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6ix9ine fefe mv girl11/12/2022 ![]() ![]() It’s one thing to release a one-off collaboration-that could be construed as an ill-considered misstep. See: the sickening banter in the comments of her Instagram posts. Worse, she continues to maintain a friendly relationship with him. ![]() My moral conflict only worsened when, three days after the video for “Fefe” dropped, Minaj announced that 6ix9ine would be one of the opening acts on her upcoming tour. #Fefe video out now □□□□ #Queens #BrooklynĪ post shared by Barbie® on at 1:11pm PDT This isn’t the first time Nicki Minaj has supported a problematic man But Minaj has basically occupied the space of “cool aunt” for half my life, so I need to consider more than just the way others feel. One one hand, I wasn’t happy that Minaj was working with someone I find so distasteful, and I think supporting someone with sketchy morals would speak volumes about my own morals. Everyone wants to know who you’re cancelling, and why-or why not-and I wasn’t sure I was ready to take such a public stance. (If I even mention Brown’s name when speaking with friends, it triggers looks of disgust.)īut the idea of cancelling has become a bit of a social performance. Regardless of how long it’s been since his disturbing case -or how many A-listers spoke in his defence in his documentary-slash-redemption tour -listening to an artist with such a public history of domestic abuse is just not socially acceptable anymore. And as social justice becomes increasingly mainstream, that decision not to support someone has become increasingly public when celebs misstep, they run the risk of getting cancelled. Consumers are also responsible for making moral decisions about who they are supporting or not supporting. In 2018, artists are not the only ones being held accountable for their actions. ![]() (Also, these child-like references are even more disturbing when you consider 6ix9ine’s past predatory behaviour.)Īt this point, I found myself looking at Minaj’s discography sitting in my music library-and began sweating. I cringe when normal people do that, but it’s much worse to see my musical icon canoodle with this creep. ![]() But she and 6ix were all over each other-from playing patty cake on a sports car, to her playing with his hair while he sits in her lap, to eating from the same ice cream cone, à la Lady and the Tramp. Maybe I could have persuaded myself that she was somehow less emotionally involved, or that she was led astray by her management. If Minaj had filmed her scenes in a separate location, never to be seen in the same shot as 6ix9ine, maybe I would’ve felt differently. As a fan, I want to make sure I’m giving Minaj the benefit of the doubt This is the same woman who has worked with Jay and Bey, Rihanna, Ariana Grande, and even Madonna-she does not need 6ix9ine. I also found myself shocked and confused about why she’d even agree to this collaboration. By working with 6ix9ine, Minaj is endorsing who he is and what he has done, and that alone is not okay. Most recently, he was arrested for choking a 16-year-old at the Houston Galleria Mall in Texas. In 2015, 6ix9ine plead guilty to three counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child (he made a video of himself simulating sex and spanking a 13-year-old, who was nude and performing oral sex on another man at the time). Minaj has been making headlines for featuring on a song called “Fefe” by 6ix9ine, a 22-year-old rapper with a terrible name and an even worse track record. By the time I went to bed that night, I was a diehard Nicki Minaj fan.įast forward to 2018. As someone who has always related to women more than men, witnessing a female rapper exude the same skill and confidence as her male counterparts made the genre so much more accessible to me. Hearing a female rapper for the first time was a major turning point for me. I started bopping to the beat, but when Minaj’s verse came on, I watched in awe as all the girls around me started rapping along. Someone in my class was playing Young Money’s “ Bed Rock” from their new iPod Touch. (Photo: first time I heard Nicki Minaj, I was in middle school. ![]()
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