Nicki Minaj co-opts Third Reich Imagery in her new Video
Nicki Minaj released an animated lyric video for her new single “Only” over the weekend, with crisp lines, an authoritarian posture and a strong, unified aesthetic that appears to be, unfortunately and undeniably, Nazi-esque. The use of Nazi-inspired imagery isn’t new in pop culture, but the Anti-Defamation League is calling the Minaj video “a new low” in pop cultural Third Reich appropriation.
The lyrics to “Only,” which begin with “I never fucked (Li’l) Wayne, I never fucked Drake” are rendered in early-Nazi period Modernist block type, suggesting the rise of Minaj as a world-dominating power.
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