Nicki Minaj’s endowments to Pop culture via Hip-Hop music haven’t gone unnoticed by the brilliant minds behind the National Museum of African-American History & Culture who have honoured her art by naming her a “pioneer of Hip-Hop.”
The museum opened on December 24th 2016 and celebrates the achievements of black activists, politicians, athletes, creatives and the like who have propelled society to new levels with their selfless contributions to it.
Minaj stands as part of that number.
Her appearance in the museum’s exhibitions stems from her groundbreaking her career as a female rapper (the highest-selling of all time) and her impactful look, sound and style.
Went to visit the National Museum of African American History and look who is featured there @NICKIMINAJ ? pic.twitter.com/iNTNbxSLwl
— Ray〽️ (@Redray18) July 6, 2017
I’m sorry she’s not the highest selling Rap Artist Lil’Kim has sold more albums and singles then she has… ? “Bzzz” ?
Lets give her a HUGE APPLAUSE for letting black girls know the way to success is :
1. BLEACH YOUR SKIN TO LOOK AS LIGHT AS POSSIBLE
2. GET B*** IMPLANTS
3. GET BR_EAST IMPLANTS
4. WEAR BLUE CONTACTS
4A. GET YOUR NOSE ALTERED
5. USE SEXUALITY AS A WEAPON
6. HATE ON OTHER WOMEN RAPPERS
7. BE DISRESPECTFUL TO LEGENDS WHO CAME BEFORE HER
8. DRESS LIKE A H_OE DURING ALL EVENTS
YEAH, SHE HAS SOLD SOME RECORDS BUT 8-9 YEARS IN NOT 1 GRAMMY BECAUSE NO ONE TAKES HER SERIOUSLY BUT THE GAY COMMUNITY AND BLACK FEMALES WHO SHE SETS A HORRIBLE EXAMPLE FOR. SHE IS A CLOWN
6 out of 8 of the things on your list also applies to lil kim. She doesn’t bleach her skin it’s make-up and lighting. Her complexion looks different on certain pictures and videos due to make-up and lighting. It’s not just Nicki, I’ve noticed that with several other artist and not just female artist.
Lil Kim is A Walking White Woman. Lol???
@ China my dear, your whole rant describes lil kim to a plastic T lmfaoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
You’re a delusional fool to say Lil Kim sold more than Nicki… Nick has sold over 100 million records.
Records or singles? Those are two different things and it’s nowhere close to 100 mil. You my friend are the delusional one.
Actually it is. She’s about to the first female rapper to do so. With her album and single sales combined its about to be 100 million! Sorry to burst your bubble love!
You mean other people made singles featuring Nicki Minaj and when you add a bunch of streaming and single sales in you can somehow reach 100 million. How many actual albums has she sold?
lmaooo bye gurl, lil plastic puppet isnt the highest selling anything, unless you count skin bleach & fake body parts lmfaooooo
You are damn right Kim is the pioneer ?
I don’t think so but Lauryn Hill sure as hell sold more albums than her and Missy Elliot is up there too.
Well no surprise here. Her legacy could never be undone.
Clown. AS YOU SLEEP. Cardi is one step closer with her NUMBER 1’s that not everyone has (Nicki). Cardi is STEALING her legacy. S T E A L I N G. NICKI “IMPLANT” minaj’s time is up….the features have dropped, TOUR TICKET SALES – LOW, the album sales have DROPPED like her IMPLANTS (booty/breast). SHE IS A CLOWN. America got the Memo — SHE’S A CLOWN. Who wants there Daughter following her WHEN SHE’S 100% NOT REAL. FAKE
Cardi isn’t the ideal role model either. I don’t care how real y’all say she is. Just because she reveals all her personal business does not make her someone to look up to. She’s an ex-stripper/ gang member, I’m sure everyone is praying their daughters turned out like Cardi.
lmaoooo @ China keep seething h0, the only clown around these parts is that ratchet knotted up clown whos still opening her legs to that bum with 1000 baby mommas lmaoooooooo
A queen in every right/ write ??
It’s “rite” dummy
lmfaoooo no its not dummy, its “RIGHT”. rite is not a word genius lmfaooooooooooooooooooo
She aint hip hop its hip pop ??
Listen, I’m not the biggest Nicki Minaj fan but I give 10’s where 10’s are due. She’s done the work for over 10 years. consistently. she deserves it.
One woman being pushed by the industry 10 years is the worst thing to happen Female Rap.is that the standard now? Imagine if Cardi was being pushed for 10 years straight; no female rap unity and collabs with other women. What is there to praise exactly??
y’all been trying to push the false narrative that Nicki isnt for unity when she’s litterally worked with just about every female in the industry. Smh
Compare This generation of female rap unity with that of 90s. It fails in comparison due to your p** ass fave. What other black woman has a platinum album in the last 10 years? Disgusting. You’re proud of Nicki closing doors on other females period. The tables are turning.
Whatever, check your facts, there was no female unity in rap to begin with , stop blaming Nicki, Trina and Foxy are the female rappers that she worked with that didn’t change on her like the others did. if you check her career is all about female unity, you are to blinded by hatred that you can’t see the trust
So in other words you’re mad at the industry for capitalizing off of Nicki because she’s successful??? It isn’t Nicki’s job to put others on, the f*** you thought this was. Y’all swear y’all hate Nicki but y’all want her to collab with your faves ??? Nicki was right, y’all are her sons. Y’all are some confused ass fans ?
The same woman who attacked other black women comparing or calling them gorilla/m*****. Who likes to step on other females to stay relevant. Sorry but this looks paid off.
Their are plenty of artists in rap that can be honored like Missy Elliott, Queen Latifah or even Lil kim who made nicki’s career happen.
There*
And no, they don’t deserve to be there because they’re not the highest selling female rappers.
Kim and Missy have sold way more physical copies than minaj..ppl didn’t pay 9.99 a month to stream their albums we actually went to the store and bought 1 album for that price or more.
Maricon, you don’t care about female rap much less black women. You’re the reason why the Nicki hate train exists. Delusional af. White ppl buying Nicki records don’t make or break OUR standards of hip hop. The more she stands alone in the game the worse the hate train gets.
They pioneered the genre though and Nicki isn’t the highest-selling. Lauryn Hill is. Adding in a bunch of singles where other artists are the leads doesn’t count.
Thanks Carlos it’s good to know ppl still use logic these days.
And where are they today, if they made such an impact why aren’t they mentioned or even considered? stop hating and move along.
Some real b***-hurt people in here. Nicki Minaj has definitely put in the work over the last 10 years and deserves the respect. Congrats Nicki Minaj.
Love her, she deserves it .
They featured the iconic picture with Lil Kim, Missy Elliott, Da Brat and Aaliyah first. I was there and saw it. Nicki and her team must’ve felt jealous and pulled a payola move. Nicki ain’t s*** especially with that clown ass look. Loool A Joke!!!
They did she paid for that. She is one of the endorsers of the museum.
you sound stupid AF. lol why would Nicki be jealous? Honestly you haters just say anything.
Nicki Minaj has never contributed more to hip hop than all the past legends. Just because she’s successful and got a p**y don’t mean s***.
And where is the past legends today, what exactly have they done? She has talent that is something you can’t take away from her, if the museum felt the previous legends did the more they would have been mentioned.
At the end of the day, Nicki will always struggle with earning respect because every fibre of her being violates people’s moral code in so many ways. She’s an industry plant who relies on payola and media propaganda like this site to brainwash ppl instead of letting the music speak like other true artists.
You seem in love with Nicki , you’ve commented so much. Nicki made it so long off of her business savvy intellect. She runs herself like a competitive company. Even turned the hate she got in 2017 into fuel for a top 10 hit. Even when the industry turned away from her she still stood tall and survived on her own.
Yet no Grammy noms. Face it, the industry and elite are bout to pull the plug. Barbz are a dying breed! #GoodRiddance ???
She never relied on payola just pure talent payola queen is that new rat on the block, get your facts in order before acting stupid, Nicki worked hard, maybe you should try doing that instead of being a bitter internet troll.
lmfaooooooo all these #RETARDIGANG bums are seething because dummi wont be remembered in the next 10 months, forget about the next 10 years.
Has the dumb b*tch sold 250k albums yet??? lmfaoooooooooooooooooooooooo
she a rap now…forreal
Yo this is some f****** b******* how the f*** is she the pioneer she didn’t do f****** nothing but take Kim’s s*** and run with it Kim is the pioneer Kim is the reason B**** is one bigger b****** Kim is the reason wrap b****** dress s*** Kim is the f****** pioneer not this wack ass clown b****
blah blah blah, that is what you sound like, lil kim and her music died with biggie, lil kim didn’t do sh*t she doesn’t even look like kim anymore, if she did she would have been honored, stop hating and being bitter it is pathetic.
Nuff respect.
He keep on dialing Nicki, like the Prince song
celebrate the rap queen….10 years in the game….shoe her respect
Y’all know she paid for this right! She is one of the endorsers for the museum.
What did she pioneer though? And even the “highest selling female rapper” narrative isn’t all the way factual when it comes to album sales.
She pioneered the first successful monopoly to exist in female rap. She also pioneered acceptable swaggerjacking with middle America. Congrats Nicki! ?
Congrats Queen of rap, you did that, haters will hate, we love a winner, she is indeed the highest selling female rapper of all time, check your facts, she set the bar high after there was no females around that came before her, show some respect or keep your bitterness to yourself.
Lauryn Hill sold more albums than her. THat is a fact.
Are you that dumb?
Congrats Queen of rap, you worked hard against all odds, you against the haters, people never want to give you credit i am glad that not all people are consumes with hatred towards you, this honor proves it, haters talk about female rappers before you, but where are they what exactly have they done? Nicki is the highest selling female rapper of all time, you are the best and you deserve all the blessings coming your way.
The museum has pretty much exposed this as a misunderstanding on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/NMAAHC/status/1085649235486269440?s=20
Tgj should post a correction. She is not being honored as a pioneer or anything of the sort by the museum, as confirmed by the museum itself.