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Candy Rapper- Nicki Minaj |
| by: az-ra |
 Loved by everyone, Nicki Minaj is the MC shaking up hip-hop and painting it
pink! We can't get enough.
*IN THE PINK*
Minaj's attitude to the music industry is way more comparable to Lady Gaga
than normal Hip Hop. Her balance of humor, costume and music traces a
lineage that goes back to George Clinton and Elton John. Two years ago, on
the brink of breakthrough, she purposefully kicked out her more traditional
hip hop image and slid into a world of girly trinkets, wigs and
pink-pink-pink! The transformation threw some of her original fans off;
YouTube is littered with criticism about when she stuck on the crazy
glasses, stacks and wig for an appearance on a USTV show "106&Park". But it
was a well-orchestrated move; her music was opening doors and earning her
guest spots on all the right records and her change of style got Minaj
noticed beyond the realms of hip hop and propelled her into the mainstream.
"I'm an entertainer- I like to make people laugh," she said last year. "Some
will hate it and some will love it, but all will remember." No rap star has
ever managed to straddle this divide as successfully as Minaj. Not even
Eminem, with whom she did a duet with called "Roman's Revenge". Minaj has
opened up the masculine world of hip hop to teenage girls, and boy, do they
love her!" Nicki is the best", says -18- year old Claire outside the
landmark hotel. "She's inspirational, beautiful- she gets it," adds
Superhot_Barbz, also 18. So far, Minaj has got it right every time. Despite
her rapid accent, the star collaborations, magazine covers and TV
appearances, face-to-face Minaj is refreshingly positive, down to earth and
comfortable with her current superstardom.
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