Rapper Nicki Minaj is making quite a name for herself and has a huge fan based following! I'm glad to see a fresh faces for female rap. I love female rappers,rap is primarily a males game, but when a strong women is on the scene is that much better! My all time favorite rapper has to be Lil' Kim! When she came on the scene with BIG and Junior Mafia, it was a breath of fresh air, up until then female rappers wore baggy clothes and rapped about violence! While women are just as tough as men,Lil' Kim revitalize the female rapper by coming out sexy and not afraid or ashamed to talk about her sexuality. Over the years Lil' Kim went from the cute girl from Junior Mafia to a sex icon, naming herself THE BLACK BARBIE! Now years later we have Nicki Minaj who is drawing many comparisons to Lil' Kim! I actually look at Young Money as the new Junior Mafia which is a huge compliment. Nicki refers to herself as BARBIE, and she is very animated! I do not believe that Nicki is "trying" to be Lil' Kim, but I am sure she has to credit Lil'Kim for influence! I think
BARBIE is so idolized because of what she truly stands for, she is gorgeous,has had every career, has love, a dream house, corvette and equally gorgeous friends, she represent s the perfect life, something that women strive for. What little girl did not want to be a BARBIE growing up? So that is why I think rappers Lil'Kim and Nicki Minaj have identified with
BARBIE DOLL!
Now onto Nicki MInaj's BARBIE MOVEMENT!! It is amazing how quickly Nicki Minaj has gotten such dedicated fans. In the past few months every time I have went out to a party, there have been at least 3 girls emulating Nicki's style of dress and/or hair. Now this bothers me! It is something that I would expect from young girls and teenagers, to want to dress and look like their favorite celebrity, but not grown 21+ women. There is a huge difference from admiring someone and losing sight of who you really are.I probably get about 5 friend request a day on twitter or facebook from adult women "named" something "Barbie" or "Minaj" or "5star chick"! When we see Nicki on videos or appearances she wears bra tops and leggings,with her hair long with a bang and pink extensions in the back, this has become HER signature style! And it works for her because she is a PERFORMER!! Its her costume! Nicki has even even said herself that whens she not performing she is more comfortable in sweats. I just feel that grown women who are not performers should not come of the house with just a bra on, it is quite tacky! A bra is an undergarment, you can still be sexy by covering up more and being yourself!
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