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Originally posted by Callisto.
Yall really up in here comparing a black woman assimilating into white culture something they have HAD to do to survive add on the negative stigmas that come with blackness
To a white woman appropriating Black culture for her own personal gain?
I agree Nicki only truly cares about herself during that rant, but let's not be delayed.
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that's called a double standard, or in other words hypocrisy and a fallacy. or in even more blunt words: a stupid argument. a black artist doesn't
have to sell out to have success; that's a personal choice. Nicki in particular is very headset on getting award and sales acclaim and thus will "assimilate into white culture" to get it. You don't see Rick Ross or Lil' Wayne making lily-white pop music to get success, now do you? Nicki sure did. I don't even think Rihanna has sang anything as banal and generic as Starships, and she's an actual pop-oriented artist unlike Nicki, who's supposed to be a RAPPER.