A few days ago I put up this picture of Nicki Minaj as my profile picture. I must admit when I first saw it I thought she looked like Shanaynay from Martin, so I was curious to see what others reactions would be. These are the responses I received.
Commenter:
She looks like one of those kids that put on a whole buncha mess and then look proud as hell when they say "I dressed myself!"...
Me:
LOL, she really does. I actually thought Shanaynay (however you spell that) when I first saw this.
Commenter:
Is that Nikki Minaj? I am dying laughing right now!
Commenter:
She looks like hot trash.
Commenter:
HAHA!!! She really does look like Shanaynay!!!!
While I agreed she looked crazy, I then tried to flip the picture into a positive by saying:
Although the odd thing is people talk bad about Nicki's look, but praise Lady Gaga's style. I don't quite understand that.
But then I received this response.
Commenter:
That's because they think Lady Gaga will eat their hearts. You know she looks like she is into a little Devil worship.
Even though I and others think Nicki Minaj's look is out of control, I must say she is growing on me. She has a unique sense of style and she's a very unique person. I think that's cool.
I'm starting to notice Nicki Minaj a lot more now that I think she's sort of stealing lady gaga's style. My opinion is that lady gaga was the first to bring back glam rock and performance art to today's music scene. While I think that both women are awesome for being unique in their artistry, I feel that Nicki may be trying to be the "Black Gaga"...and in that respect, perhaps she isn't really original after all. I guess what makes me weary of fully embracing nicki's style is that I feel this type of image is going to start to be oversaturated -then it won't be interesting...or unique...anymore.
ReplyDeleteHmn.. that is true. I guess Lady Gaga and Nicki Minaj need to continue to make the most out of it now because soon they will blend into the crowd.
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