Nicki Minj Role Model

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“Fake! Cheap! Crude! Provocative!” These are all comments, remarks, and even headlines about Nicki Minaj. But aren’t we all forgetting that she is after all only human? Like most humans, she is certainly entitled to, and will, make mistakes. She makes her own decisions and will make mistakes. She is arguably the queen of rap, and is free to express herself however she wants. However, many parents don’t see Nicki Minaj as a role model, because of the way she is portrayed by press. What most people are probably not aware of is that Nicki Minaj isn’t all about sex and drugs. She has penned many beautiful songs that are about real feelings and empowerment. When my mom was made aware of the fact that I listened to Nicki Minaj, she instantly judged …show more content…
Her father was a drug and alcohol addict, and had a brutal temper. Her parents didn't get along at all, and her father once even tried to kill her mother by setting their house on fire. Her form of escape was creating different characters, so she could pretend to come from a great family, and be happy. It allowed her to escape from an actually horrifying reality. With her parents’ relationship becoming increasingly troubled, Nicki and her siblings moved to Queens, NY and began living with their grandmother. At school, Nicki was bullied a lot and had body-image and self confidence issues. She had a foreign accent, and the girls in school would hurt her physically and emotionally. The emotional scars run so deep that mean comments still affect Nicki to this day. In fact, she wrote a whole album, Pink Friday, as a response to her doubters and haters. She had a difficult time writing the songs, but was determined to prove that she could rap. Contrary to a common opinion that Nicki was a troubled kid, Nicki was in fact a very disciplined and responsible child. She said that she always sought out discipline in her life; probably due to the fact her upbringing lacked

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