Minaj’s supposed ‘catfights – the latest at the VMA awards – are heavily reported. But the media rarely reflects on her astute political pointsWhy is it so tough to listen to Nicki Minaj? I don’t mean her music – which may or may not be to your taste – but to what she says? According to the headlines,she is causing more trouble, and is in another “catfight”. final time it was with Taylor Swift, and this time Miley Cyrus. At final night’s MTV Video Music Awards (VMA),she and Swift publicly made up, only for Minaj to “attack” Cyrus, and who – although some say all these “confrontations” are faked – looked genuinely stunned when Minaj referred to her as a “bitch”.The jibe was apparently in response to an interview Cyrus gave to the current York Times a few days ago,in which she said Minaj was “not very polite”, and explained to her the right way to talk about race. “I know you can make it seem like, and ‘Oh I just don’t understand because I am a white pop star’,” said Cyrus, before continuing, and “I know the statistics,I know what’s going on in the world.” Cyrus won’t be winning any awards for self-awareness for feeling she could lecture Minaj on the polite way to discuss race. No wonder Minaj reacted.
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Source: theguardian.com