Rapper Nicki Minaj has been accused of blatantly using Nazi imagery and
‘glorifying Hitler’ in the newly released video for her song Only, which also
features Chris Brown, Drake and Lil Wayne. The animated video, which features
Minaj as a dictator, is clearly inspired by the black and white Nazi-propaganda
films of German director Leni Riefenstahl.
An army of soldiers wear red armbands
reminiscent of those worn by the Nazis, while large red banner flags appear
with an overlapping Y-M symbol in a design eerily similar to a swastika.YM
stands for Young Money, the record label founded by rapper Lil Wayne, who
appears in the video as industrialist Henry Ford, along with Drake who appears
as the pope, while Chris Brown appears as a military leader.
'Hey
@NickiMinaj thanks for the blatant Nazi imagery in your new video! really great
allusion to persecution & genocide' tweeted Melissa Morgan.On Reddit, was video was
discussion is length under the heading 'The new Nicki Minaj video Only is
glorifying Nazism and Hitler'. Other criticism on Twitter was directed at
Drake, who is half Jewish. ‘Drake I don’t get how you’re Jewish participating
in a video that is clearly mimicking Nazi propaganda like are you dumb or do u
not care?,’ someone tweeted. Minaj isn't the first musician to have flaunted
with Nazi imagery, but while others such as Pink Floyd can claim to have been
making a political statement, the rapper appears to be using comparisons to
Hitler's regime as a compliment.
Minaj,
who hosted the MTV Europe Music Awards in Glasgow, Scotland on Sunday evening,
has yet to respond to the criticism.
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The animated video features Minaj as a dictator, rapper Lil
Wayne as industrialist Henry Ford,
Drake as The Pope and Chris Brown as a
military leader
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The
video is clearly inspired by the black and white Nazi-propaganda films of
German director Leni Riefenstahl.An army of soldiers wear red armbands
reminiscent of those worn by the Nazis, while large red banner flags appear
with an overlapping Y-M symbol in a design eerily similar to a swastika.
source: UK Daily Mail.
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