Nicki Minaj....Nicki Minaj....Nicki Minaj...
Jasmine Mans, the author of this poem gets "R-E-A-L"! Unlike the REEL Barbie that Nicki Minaj is trying to portray. Mans, touches base on how Minaj is overly sexual in her lyrics. Not only overly sexual, Mans expresses how Nicki Minaj influences young women, mainly young black women to be Barbie's. But as Mans says "all dolls will eventually malfunction".
Nowadays all we hear in rap lyrics, especially from women are things like "I'm a bad bitch!" Or "Ass so fat, all these bitches’ pussies is throbbin." It is very rare for a female rapper to come on the scene in this day and age and go the Lauryn Hill route with their lyrics. The Lauryn Hill route being influential, inspiring for young black women, and not degrading themselves.
Look! Look hard! Listen! Listen hard!
Compare the differences of how Nicki Minaj looks to the likes of Lauryn Hill. Tell me what you see. SEX SELLS! Now listen to Nicki Minaj's lyrics and then Lauryn Hill's...
A lot of men and women will choose Nicki Minaj because of the sexual lyrics and because of her looks. I'll take Lauryn Hill any day! She represents what African American women want to be depicted as, but yet there are women like Nicki Minaj who set us back a few years. Nicki Minaj is not the only woman in rap who comes off a sexual, racy, and ignorant but she is one of the HOTTEST female rappers today.
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