One of music’s new ‘it’ girls, Nicki Minaj, has revealed some very interesting news to BET. In what is probably a first in Hip-Hop, the ‘Massive Attack’ rapper has reportedly confessed to feeling guilty about her risque lyrics after realising that most of her fans are quite young. Check out what Minaj had to say below:
“It makes me feel guilty because I know how I am with my 12-year old brother… very strict. Every now and then I feel like I gotta censor it but censoring it too much I wouldn’t be Nicki Minaj. I think a part of what they like is I’m the naughty girl.
The core people I was rapping to I wasn’t expecting them to be young. So all the stuff I was saying…if I was to do a show and clean up [and cater] to both sides of the spectrum, I don’t even know how I [could] make that happen.” {Source}
Although some of her lyrics are indeed quite jarring (“flow tighter than a d*ck in a butt”), Minaj has nothing to worry about. Her job is to make and sell records. It is the parents role to ensure that their children are not exposed to anything that might be a negative influence. Besides, with certain artists performing on stage in leather panties and boasting lyrics about rude boys “beating it up”, Minaj seems quite PG-13 at best.
Sidebar: Remember back in the 1990’s when parents wanted Lil Kim to tone it down? Minaj’s music isn’t even half as explicit as Kim’s.