Since Nicki Minaj's lyric video for "Only" dropped Saturday, plenty of people have been outraged due to what they see as blatant Nazi imagery in the five-minute video. On Tuesday, the rapper took to Twitter to finally address all the uproar.
In a move uncharacteristic for the outspoken Nicki, she apologized if the video "offended anyone," yet she also claims she didn't "come up with the concept."
"The artist who made the lyric video for 'Only' was influenced by a cartoon on Cartoon Network called 'Metalocalypse' & Sin City," she tweeted. "Both the producer, & person in charge of over seeing the lyric video (one of my best friends & videographer: A. Loucas), happen to be Jewish."
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"I didn't come up w/the concept, but I'm very sorry & take full responsibility if it has offended anyone," she added. "I'd never condone Nazism in my art."
The artist...
In a move uncharacteristic for the outspoken Nicki, she apologized if the video "offended anyone," yet she also claims she didn't "come up with the concept."
"The artist who made the lyric video for 'Only' was influenced by a cartoon on Cartoon Network called 'Metalocalypse' & Sin City," she tweeted. "Both the producer, & person in charge of over seeing the lyric video (one of my best friends & videographer: A. Loucas), happen to be Jewish."
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"I didn't come up w/the concept, but I'm very sorry & take full responsibility if it has offended anyone," she added. "I'd never condone Nazism in my art."
The artist...
- 11/11/2014
- Entertainment Tonight
Nicki Minaj has come under fire after releasing a new lyric video for “Only” that appears heavily inspired by Nazi imagery.
Nicki Minaj "Only" Lyric Video
The animated lyric video was directed by Jeff Osborne and features animated dictator Minaj alongside featured artists Drake as the Pope, Chris Brown as a war general and Lil Wayne as a CEO type. The video jumps between characters as the lyrics flash across the screen.
"Only" lyric video
As soon as it was released, “Only” attracted criticism for its usage of Nazi imagery. In the video, dictator Minaj watches on as her mass army stands still in front of her, wearing bright red armbands with the Young Money Entertainment emblem that heavily resembles a swastika.
The imagery angered many fans, with some even calling for Minaj to take the video off YouTube.
hey @Nickiminaj thanks for the blatant nazi imagery in your new video!
Nicki Minaj "Only" Lyric Video
The animated lyric video was directed by Jeff Osborne and features animated dictator Minaj alongside featured artists Drake as the Pope, Chris Brown as a war general and Lil Wayne as a CEO type. The video jumps between characters as the lyrics flash across the screen.
"Only" lyric video
As soon as it was released, “Only” attracted criticism for its usage of Nazi imagery. In the video, dictator Minaj watches on as her mass army stands still in front of her, wearing bright red armbands with the Young Money Entertainment emblem that heavily resembles a swastika.
The imagery angered many fans, with some even calling for Minaj to take the video off YouTube.
hey @Nickiminaj thanks for the blatant nazi imagery in your new video!
- 11/10/2014
- Uinterview
Nicki Minaj is baiting us again. Having already courted controversy with the ass-baring cover art for her second "Pinkprint" single "Anaconda" and its subsequent music video and Vma rendition, the rapper is now raising the ire of commenters for her provocative lyric video to "Only," which presents Minaj as a Hitler-esque dictator. Created by Jeff Osborne, the animated clip takes a number of cues from the Nazi propaganda films of Leni Riefenstahl, with a red-white-and-black "Ym" insignia standing in for the swastika and a statue of Minaj's "Anaconda" pose situated at the top of a building that looks suspiciously similar to the main grandstand that served as the centerpiece of Hilter's infamous Nuremberg rallies. Reaction on social media was swift: hey @Nickiminaj thanks for the blatant nazi imagery in your new video! really great allusion to persecution &genocide pic.twitter.com/prjM58hhMQ — Melissa Morgan (@melissamorgs) November 8, 2014 why did...
- 11/10/2014
- by Chris Eggertsen
- Hitfix
Nicki Minaj isn't the first musician to embrace the Nazi aesthetic (David Bowie, cough), but we're hoping she's the last. With its SS-style armbands, gas masks, tanks, and Maus-style armies at attention, the video for Minaj's new single "Only" certainly seems to be going for a Third Reich aesthetic. Unsurprisingly, some fans are calling for her to take the video down.First, here's the video: And here are the criticisms: You get the idea. Neither Minaj nor the video's director, Jeff Osborne (who also did a lyric video for "Anaconda") has responded to the criticism, but Osborne has been retweeting it. ...
- 11/9/2014
- by E. Alex Jung
- Vulture
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