Nicki Minaj is back in the center of controversy after sharing a tweet that some are calling racist–and now some fans are ready to cancel her over it.
In the since-deleted tweet, Minaj used the phrase “the Blacks” to complain about the Black media not supporting her the way the white media does.
“What the white ppl post. >>>>>>,” she wrote on Nov. 5. “The blacks only post the few seconds where I raise my voice to push their narrative.”
The tweet was apparently a jab at Wendy Williams, with whom the rapper has been engaged in an ongoing feud. Williams had a lot to say about the rapper’s engagement to Kenneth Petty, who has a criminal past.
“Now, he served seven years in prison, and he’s also a sex offender,” Williams said on her show, The Wendy Williams Show. “So that means that he—is a manslaughter a killer? Okay, so he’s a killer and a sex offender. Well Nicki, congratulations.”
Minaj shot back at Williams by pointing out that her ex-husband is a known philanderer who is rumored to have fathered a child with his mistress.
“So I really wanted to pray for you today, because look at where you are now in your life,” Minaj said during her Queen Radio show. “Look at what age you are. You’re sat up there being vicious all this time and paid for that man’s mistress all these years. You paid for her shopping sprees, you paid for her hotels, you probably even paid for her GYN bills, you paid to have that baby delivered, hoe.”
Regardless of who the tweet was directed at, many on Twitter are ready to cancel the retired rapper over her “the Blacks” reference.
“Quote of the day ‘The Blacks’ by Ms. Pedo @NICKIMINAJ Grandma why did you deleted the post? The damage is done,” Twitter user @bardisetlibra wrote, along with a screenshot of Minaj’s original tweet.
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https://twitter.com/banme/status/1192149548661137408
Another said the tweet appeared to have been written by a “white racist.”
I think the main issue is her referring to Black (always capatilize the 'B') people as "the blacks" while calling white people as they are. That tweet looked like it was written by a white racist, so it's problematic and she deserves to get called out for it.
— Naomi (@_Naomi_D) November 6, 2019
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“You know what..I love your music. But the fact that you said ‘white ppl’ and then refer to us as ‘the blacks’ just furthers the idea that ‘blacks’ aren’t people. That’s an idea that goes wayyy back. I’m mad hurt. Unconscious ideas are a mf. You gotta be aware of what you saying,” one fan wrote.
You know what..I love your music. But the fact that you said “white ppl” and then refer to us as “the blacks” just furthers the idea that “blacks” aren’t people. That’s an idea that goes wayyy back. I’m mad hurt. Unconscious ideas are a mf. You gotta be aware of what you saying.
— ☀️ (@yougoginaa) November 5, 2019
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H/T Complex