(ThyBlackMan.com) There is a video floating around the internet of a man calling for a boycott of Nicki Minaj, mainly because of her alleged disparaging lyrics and the potential effect it may have on black women and girls.
According to this nameless guy, who posted this seven minute compilation video of various Minaj lyrics combined with his own commentary, Minaj should be boycotted because of the anti-black woman themes present in her music. Minaj calls black women banana-eating chimpanzees and “nappy-headed hos,” which he equates to the racist rhetoric of Don Imus and the ease of mainstream society to treat black features as unattractive. The nameless petitioner says that the point of the boycott is to “teach our sisters, our mothers, our girlfriends, our daughters, what have you, to love themselves.”
I can certainly understand and appreciate the sentiment of this video. I’ve been pretty much boycotting Minaj since she first hit the scene. Not so much for her questionable libretto but because I have been unable to grasp how she went from hood chick, spitting straight up street lyricism to raunchy Lil’ Kim knockoff to Lady Gaga protege in the matter of one album. Seriously, either she has perfected the crossover in ways that M.C. Hammer could only dream or she is one hell of an actress and someone needs to get her an Oscar.
My personalized annoyance at her music aside, I do get and appreciate the point the brother was making in the video.
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I love nicki to death not just because of her music and craziness, but
Because of how strong a woman she is. Yeh she lap dances
A lot and my seem like she’s a crossover frOm
Lady gaga and lil Kim, but she’s not!!!! Leave that
Successful chick alone she worked hard, she ain’t
Lazy sittin round here searching the Internet
To put negative comments about somebody!!
Yah so ignorant yah got a 13 yr old girl (me)
Tryna save ha life from haters!!! <3 u nicki! No homo"
quit excusing the BS. lil kim and trina are foul but they weren’t running around calling black people banana eating chimps and nappy headed hos. crack baby syndrome prevalent in the comments here
Are you jealous . Nicki is a smart , successful business woman . PointBlankPeriod she’s not that bad where you have to boycott her.im done #TeamMinaj
that mother f***cker is jealous of Nicki Minaj success;maybe he get paid for that sh*t video to put her down, i’m tellin’ n*igga ya can’t cuz she’s worked very hard to be who she is today so f*ck u leave her a$$ alone.Black people are too jealous of each other;they need to change.
ooh man I dont even like to comment on blogs but I have to co-sign 1000x what the first person said (WhyUNot) said! Nicki is a smart business women and knows exactly whats shes doing, she cares about her fan base and encourages young girls especially, to stay in school and get an education! The person who wrote this article has no knowledge of that and should be ashamed of themselves. Man! People like you just make me mad and pissed off and no matter how intelligent and smart you try to smart you are still very IGNORANT!
btw go read her new Vogue article where she was completely acknowledge! smh this is why black ppl never progress, always putting each other down!
r u boycotting all rap? were you boycotting lil kim, trina, eve or any other female rap? r u focusing on specific lyrics or her songs thats for entertainment? what about her statements and interviews of telling young people to go to school, work hard, abstain, embrace all, don’t on looks nor men? r u boycotting all music referencing the B**** word? or r u just trying to get your journalism on the map and close yet another avenue and venue for black female artist? women r the major buyer for male rap music yet it degrades them and reference them as gold diggers and only for various forms of sex. so you see the first black female rapper to not be caged in, work hard cross over and u ready to tear her down even though she tells u her music is for entertainment and labels says kids shouldn’t listen but again we need to force our views on how she gives a blueprint on how to diversify work hard and make money. she has never advocated and has repeatedly told girls she abstains from sex and they should to and to love themselves. every male artist in industry that has met her even white talk show host tells how smart and sweet she is and how she made it on hardwork not on her back like other female rappers. male artist told how hard it was to work with her becoz she doesn’t sleep with them and ensure they r about business. u r just another hater and distruction and control of black people with your selfjudment and your better than thy self. this is what young people think of u her and your boycott.