Nicki Minaj sat down with her former manager Big Fendi for an interview that hit YouTube on April 15. At around the 5:16 point of the discussion, the two talked about colorism and how it has affected female rappers.
“I think brown-skin rapper chicks, no disrespect, I think since you came in the game [you] kind of made it harder for them,” Fendi told Nicki. You set a bar because a lot of chicks at that time were like, ‘Nicki poppin’ right now. I got to be at least trying to catch up to her to look like her somewhat.’”
“Well, I will say dark-skin and brown-skin women have to work extra harder in any field,” Minaj replied. “I don’t feel like my complexion is the reason why I made it, but I also try not to be blind or play dumb to what’s really happening in the world.”
“But I feel like now it’s changing,” she added. “I feel like a lot of people now are making it their business to be like ‘melanin.’ You know, that whole trend is very much happening now, which I love.”
Minaj, who tied the knot in October to Kenneth Petty, has also been busy fighting off rumors that her new marriage was over before it started.
Rumors circulated earlier this week that Petty and Minaj split when the rapper changed her Instagram name from “Mrs. Petty” to Barbie, one of her monikers.
But an insider said there’s no truth to the breakup talk, and their relationship is going smoothly.
“Nicki Minaj is still with her man,” a source told Page Six. “It’s just business as usual for her highness as she prepares to release new music.”
