“They’d Never Do This To A Man”: 11 Times Nicki Minaj Called Out Sexism

2010

“You have to be a beast. That’s the only way they respect you. I came up under Wayne and Wayne has his way of doing things. When Wayne walks up on the m—-f—-’ stage and say, ‘Don’t talk to me, have my f—– music ready, get the f— up out of my face, I’mma blow this — in your —– face all day, it’s cool. But every time I put my foot down and stand up for myself, it’s like ‘We’ve heard about Nicki Minaj! Nicki Minaj shut down a photo shoot! Oh my god! No one wants to work with Nicki Minaj!’

I’m glad you heard. Now, when I come to a photoshoot, let it be of quality. You know why? Because I put quality in what I do. I spend time and I spend energy and I spend effort and I spend everything I have, every fiber of my being to give people quality. So if I turn up to a photoshoot and you had–you got a fifty dollar clothes budget and some sliced pickles on the m—-f—- board, you wanna know what? No, I am gonna leave. Is that wrong? For wanting more for myself? Wanting people to treat me with respect? But you know what, next time they know better. But I had accepted the pickle juice, I would be drinking pickle juice right now.

When I am assertive, I’m a b—h. When a man is assertive, he’s a boss.”