Nicki Minaj Speaks On Drake/Meek Mill Beef For New York Times Magazine
Nicki Minaj is profiled by the New York Times
magazine.
Nicki Minaj took the wig back real quick for her
latest cover, on New York Times Magazine.
The colorful cover finds Nicki Minaj staring
directly at us, with a white-blonde wig, and a
royal blue latex top, contrasted by the bright
yellow background.
In the cover story, New York Times Magazine
writer Vanessa Grigoriadis spends time with
Nicki during the always hectic NY Fashion
Week. The story touches on recent pop culture
happenings, including the Nicki Minaj/Miley
Cyrus tiff on-stage at the VMAs as well as the
Drake and Meek Mill beef. However the
interview ended up being cut short when Nicki
found a question to be disrespectful. Check out
a few Q&A highlights below.
On Miley Cyrus:
"The fact that you feel upset about me
speaking on something that affects black
women makes me feel like you have some big
balls. You’re in videos with black men, and
you’re bringing out black women on your
stages, but you don’t want to know how black
women feel about something that’s so
important? Come on, you can’t want the good
without the bad. If you want to enjoy our
culture and our lifestyle, bond with us, dance
with us, have fun with us, twerk with us, rap
with us, then you should also want to know
what affects us, what is bothering us, what we
feel is unfair to us. You shouldn’t not want to
know that."
On Drake/Meek:
"They’re men, grown-ass men. It’s between
them." How does it make you feel, I ask? "I
hate it. It doesn’t make me feel good. You
don’t ever want to choose sides between
people you love. It’s ridiculous. I just want it to
be over."
This leads into the interview's termination, with
Grigoriadis asking, "Is there a part of you that
thrives on drama, or is it no, just pain and
unpleasantness—" and Nicki replying, "That’s
disrespectful. Why would a grown-ass woman
thrive off drama." She continued, "What do the
four men you just named have to do with me
thriving off drama? Why would you even say
that? That’s so peculiar. Four grown-ass men
are having issues between themselves, and
you’re asking me do I thrive off drama." It
didn't stop there, "Women blame women for
things that have nothing to do with them. I
really want to know why — as a matter of fact, I
don’t. Can we move on, do you have anything
else to ask? To put down a woman for
something that men do, as if they’re children
and I’m responsible, has nothing to do with you
asking stupid questions, because you know
that’s not just a stupid question."
magazine.
latest cover, on New York Times Magazine.
The colorful cover finds Nicki Minaj staring
directly at us, with a white-blonde wig, and a
royal blue latex top, contrasted by the bright
yellow background.
In the cover story, New York Times Magazine
writer Vanessa Grigoriadis spends time with
Nicki during the always hectic NY Fashion
Week. The story touches on recent pop culture
happenings, including the Nicki Minaj/Miley
Cyrus tiff on-stage at the VMAs as well as the
Drake and Meek Mill beef. However the
interview ended up being cut short when Nicki
found a question to be disrespectful. Check out
a few Q&A highlights below.
On Miley Cyrus:
"The fact that you feel upset about me
speaking on something that affects black
women makes me feel like you have some big
balls. You’re in videos with black men, and
you’re bringing out black women on your
stages, but you don’t want to know how black
women feel about something that’s so
important? Come on, you can’t want the good
without the bad. If you want to enjoy our
culture and our lifestyle, bond with us, dance
with us, have fun with us, twerk with us, rap
with us, then you should also want to know
what affects us, what is bothering us, what we
feel is unfair to us. You shouldn’t not want to
know that."
On Drake/Meek:
"They’re men, grown-ass men. It’s between
them." How does it make you feel, I ask? "I
hate it. It doesn’t make me feel good. You
don’t ever want to choose sides between
people you love. It’s ridiculous. I just want it to
be over."
This leads into the interview's termination, with
Grigoriadis asking, "Is there a part of you that
thrives on drama, or is it no, just pain and
unpleasantness—" and Nicki replying, "That’s
disrespectful. Why would a grown-ass woman
thrive off drama." She continued, "What do the
four men you just named have to do with me
thriving off drama? Why would you even say
that? That’s so peculiar. Four grown-ass men
are having issues between themselves, and
you’re asking me do I thrive off drama." It
didn't stop there, "Women blame women for
things that have nothing to do with them. I
really want to know why — as a matter of fact, I
don’t. Can we move on, do you have anything
else to ask? To put down a woman for
something that men do, as if they’re children
and I’m responsible, has nothing to do with you
asking stupid questions, because you know
that’s not just a stupid question."
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