Nicki Minaj Discuss Double Standards In The Industry

Published: Saturday 27th Nov 2010 by Trent

Here is yet another clip from Nicki Minaj’s upcoming MTV documentary, ‘My Time Now’. The rap star gets heated while discussing the double standard existing in the industry involving assertive women. Peep what she had to say below:

I agree with Minaj. It’s a shame that powerful women are always forced to submit to the dominant male influence of the patriarchal music industry. They are always expected to be submissive and are regularly objectified both in song as well as in social interactions.

Even positive terms that once empowered women have been perverted and treated with disdain. For instance, ‘diva’ was once used to refer to a successful, talented and influential woman in music and entertainment. Now the term is used to denote a demanding or spoiled woman who is difficult to please. It is a disgusting ideology that needs to be reformed.

Minaj deserves praise for highlighting this issue. However, women need to come together to fight the problems that they face. Hence, maybe she and Lil Kim can’t put aside their differences and elevate the status of all women in Hip-Hop. On the other hand, Kim is finally making acceptable music again so if they choose to maintain their beef then let it be in song and not behind the scenes.

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  1. lolita November 27, 2010

    f*** you b**** right now i wana to kill you b**** i hate you

  2. Jeremy Danté November 27, 2010

    i loved this.
    if y’all knew what shoot she was referring to, you’d be cracking the f*** up like i am right now.

  3. NAS ( B Rockah Stan 4eva) November 27, 2010

    PERSONALITY DISORDER………..I CAN’T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  4. LOL November 27, 2010

    YAAAAASSSSSSS NICKY…….SHE I SO RIGHT

    NOW DO YOU SEE WHY I F**** WIT DIS “B****”

    AN IMAGE IS AN IMAGE BUT SHE ACTULLY HAS A BRAIN BEHIND THE IMAGE

    WHY CANT BLACK PEOPLE(WHO CALL HER FAKE) SEE PASS HER IMAGE

    WHITE PEOPLE LOOK PASS THEIR ARTIST IMAGES

    EX: LADY GAGA THE MEDIA LOOKS PASS HER IMAGE CAUSE THEY CAN SEE THE TALENT IN HER WHY CANT BLACKS DO THE SAME WHEN IT COME TO OUR FEMALE ARTIST LIKE NICKY,RIHANNA,BEYONCE,CIARA,FANTASHA

  5. NAS ( B Rockah Stan 4eva) November 27, 2010

    SLOW DOWN DUMMY CUZ YOU BOUT TO GET CRASHED BESIDES I DON’T SEE HER LASTING AFTER 5 YEARS…………I CAN’T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  6. True Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Blue November 27, 2010

    LOL, theatrics aside, she’s got a point, though.

  7. shimmycocoa November 27, 2010

    “I put quality in what I do!”
    She lost me after that first line…

  8. shimmycocoa November 27, 2010

    LOL

    November 27, 2010 at 1:05 am

    WHY CANT BLACK PEOPLE(WHO CALL HER FAKE) SEE PASS HER IMAGE
    ————————
    Because you get what you put out there. If you portray yourself as a schizophrenic idiot, then people will view you as a schizophrenic idiot.

  9. LOL November 27, 2010

    @SHIMMY COCO

    BUT YOU STILL SHOULDN’T WRITE SOME ONE OFF BECAUSE OF AND IMAGE OR WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SURFACE

    NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER

    BUT RATHER BY ITS LYRICAL VALUE DUHH!!

  10. GAbrielle November 27, 2010

    She doesn’t want to objectified but she enhanced her b*** so that is the only thing you see when you look at her. you can’t have it both ways sweetie

  11. True Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Blue November 27, 2010

    “NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER

    BUT RATHER BY ITS LYRICAL VALUE DUHH!!”

    What “lyrical value”???

  12. TAM TAM November 27, 2010

    Another double standard is that all famous women are H***.

    Why is it everytime there is a SUCCESSFUL BLACK FEMALE SINGER/RAPPER the BLACK COMMUNITY is quick to say she F***** HER WAY TO THE TOP. And that is really starting to get old and played out. I wish people would stop with that.

  13. shimmycocoa November 27, 2010

    @LOL

    Until said person attempts to rehabilitate their image (a/k/a cut it out with the stupid blond/Barbie image and the elementary ass rhymes) I will continue to view them by their image.

    And do not “duh” me…do not. [⌐_⌐]

  14. Star November 27, 2010

    Girl bye. I dont even see you in the game for more than 6yrs

  15. drfenty November 27, 2010

    shes such a b**** ➡

  16. S*** November 27, 2010

    Lol, Talk about Bipolar Disorder but anyway, DBL Standards have been around since the dawn of time & they work both for & against BOTH Sexes Equally. Women are gonna be called B****** not for being bosses but they tend to have a much Thinner temperment than your avg Joe. Guys cant be Gay, Girls cant be Whores & thats just how society is & it wont change.

  17. jewelz November 27, 2010

    nicki minaj is not quality music. #imjustsayin

    @ JEREMY DANTÉ whatchu talking bout willis?

  18. True Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ Blue November 27, 2010

    “That’s just how society is & it won’t change”

    You know, people used to say the same thing about slavery, women’s rights, child labor, etc.

    Only people who DON’T want change think that way. Those who do make the change happen.

  19. Oscar November 27, 2010

    @TAM TAM now that’s what IM saying!!! For some reason black woman tend to get put down alot in the and that pisses me off. Beyonce ,Rihanna for example are probably the most popular black succesful artists out right now but don’t get half the respect that “other” artists do. Everything they is labeled “h**” or “uncreative” or “fake” . But people praise peolple like Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift for…..what reason I have no idea…..BUT it sucks because black people are always being put down and stereotyped in the industry and it’s really sad. What’s even worse is that most of the hate comes from their own people…..

  20. FUTURESTARdelux November 27, 2010

    And the funny thing is that Lil Kim is a pioneer is female hip hop and went as hard as the men (and i mean REAL male Rappers not Gayke etc) but that didn’t stop Nicki throwing s*** at Kim 24/7. Nicki is so fake, she’ll say anything to make herself look good but it just contradicts with the facts, remember “wait for the album to drop then all comparisons (with lauryn hill) will be justified) um… still waiting Nicki, Pink Friday is a COLD mess and Kim killed you not a good day LOL
    Oh well enjoy your 400k 1st week sales because that album will be Gold and definately not 2x Platinum like the classic “Hardcore” album Kim dropped first.

  21. Go Nicki November 27, 2010

    I LOVE NICKI. SHE KEPT IT REAL. THE STATEMENT WAS SO TRUE.

    PEOPLE DON’T REALIZE THAT NICKI IS A VERY SMART GIRL. BEHIND ALL THE GLITZ AND ASS IS A WOMAN WITH A BRAIN.

  22. Team Minaj California November 27, 2010

    @FUTURESTARDELUXE

    NICKI PRAISED KIM FROM DAY 1. DAY MUTHAFUCKIN 1. IN THE INTERVIEWS. SHE PAYED HOMAGE TO HER IN HER SONGS.

    NICKY WAS NOT THROWING SHADE AT KIM IN HER SONGS SHE WAS BEING COCKY LIKE EVERY RAPPER.

    LIL WAYNE SAYS HE’S THE BEST RAPPER ALIVE AND HE SHITS ON EVERY RAPPER IN THE GAME YOU DON’T HEAR JAY Z GETTING MAD. BECUASE JAY KNOWS HE IS BEING A RAPPER.

    LIL KIM IS THE QUEEN NO DOUBT BUT I FEEL LIKE SHE IS TRYING TO RIDE OFF OF KIM’S NAME.

    AND WHY IS PINK FRIDAY GARBAGE? HAVE YOU EVEN LISTENED TO IT. 90% OF THE SONGS ON THAT ALBUM HAVE MEANING, TELL A STORY, AND GIVES YOU A GLIMPSE INSIDE OF THE LIFE OF NICKI. IF SHE WOULDA USED HIP HOP BEATS EVERYONE WOULD’VE EMBRACED IT.

    HOW COME RAPPERS LIKE KID CUDI AND B.O.B CAN DO HIP-POP BUT WHEN NICKI DOES IT SHE IS WACK. OKAY?

    I FEEL LIKE EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO BOX NICKI IN. THEY DON’T WANT HER TO EXPERIMENT, THEY WANT HER TO BE THE TYPICAL FEMALE RAPPER WHO IS EITHER HARD OR A NASTY S***.

    A TRUE BLUE SAID, “what lyrical content.”

    Listen to:

    Sweetest Girl Verse
    Autobiograpy
    Dear Old Nicki
    Here I am
    I’m The Best
    Still I Rise
    Moment 4 Life
    N*****
    Dreams
    Click Clack
    Etc.

  23. Noturaveragehoneycbeljdo November 27, 2010

    I’m so dead at her.

    She wants to be respected and yet she’s always showing AND SELLING her boobs & ass.
    An untalented b**** without values and respect for herself.

  24. FUTURESTARdelux November 27, 2010

    @Team Minaj California, yes i did listen to the entire album because unlike some i don’t hate for the sake, if i thought her music was good i could still dislike her but like the music but to me that album is trash. The only good song is “Moment for Life” which i thought was great but the rest was trash, listen to Kims “Hardcore” and then tell me Nicki is better.

    And no FYI Yeah nicki was saying she’s a kim fan but don’t pretend she wasn’t throwing subliminal s*** at kim coz EVERYBODY knows she was, it took her ages to admit Romans Revenge was about Kim so why not the rest?

    Kid Cudi and B.O.B admit they do hip-pop unlike Nicki who walks around like she’s some hardcore gangsta rapper while putting out nursery rhymes, she has the cheek to say she was as tallented as Lauryn Hill and Pink Friday would prove it, last time i checked Lauryn Hill could sing without autotune and her songs are still hot to this day.

    Again, i used to like Nicki but she’s become a b**** i watched her on ustream once and it was cringeworthy, she goes on like she’s outsold madonna and mariah combined LOL

  25. lala November 27, 2010

    Nicki is STUPID & wants attention cuz her GOOF ass think she really did something. Get some REAL LYRICS then come back & talk s***. Rat ass swag jacka! =p

  26. lola November 27, 2010

    FUTURESTARdelux

    You’re so f****** annoying! Stop it with the hate on Nicki. Lil Kim is nothing but a self hating b****. You don’t care that she changed her entire appearance and lightened her skin to try to look white. Lil Kim’s “Hardcore” album is straight trash! All she ever talks about on her albums is getting her p**** licked, f******, and how “hard” she is. Lil Kim is nothing but a midget with a big mouth. She only got famous for appearing naked in music videos and wearing nearly nothing on the red carpet at the VMAS! Her flow is always the same and she sounds like a dumbass when she tries to do a island accent.

    Nicki is very diverse and versatile. She can sound British, island, hardcore, cutesy… and she can also sing. Her album is damn good! She raps about real life situations, her career, her hardships, her relationships…. how the hell can you sit there and say her album was trash but praise Lil Kim’s? Wake up, there’s more than hip-hop than being f****** ghetto. Nicki can be “hardcore,” “animated,” “feminine,” “masculine” anything she wants to be but Lil Kim cannot. Lil Kim is nothing but a low life N***** who has a no money and only got famous for f****** Biggie!

  27. madamxtina November 27, 2010

    Wait all of a sudden she wants to speak about double standards didn’t xtina already elaborate on that isn’t that what she’s always been about. Wtf is Nicky trying to pull this s*** from.

  28. lala November 27, 2010

    HARD CORE & THE NOTORIOUS KIM is the s*** compared to PINK FRIDAY garbage album. Kim kills the tracks & spits mean lyrics unlike garbagemanaj with her horrible lyrics, she should team up with soulja boy wack ass. HIP HOP needs recesutation, they have corney wack wanna be kim, Garbagemanaj trying to be something she isn’t. She just got in the game probably bussing down for a chance of fame. Harajuku s***, Next year she won’teven matter she feeling herself too much, goof ass.

  29. Team Minaj California November 27, 2010

    @FUTURESTARDELUX

    NICKI NEVER SAID SHE WAS HARD

    I RECALL HER SAYING THAT WHEN SHE FIRST CAME OUT SHE ‘ACTED’ HARD BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO BEING FROM NEW YORK. SHE SAID BEING HARD IS NOT HER AND ONCE SHE SIGNED TO YOUNG MONEY THAT IS WHEN SHE GOT COMFORMTABLE WITH BEING WHO SHE TRULY IS AND NOT ACTING LIKE A FAKE GANGSTER.

    #FAIL

    MAYBE IF YOU WOULD DO YOUR RESEARCH U WOULDN”T LOOK LIKE SUCH A DUMB ASS.

    @MADAMXTINA

    AND WOMEN BEFORE XTINA HAVE TOUCHED UP ON DOUBLE STANDARDS. IF NICKI WANTS TO ADDRESS DOUBLE STANDARDS THAN SHE HAS THE RIGHT TOO.

  30. Crack is wack November 27, 2010

    So Trent why you treat Rihanna so bad… and you want to write about double standards

  31. Lexington November 27, 2010

    LOL

    BUT YOU STILL SHOULDN’T WRITE SOME ONE OFF BECAUSE OF AND IMAGE OR WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SURFACE

    NEVER JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER

    BUT RATHER BY ITS LYRICAL VALUE DUHH!!
    _________________________________________________________________

    However, the cover is what attracts people to pick it up…meaning, the image you portray is what people are going to infer about you. That’s why your image means everything. I still agree with you about not judging others but you still have to put the best foot forward if you do not want people assuming the wrong thing about you.

    Her antics are hard to surpass sometimes to take her seriously (but I do try to give her chance fyi) or her lyrics seriously. I would like her to flow like she did on her mixtapes without the theatrics, but if the theatric is what making her successful, more power to her. The industry is about give and take until you make a placement in it. She still has a while before that happens. Nicki has only one album under her belt…She has plenty of time. No jealousy here =)

  32. YOUR MOM November 27, 2010

    “I’m a human beiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnggggggg” o__0

  33. iLoveXtina November 27, 2010

    Yet she does everything that fuels this image of an oversexed female rapper, i cannot.

  34. lala November 27, 2010

    In my lil kim voice SHUT UP B****!

  35. Coockie November 27, 2010

    “She cant be everything at the same time..??” Mmmh. But she admits to having bipolar and multiple personalities.

  36. GangsterA November 27, 2010

    i’m with nicki she make a great point

  37. Team Minaj California November 27, 2010

    @ILOVEXTINA

    How is she oversexed. Have you actually listened to any of her songs on her album, I suggest you do before you make dumb accusations. Yes she takes s*** images but what mainstream female DOESN’T. She is not oversexed.

    She recently said,

    “When I do a song s** is the last thing on my mind.”

    But of course if she is on a song like “Little Freak” or “BedRock” she is going to reference s** since the song is about that and on those songs she still keeps the s** talk to a minimal.

    But is that the only thing you got from the video. I love how people find the littlest thing to critique.

  38. Miss Diva November 27, 2010

    this chica needs a pill that will get all the personalities in her head all on the same page….

  39. ~AalexisR~ The Summer King (The Bahamas) November 27, 2010

    She’s BOSSED UP!

  40. RATED R November 27, 2010

    I LUV NIKKI.. KIM CAN ONLY WISH SHE COULD PULL 400K IN THE 1st WEEK LIKE NIKKI

  41. OMFGTHISISME November 27, 2010

    Yeah but at least Lil’ Kim is the original and not the copycat.

  42. latoya November 27, 2010

    that’s right Nicki

  43. Carlene November 27, 2010

    Hey everybody! .! Happy Thanksgiving!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
    Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays, and each year I like to get into the mood-extend the holiday, since it were-by reading “Thanksgiving novels.” Of course, most of these stories are mostly about friends and family, about coming together to heal old hurts and showing thanks for the gift of love. … . —–
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  44. FUTURESTARdelux November 27, 2010

    @RatedR, Nicki only wish she could pull 2,000,000 first year like Kim 🙂

    How are people throwing things Nicki says as proof? she’s a walking contradiction and a compulsive liar… #LiLKimBlackFriday

  45. truthfully November 27, 2010

    I LOVE THIS….

  46. Paul November 27, 2010

    I agree with Nicki 1000% and I’m a guy. Women have had to put up with the double standard for far too long. In this day and age, a woman should be able to demand more without being labeled a b**** or anything else negative. To the women out there who say that is the way society is and it won’t change, you are the very ones allowing and keeping this negative sterotype going. Don’t you understand that you are treated the way you allow yourself to be treated? Do you want to be subserviant to men all your life? What about your daughters? I say a woman should be treated the same as a man when it comes to careers and daily life in general. One of the reason why we men act so horribly sometimes is our women don’t demand more of us. Let’s hold each other accountable and demand the best from each other. If we do that, both men and women will be winners in the end.

  47. HALF AMAZIN November 27, 2010

    DEAR NICKI,

    STOP BEING A “BARBIE” AND PERPETUATING AN IDEAL THAT DIMINISHES YOUR RESPECT. MARTHA STEWART IS A BOSS B**** AND SHE DON’T HAVE TO WEAR A PINK WIG OR A TUTU EXCEPT AT HALLOWEEN.

    QUEEN LATIFAH IS THE QUEEN OF HIP-HOP. HER CAREER STARTED BEFORE MOST OF YOU WERE BORN AND SHE’S NOT DONE YET. SHE’S A CREATOR OF THE GENRE, SHE DOESNT HAVE TO HAVE A CURRENT HIT FOR YOU CHART RATS. DOES OPRAH HAVE TO MAKE ANOTHER SHOW? HELL NO. DOES MARTHA HAVE TO BAKE ANOTHER CAKE? B****, BYE.

    BUT IM NOT MAD NICKI. LIKE LAURYN SAYS, YOU CAN GET THE MONEY…THEN YOU CAN GET THE POWER..BUT KEEP YOU EYES ON THE FINAL HOUR.

    WHATS NEXT NICKI?

  48. VFB November 27, 2010

    A HOT MESS! WHERE IS LIL KIM.

  49. RihannaForever November 27, 2010

    @TrueBlue
    Did you seriously say Nicki doesn’t have lyrical content in her music? DEAD.

    @TeamMinajCalifornia
    I stan for Ri and Nicki and I agree with you 100%. Nicki NEVER disrespected Kim until Kim disrespected Nicki. Nicki always paid homage and talked about how much she loved Kim until Kim decided to start hating on Nicki because NICKI EARNED THE SUCCESS THAT KIM DIDN’T HAVE. Because of that, Kim was angry. Then, and ONLY then did Nicki start hating on Kim. But let me say this: Nicki never threatened to kill Kim. Kim threatened to kill Nicki.

    I love Nicki and I agree with Trent for once. Nicki is extremely articulate and intelligent, and I love that she is really representing girls until the end. Nicki stands for RESPECT.

  50. RihannaForever November 27, 2010

    FUTURESTARdelux
    November 27, 2010 at 2:11 am
    And the funny thing is that Lil Kim is a pioneer is female hip hop and went as hard as the men (and i mean REAL male Rappers not Gayke etc) but that didn’t stop Nicki throwing s*** at Kim 24/7. Nicki is so fake, she’ll say anything to make herself look good but it just contradicts with the facts, remember “wait for the album to drop then all comparisons (with lauryn hill) will be justified) um… still waiting Nicki, Pink Friday is a COLD mess and Kim killed you not a good day LOL
    Oh well enjoy your 400k 1st week sales because that album will be Gold and definately not 2x Platinum like the classic “Hardcore” album Kim dropped first.
    _____________________________________________________
    Then may I ask why Kim has been out of the picture since 2003? She’s bitter and she’s upset that Nicki has success and that Nicki doesn’t rap about s** and crime like Kim.

  51. RihannaForever November 27, 2010

    HALF AMAZIN
    November 27, 2010 at 7:06 pm
    DEAR NICKI,

    STOP BEING A “BARBIE” AND PERPETUATING AN IDEAL THAT DIMINISHES YOUR RESPECT. MARTHA STEWART IS A BOSS B**** AND SHE DON’T HAVE TO WEAR A PINK WIG OR A TUTU EXCEPT AT HALLOWEEN.

    QUEEN LATIFAH IS THE QUEEN OF HIP-HOP. HER CAREER STARTED BEFORE MOST OF YOU WERE BORN AND SHE’S NOT DONE YET. SHE’S A CREATOR OF THE GENRE, SHE DOESNT HAVE TO HAVE A CURRENT HIT FOR YOU CHART RATS. DOES OPRAH HAVE TO MAKE ANOTHER SHOW? HELL NO. DOES MARTHA HAVE TO BAKE ANOTHER CAKE? B****, BYE.

    BUT IM NOT MAD NICKI. LIKE LAURYN SAYS, YOU CAN GET THE MONEY…THEN YOU CAN GET THE POWER..BUT KEEP YOU EYES ON THE FINAL HOUR.

    WHATS NEXT NICKI?
    ___________________________________________________________
    What in the world is wrong with Nicki dressing up like a Barbie. She does it because she likes to dress that way, not because she’s “perpetuating an ideal”. Are you saying that no women can dress sexily because it is “perpetuating an ideal”.

    Queen Latifah doesn’t have a career anymore. I love Latifah, and she made amazing music and was one of the hugest pioneers in the 80s and 90s, but she’s onto acting now. She even said that music isn’t something she cares about much anymore.

    Lastly, what do you think Nicki’s doing? Nicki has money and power and she’s “keeping her eyes on the final hour”. She’s the smartest businesswoman in rap to date. She will never be “screwed over”, so to speak.

  52. youcansaywhateveryoulike November 28, 2010

    umm @jeremy dante…which shoot was it??

  53. RihannaForever November 28, 2010

    FUTURESTARdelux
    November 27, 2010 at 3:13 am
    @Team Minaj California, yes i did listen to the entire album because unlike some i don’t hate for the sake, if i thought her music was good i could still dislike her but like the music but to me that album is trash. The only good song is “Moment for Life” which i thought was great but the rest was trash, listen to Kims “Hardcore” and then tell me Nicki is better.

    And no FYI Yeah nicki was saying she’s a kim fan but don’t pretend she wasn’t throwing subliminal s*** at kim coz EVERYBODY knows she was, it took her ages to admit Romans Revenge was about Kim so why not the rest?

    Kid Cudi and B.O.B admit they do hip-pop unlike Nicki who walks around like she’s some hardcore gangsta rapper while putting out nursery rhymes, she has the cheek to say she was as tallented as Lauryn Hill and Pink Friday would prove it, last time i checked Lauryn Hill could sing without autotune and her songs are still hot to this day.

    Again, i used to like Nicki but she’s become a b**** i watched her on ustream once and it was cringeworthy, she goes on like she’s outsold madonna and mariah combined LOL
    __________________________________________________
    Kid Cudi never admitted that. B.o.B did, though. And Nicki never acts like that and she didn’t say that. She was being compared to Lauryn Hill and she responded by saying that people would “kind of get it” after Pink Friday. Not that it would prove that she was just as talented, which she NEVER said.

    Hard Core was NOT a good album. It was just about s** and how great she was. How does that trump Pink Friday? Also, Nicki’s been that way (the uStream) for years. It’s just her personality. But unlike Kim, she’s respectful towards interviewers. Kim insults people all the time. Kim is really pathetic, always starting fights.

  54. Qelz November 28, 2010

    Nicki Minaj can’t rap point blank. This beef between Nicki Minaj and Lil Kim was irrelevant until Lil Kim actually released a track because bickering proves nothing. However, when Lil Kim released this, she proved that she doesn’t even have to put on her A game and still be better than Nicki Minaj.

  55. FUTURESTARdelux November 28, 2010

    KIM > NICKI #ThatIsAll

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