak and comprehend on a complete different level than her fake ass accent.

  • I’ve noticed the trend of ”copycats”(Lady Gaga/Minaj) take off. Originality and being ”real” is no longer praised. Instead, kids are being brainwashed into thinking: ”it’s ok to be fake and steal”. This Minaj chick is disgusting and it makes me sad hip hop has contracted cancer.

  • Niki minaj
    Is not a rapper first of all. Shes an actress and very good one I must say. niki minaj is just a perfect example of the direction rap has gone in. rap music is not and will never be the say again. Its not niki thats the problem its the indrustry thats the real problem. The indrusry is filled with actors and actresses. The only people that are interested in niki manaj or young adults 25 years of age and younger. Anyone who has any sense at all would not by into the crap she puts on a beat and calls music. Lol think about it half the time you dont even understand what shes saying. Better yet lil wayne perfect example of a hip hop actor. You cant understand half the crap he puts onto a track. He can hope on a beat and say blah blah bbtablah and these young people will be like I have to download this song. The real sad part is im ok nly 21 gears old and I cant stand the new rap artist of today. I stick to my tupac biggie and ice cube. One more thing. If I hear anothe person compare lil wayne to anyone of these altime greats ill go crazy. Tupac is dead and stl selling records. If lil wayne died today people would be sad for awhile and he would blay out like skinny jeans to these kids. Yeah I saic it the same kids that by his shit yes the,only people buying his music

  • Niki minaj
    Is not a rapper first of all. Shes an actress and very good one I must say. niki minaj is just a perfect example of the direction rap has gone in. rap music is not and will never be the say again. Its not niki thats the problem its the indrustry thats the real problem. The indrusry is filled with actors and actresses. The only people that are interested in niki manaj or young adults 25 years of age and younger. Anyone who has any sense at all would not by into the crap she puts on a beat and calls music. Lol think about it half the time you dont even understand what shes saying. Better yet lil wayne perfect example of a hip hop actor. You cant understand half the crap he puts onto a track. He can hope on a beat and say blah blah bbtablah and these young people will be like I have to download this song. The real sad part is im ok nly 21 gears old and I cant stand the new rap artist of today. I stick to my tupac biggie and ice cube. One more thing. If I hear anothe person compare lil wayne to anyone of these altime greats ill go crazy. Tupac is dead and stl selling records. If lil wayne died today people would be sad for awhile and he would play out like skinny jeans to these kids. Yeah I said it. The same kids that buy his music would foget about him and move on to the next hot thing for the moment. Think about that.

  • Everyone has there own opinion. To me I dislike Niki Minaj end of story,but maybe that’s because I’m not into her music and maybe that could be why others don’t really like her too. Everyone has a different feel in different kinds of music.

  • Nicki is an stellar entertainer, polarizing celebrity, but not a rapper. Her verses are about as hollow as the bullets the modern rap game spits about and she is the embodiment of-in Kanyes words- “Fuckin Ridiculous”. I may be taking a contrarian opinion here but I think that Monster sums up her contribution to a hip hop. In Monster, her delivery, star power, and eccentricity makes her extremely attractive to amateur and uneducated hip hop fans, but her lyrics lack substance. She is dwarfed by the clever and witty lyrics of J and Ye while she seems to garner glory with a merely schizophrenic hodgepodge of voices. I won’t even comment on her solo work as it’s simply embarrassing. When it boils down, she is a product of, and a producer of unadulterated hype.

  • i dnt like Nicki Minaj… fr wht should i like her? she has big hips makes stupid faces and sounds i hate her hairstyles they luk so weird on hr and she dsnt knows wht music is….

  • Niki manaj is annoying, rude, and thinks she’s above others. Her music is crap. If I saw her on the street, I ‘d keep walking. Nothing special to look at or want a picture with

  • This garbage passes for music. Her butt looks like its never seen any excercise in her life. That’s supposed to be sexy? Trashy profane sorry excuse for a musician. And the latest song she has using the “n” word like 50 times is degrading to herself and black people in general. I can’t believe this piece of rubbish is getting any airplay as most of the rap hip hop music today. Shows the lack of intelligence music has degraded into. Profanity vulgarity disgusting noise. Uncivilized is what thus music shows and if you want yo perpetuate the hat stereotype please go on.