I first heard of Nicki Minaj when my daughter attended a concert and was noted for dancing on the stage with this artist I really didn't know anything about. But I know and love Cash Money for all its worth. Being a woman of constant becoming I love it when I see young women remake themselves. Watching the antics and listening to the noise of the critics this young woman was the first noted female artist to sign with Young Money/Cash Money. That was big shoe to fit in the beginning and she handled it well. She brought all the sexuality, and raunchiness it took to pull it off. Elaborate customs and a good deal of misbehaving on stage and in the videos... But she pulled it off.
Now for all those who are quick to kill anything and everything that you don't understand. This young woman only displayed a part of every woman at some point in their life, if they were brave enough to act it out. And then the transition. I watched in the first movie she was in and I saw the small part. I also watched as she changed her hair style in a Miami magazine and I said to myself she is coming out, like the butterfly she is.
And then now. I saw her posing with the young white actresses and thought to myself they will encourage what is inside of her to come through. Other cultures seem to do that for us. In watching the BET Awards, I remember the admonishing of public behavior by artist done by Yolanda Adams. Sex sells and an artist is an artist. I am not mad at them at all. What happens though is that you grow and it is sad that its sisters that look like us that won't encourage us to change. They will keep you stuck and laugh behind your back. Then and now, the laughter only increased this young lady' net worth.
I am proud of her was then and even so now. At the end of the day you can only be true to one person and that is ourselves. I salute Nicki - keep doing you!
