Nicki Minaj and Saturday Night Live are being accused of culturally appropriating Asian culture.
Nicki Minaj performed her smash hit “Chun-Li” on SNL this weekend and now she is being accused of profiting off Asian culture. The single and music video has a lot of Japanese elements and Nicki herself has used Asian culture in her music in the past including in the music video for her breakout hit “Your Love.” Still, folks on Twitter think that her use of the culture is wrong.
In her performance, Nicki Minaj had Asian backup dancers, wearing Asian outfits against an Asian-style backdrop. The rapper even wore chopsticks in her hair. Watch the full performance of “Chun-Li” on SNL below.
After the performance aired, folks took to Twitter and other social media outlets to vent about cultural appropriation. Other folks push back saying that the people complaining are reaching because Nicki Minaj has some Asian ancestry and is from a part of Trinidad that has some string Asian lineage.
Nicki Minaj new album “Queen” arrives on June 15th.
She is of Indo-Trinidadian descent, not of Japanese descent, not of Chinese descent. Go read my other tweets. I’m not about to repeat it.
But you realize Asia comprises of multiple coutnries that are very different from each other. You can use one to claim it as a whole!
If u did ur research u would know Asian culture is all over Trinidad and most not all people from the island have some asian ancestry. Nicki happens to have the Japanese in her family. Log it out boo ur done.
Why doesn’t Nicki Minaj catch flack for appropriating Asian culture. She’s fetishizing the culture. Seriously wtf is this? #SNL
Ok but... Was Nicki Minaj's performance not cultural appropriation?...#NickiOnSNL
Knew this was coming, but Nicki Minaj on #SNL should just stop appropriating Asian culture and skip the Orientalism.
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