Since releasing the lyric video for her new single “Only” on Saturday, Nicki Minaj has been bashed because people believe the video has Nazi-like imagery. In the video, the Young Money logo resembles a s####### while the rest of the five-minute clip looks similar to the Third R####.
The Head Barb took to her Twitter to apologize for the offensiveness of the video.
The artist who made the lyric video for “Only” was influenced by a cartoon on Cartoon Network called “Metalocalypse” & Sin City.
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) November 11, 2014
Both the producer, & person in charge of over seeing the lyric video (one of my best friends & videographer: A. Loucas), happen to be Jewish
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) November 11, 2014
I didn’t come up w/the concept, but I’m very sorry & take full responsibility if it has offended anyone. I’d never condone Nazism in my art.
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) November 11, 2014
This isn’t the first time Nicki has received backlash over visuals associated with her music. Back in February, she was slammed for using a famous photo of Malcolm X holding a rifle as the cover art for the song “Lookin Ass N—a.”
“Only” serves as the first single from Nicki’s long awaited third album, The Pinkprint, which drops Dec. 15th.
