After Nicki Minaj’s ELLE interview for the July cover story was posted online, several people labeled the Queens superstar a hypocrite for her comments about women.
During the interview, she was seemingly trying to take responsibility for her role in the hypersexualization women but some people took it as slut-shaming.
“Maybe I was naïve, but I didn’t realize how many girls were modern-day prostitutes,” she said in the interview. “Whether you’re a stripper, or whether you’re an Instagram girl—these girls are so beautiful and they have so much to fer. But I started finding out that you give them a couple thousand dollars, and you can have sex with them.
“It makes me sad as a woman. And it makes me sad that maybe I’ve contributed to that in some way.”
Once the criticisms started flying, Minaj quickly shut down her detractors — specifically Jerome Trammel — on Twitter with some choice words.
“Suck my dick ASSHOLE,” she wrote. “Had u read the article, I was critiquing MYSELF more than ANYTHING. What I SAID was: I HOPE my overt sexual LYRYCS & PHOTOS don’t make my fans THINK that I’m telling them to be promiscuous & to know their worth! Lyrics, photos & FUCKING r all 3 diff things.”
But Minaj wasn’t done there. She denied slut-shaming anyone and defended her use the term “modern-day prostitutes.”
She continued, “A woman can be a ‘freak’ w|her man, sexual, spit explicit lyrics, an exhibitionist, love freaky girl talk w|her girlfriends, require men to treat her like a QUEEN, etc. NONE OF THAT EQUATES TO SELLING PUSSY. Now pop my dick outcho mouf. The Nicki hate train has left the bldng.”
As a final jab, Minaj reminded people her new single “Bed” featuring Ariana Grande just went #1 and that she’s getting ready to shoot a video for it.
“now on another note, btch I just found out #BED is #1 in 48 countries!!!!! I’m so fkn happy. I’m bout to board this jet & go finish shooting this video. Ima be mad sexy in it. Plus I’m meeting up w|my dick appointment out there too. Who gon check me boo?”
Now, Trammel is threatening legal action and says he will not be “bullied” into staying quiet. He’s also asking for “GREAT lawyers.”
Black Barbie is prepping her fourth studio album, Queen, which is expected to arrive on August 10.