My awakening to Black feminist thought came in 1989 when Queen Latifah, with British rapper Monie Love, rapped about “Ladies First” and opened the music video for this powerful track with a pantheon of fierce Black feminist icons: Harriet Tubman, Angela Davis, Frances E. W. Harper. Coincidentally, in the realm of the academy, Patricia Hill Collins […]
Nicki Minaj
Nicki Minaj is a rapper and singer. She is one of the world’s best-selling music artists, with over 100 million records sold. She is openly pro-abortion and supports the LGBTQ+ community.
How Nicki Minaj Stumbled Onto Black History
It had every stereotype of Black womanhood one could think of: the prerequisite “crazy hair” passed off as the “real thing”; the sassy attitude coming from a “ho who didn’t know her place”; and, above all else, a “booty” that is a “masterpiece of modern science.” For those who missed it, I am describing a […]