Nicki Minaj has apologized following backlash over the use of nazi imagery in her "Only" lyric video.
Minaj took to Twitter on Tuesday to explain:
After its release to Vevo on Saturday, people quickly took to social media to slam the music video for its Nazi-like visual elements, particularly its color scheme and Young Money logo. In the animated video, Minaj plays a dictator who sits on a throne before thousands of uniformed soldiers. You can watch the "Only" lyric video here.
Minaj took to Twitter on Tuesday to explain:
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 After its release to Vevo on Saturday, people quickly took to social media to slam the music video for its Nazi-like visual elements, particularly its color scheme and Young Money logo. In the animated video, Minaj plays a dictator who sits on a throne before thousands of uniformed soldiers. You can watch the "Only" lyric video here.
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