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Nicki Minaj Wins Big at AMAs, Beating Label King Lil Wayne

November 21st, 2011 - By Brande Victorian
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Nicki Minaj Wins Big at 2011 AMAs

Last night was a big night for Nicki Minaj; not only did she open the American Music Awards with a performance of “Turn Me On” and her hit “SuperBass,” she also won in two huge categories.

Nicki took home awards for the Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist and her platinum debut Pink Friday was named Favorite Album (Rap/Hip-Hop). The win in the album category was a big one, as the star beat out label mate Lil Wayne for Tha Carter IV and Jay Z and Kanye West’s Watch the Throne—two of the biggest rap releases this year.

Nicki also looked pretty stunning in a bold Oscar de la Renta dress that was still a bit toned down from her usual looks. Did you catch her performance at the AMAs? Check it out here if you missed it. What do you think of her big wins?

 

Brande Victorian is a blogger and culture writer in New York City. Follower her on Twitter at @be_vic.

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Video of the Day: “Super Bass” by Sophia Grace

October 10th, 2011 - By Veronica Wells
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Sometimes I think my moral radar is a tad bit off. My sister showed me this video of little Sophia Grace Brownlee singing Nicki Minaj’s hit “Super Bass”. When you see that a kid is about to perform a popular song, the assumption is that it’s going to suck. But little Sophia surprised me. She knew all the words, the tempo and she put on a little show in her pink tutu and tiara. After I watched the video I thought. How cute! The girl should go into show business. (I peeped how she was able to pick out the changes in pitch throughout the song.) And that was all I thought about it.

Then this morning I saw that Clutch Magazine had done a story on this same video. While many people applauded Sophia’s efforts, the writer over a Clutch was “disgusted”.

Did I miss something?!

Sure, “Super Bass” is not the most child-friendly song on the radio these days but as many times as I watched this video I noticed Sophia substituted some of the more “adult words”.

 

For instance in the original song, Nicki says, ” …he cold, he dope, he might sell coke“. Whereas Sophia says, “He might sell a car“. And when Nicki says, “And yes you’ll get slapped if you’re lookin’, hoe.” Sophia says “And yes you’ll get slapped if you’re looking hot.”

We can all remember listening to and singing songs that maybe weren’t so age-appropriate. For me it was Jodeci’s “Freakin’ You” and H-Town’s “Knockin the Boots.” I had the general idea, but for the most part I had no idea what I was singing about and I wasn’t substituting any words either.

So my question is this video really something to be disgusted by?

What do you think?

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