Nicki Minaj on SNL: 'The Bride of Blackenstein'

If you’ve seen any of Nicki Minaj’s videos, you know that she’s a woman of many characters. She’s dramatic. She’s animated. And she’s quite the personality. Suggested Reading Inside the Explosive Delineation Debate Picking Apart Black Folk’s Identity, History, and Who ‘Belongs’  Why Teyana Taylor’s Latest Role Has Folks Comparing Her to Halle Berry in…

If you’ve seen any of Nicki Minaj’s videos, you know that she’s a woman of many characters. She’s dramatic. She’s animated. And she’s quite the personality.

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So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that she took those talents to Saturday Night Live this week as she performed a couple of her hit songs and even participated in a few sketches. In this clip below, she plays the “bride of Blackenstein” in a skit with Kenan Thompson, Jay Pharoah and guest star Jesse Eisenberg. (He played Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network.)

Some quotables: “Excuse me, this hair is real.”

“Bride? Bride? Did you get me an invisible ring? ‘Cause I don’t see nothing on my finger. You don’t know me. I ain’t never met you. You taking me to dinner first or something.”

“I’m not hiding. I’m going out. It’s check day. I got an outfit on. I wanna dance, baby.”

Pure comedy for laughs? Or laughs at the expense of black women? Watch the clip below and sound off in the comments.

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