Female Rappers

One thing i didn't like about the reading, "Voices from the Margins: Rap Music and Contemporary Black Cultural Production," by Tricia Rose, was the way she portrayed female rappers. She talks about how rap in general is sexist, and sometimes females get to write lyrics about things like "stories about a young woman who is skeptical about a males love for her," or "who has been involved with a drug dealer." Maybe this article is outdated, but I feel like this writer has never heard of Nicki Minaj. Nicki is currently one of the most popular female artists for rap/hip hop music. Her lyrics are all about being independent and shes almost cocky about it and talks to men in a degrading way. Many people love her because of her clever lyrics and crazy performances. It seems like every male and female artist wants to collaborate with her from Lil Wayne to Mariah Carey and Sean Kingston. Nicki Minaj is 100% the opposite of everything in this article that speaks of female rappers, so I just think the author was kind of ignorant in her writing.