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In the second half of this course, we have examined various ways in which women
participate
in
hip-hop,
both
as
a
form
of
cultural
expression
and
as
performers
in
the
music
industry.
Nicki
Minaj
is
a
polarizing
artist:
some
critics
find
her
offensive
and
believe
she
reinforces
harmful
stereotypes
about
black
women
while
others
argue
that
Minaj
promotes
a
crucial
counter-narrative
that
simultaneously
manipulates
and
rejects
the
male
gaze.
This
essay
is
going
to
examine
the
ways
in
which
mainstream
media
portray
and
police
Nicki
Minaj
as
a
performer
and
a
woman
of
color,
as
well
as
how
she
is
refusing
to
conform
to
respectability
politics
in
her
music,
feminism,
and
personas.
Nicki
Minaj,
or
Onika
Tanya
Maraj,
is
a
rapper
of
Indian
and
Afro-Trinidadian
heritage,
who
emigrated
from
Jamaica
and
was
raised
in
Queens,
New
York.1
She
is
known
for
her
distinctive,
fast-flow
rapping
and
various
idiosyncratic,
vibrant
alter
egos.
At
first
glance,
it
is
easy
to
dismiss
Nicki
Minaj
as
a
formulaic,
artificially
colorful,
hyper-sexualized
rapper,
or
Young
Money
Entertainments
token
female
artist
who
lacks
self-determination
in
a
male-dominated
terrain.
Granted,
Minajs
videos
definitely
lend
themselves
to
this
common
assessment,
as
their
centerpiece
is
primarily
the
rappers
surgery-induced
hourglass
figure
in
revealing
outfits
and
sexual
poses.
Minaj
abundantly
raps
about
her
sexual
escapades
and
openly
brags
about
her
promiscuity;
for
instance,
titles
such
as
Freaky
Girl
and
Sex
in
Crazy
Places
speak
for
themselves.
Currently,
Minajs
widely
consumed
persona
is
an
unapologetically
foul-mouthed,
abrasively
sexual
being
who
is
unafraid
of
controversy
and
embraces
being
a
sexual
deviant.
Similarly
to
precedent
female
rappers
such
as
Lil
Kim
and
Sugas
exploits
of
sexuality,
Minajs
socially
deviant
demeanor
prompts
numerous
critiques,
most
of
which
concern
how
she
is
perpetuating
the
Jezebel
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[3]
The
Venus
Hip
Hop
and
the
Pink
Ghetto
Imani
Perry
[4]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJlmDe9rWA8
[5]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/wp/2014/03/31/john-walls-
friend-miyah-meets-nicki-minaj/
[6]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7KC4kL5CE8
(25:00
mark)
[7]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8j2dyjC_OM