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Nicki Minaj Has Found the Perfect Role: An Angry Bird
When art imitates life: Nicki Minaj may be voicing an Angry Bird! According to Variety, Nicki has been cast in The Angry Birds Movie 2, the sequel to the film about the popular smartphone/tablet game. The character Nicki will be portraying isn’t clear, but it has to be a bird, right? Specifically, a miffed member…
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Nicki Minaj Defends Another Sex Offender. This One Happens to Be Her Boyfriend
Convicted sex offender Kenneth Petty has been living good these days, at least one would assume so, as his girlfriend is international pop star Nicki Minaj. The 40-year-old Petty also happens to be, again, a convicted sex offender. Minaj, for her part, is standing by her man. After Minaj’s public claiming of her new main…
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The Judge Has Spoken: Cardi B Must Show Up to Court for Strip Club Fight or She's Getting Arrested
While Cardi B is making money moves, a judge is demanding she move her ass to a court hearing… or else. Judge Sean Dunn issued the Invasion of Privacy rapper a warning after she was a no-show during Monday’s hearing. As TMZ reported, prosecutors fought for an immediate bench warrant since Cardi had already been…
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Dummy Boy: Did Tekashi 6ix9ine Fake on Fashion Nova (at Nicki Minaj's Request)?
Real talk: As much as it’s my chosen profession to keep up with what the kids are doing these days, I couldn’t readily identify a Tekashi 6ix9ine single if my life depended on it—and I’m fine with that. So, it came as a bit of a surprise to me that this aesthetically-challenged (and now, legally…
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For the Culture: 2018's Pop Culture Becomes Halloween's Most Popular Costumes
Fun fact: I’ve been low-key lobbying for us, just once, to turn The Root 100 into a costume party, where all of the guests and honorees are expected to come as their favorite black historical figure or pop cultural reference. After all, our annual gala takes place close to Halloween—and it’d be an understatement to…
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‘Sis Said No’: Tracy Chapman Sues Nicki Minaj for Using Unauthorized Sample
I guess it’s safe to say Tracy Chapman isn’t a Nicki Minaj fan. According to TMZ, the multiple Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter is suing the “Barbie Dreamz” rapper, alleging that Minaj illegally used the song “Baby, Can I Hold You (Tonight)” for her unreleased single, “Sorry,” featuring Nas. The ongoing saga started in June of this…
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Cardi B Says There Is No Nicki Minaj Diss Record Coming
Prior to her confrontation with Nicki Minaj at the Harper’s Bazaar ICONS party, Cardi B had recorded a song with the “Chun-Li” rapper’s ex, Meek Mill. Whether that song contains any shots thrown at Minaj remains a mystery, but TMZ reported Thursday that Cardi had recorded new music of her own that did include a…
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Changing Colors: For Fall, Fashion Continues to Celebrate Black Beauty
It wasn’t just a phase. After years of being relegated to the inner pages and being told that covers featuring black women don’t sell, the fashion industry finally seems to be taking the plunge into parity, featuring more and more black women on its covers. In the past week alone, we’ve featured Kerry Washington covering…
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Cardi Reveals What Really Set Off Her Fisticuffs With Nicki Minaj (Hint: It Was for the Kulture)
You can call Cardi B lots of things—stripper, ghetto bird, reality TV heaux—but what you’re not gonna do is question her mama credentials. Just ask Nicki Minaj. In a new cover interview with W magazine, Bartier Cardi (born Belcalis Almanzar) said that thing that brought her beef with Nicki Minaj to its boiling point (again)…
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Isn’t It Iconic? Nicki Minaj Covers Bazaar Vietnam’s ‘Music Icon’ Issue
Say what you want about Nicki Minaj, her feuds, controversies or music, she continues to hold the fashion world in her thrall, as evidenced by a series of magazine covers this year, including Vogue Arabia, Harper’s Bazaar Russia, Elle, and Wonderland. Her latest? A rosy-hued cover spread for the Music Icon issue of Harper’s Bazaar…