“You know how dope it would be if Nicki put out mature content?” she wrote on Twitter. After one Twitter user, Jerome Trammel, pointed out the hypocrisy between her Elle interview and the music she puts out, Minaj attempted to clear things up, but not before telling him to suck her dick, calling him an asshole, and telling him to “pop my dick outcho mouf.” She then proceeded to tell her barbz (aka her stanbase, and, hi to the barbz who will inevitably find this story) to “beat” Trammel “like he stole smthn.”Īnother troubling incident happened earlier this month when freelance writer Wannan Thompson tweeted out her own criticism of Minaj. Perhaps most concerning as of late though is the way Minaj responds to anyone who dares have an opinion with which she doesn’t agree. But, alas, that’s not where the Minaj drama ends.īack in June, Minaj got heat for an interview with Elle in which she said that she was surprised at “how many girls were modern-day prostitutes,” essentially shaming sex workers and policing the sexuality of women, which many found ironic coming from a rapper who made a career out of being sex-positive and preaching women's empowerment. As for the Harper’s Bazaar incident, both Rihanna and Kim Kardashian have appeared on the cover of Harper’s Bazaar Arabia, a region that has some of the worst LGBTQIA+ rights in the world.
Many male rappers have collaborated with 6ix9ine, yet Minaj is the only one who caught flak for it. He wrote on Twitter: “Russia has anti-LGBTQIA propaganda laws, Chechnya supported by Russia tortures its LGBTQIA citizens, and with you’re LGBTQ+ fans, you can’t even speak to this in this interview because it’s illegal in Russia.”īoth of these offenses, while unforgivable to some, are not exclusive to Minaj. Just prior to that, Queer Eye cast member Jonathan Van Ness expressed his disappointment with the rapper’s decision to appear on the cover of Russia's Harper’s Bazaar given how the country treats its LGBTQ+ citizens.
Many-including primo critic of other female rappers, Azealia Banks- called Minaj out for collaborating with the rapper, who previously pleaded guilty to the Use of a Child in a Sexual Performance. Let’s start with the most recent dust-up: the new 6ix9ine song featuring Minaj. The rapper has returned after a nearly four-year musical hiatus (not including the occasional feature), and, in the short time she’s been back, has managed to stir up more controversy than ever before. If 2017 was the year of questioning Katy Perry, 2018 is the year of questioning Nicki Minaj.