Nicki Minaj Appropriation

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APPROPRIATION

Onika Tanya Maraj, better known as Nicki Minaj, is a Trinidadian-born American rapper, singer, songwriter and actress. She has always been praised by her fans for being such a fashion icon but during this course I have realized that a lot of her ideas come from previous art works of the past. Appropriation is a practice that involves re making styles or arts from different cultures of the past. Nikki Minaj has used appropriation in many of her works but has also been wrongfully accused of appropriation as well.

THE CARIBBEAN CARNIVAL HEADDRESS
Extravagant headpieces have been worn throughout history by numerous cultures. Americans believe that this only unique to Native American tribes. In a recent photo of Nikki Minaj used for promotional purposes she was wearing one of these traditional head pieces. Fans were in an up war over this use of …show more content…

What was surprising was remembering how much controversy this video caused when Sir Mix-a-Lot dropped the song in 1992. MTV would only play this song at night when kids were supposed to be sleeping. In his video the women wore shorts that covered their cheeks. The also wore tights underneath for extra coverage. Nikki didn’t use any of the clothing ideas from the original video. In her video the ladies wore basically hat you could describe as a bikini.
I think her intent for this video was to give the viewers what they want. Everyone says it all the time that sex sells; Nikki Minaj was sold. When this single was released featuring oily “asses” in a steaming jungle it was clear that she was not afraid to show off big butts. She wanted to show off the dance moves that are often recycled by artist and used to oversexualize black women. “Anaconda” welcomes these features by paring sultry imagination with empowering

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