Nicki Minaj brought power and #blackgirlmagic to A&E's Shining A Light: A Concert for Progress on Race in America event when she performed a reading of the late Maya Angelou's "Still I Rise."

Halloween is still a few days away, but we’ve already seen some offensive blackface costumes because, ignorance. This time, it’s a Nicki Minaj wannabe.

It was recently announced that the "Only" rapper would executive produce a sitcom for the network based on her childhood and timeline to international stardom. DeGeneres, a friend of the artist, aired a parody on The Ellen Show this week depicting little Onika -- as well as her parents and family dog -- with large buttocks.

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Nicki Minaj took us all by surprise when she called out Miley Cyrus while accepting an award during the MTV Video Music Awards in August.

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Essence and EBONY have always been go-to magazines for Black women, but outside of those two publications, there is a lack of diversity on newsstands. A new project is looking to change that. Hannah, a bi-annual magazine, was designed to highlight and celebrate Black women. Created by Qimmah Saafir, Hannah will give Black women a platform […]

Rebel Wilson's police brutality joke? Miley Cyrus endorsing Donald Trump? Was MTV's VMAs 2015 racially charged?

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When Nicki Minaj accepted her MTV VMA award for Best Hip-Hop Video for "Anaconda," she reminded Miley Cyrus, not to come for her.

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Who’s Performing? This year’s Video Music Awards will be hosted by Miley Cyrus so we should expect plenty of inappropriate behavior, lots of cursing, cats in bathing suits and plenty of tongue wagging. Not to mention she’s been given “free reign” by VMA producers, which means we should all be very afraid. Nicki Minaj is […]

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After much controversy around Nicki Minaj‘s ridiculous bent over wax figure, Madame Tussaud announced they are going to make sure they have adequate staff “monitoring guest behavior” and the “figure is redesigned” to avoid any inappropriate behavior. Outspoken femcee Azealia Banks took to Twitter last weekend to denounce the figure, tweeting: https://twitter.com/AZEALIABANKS/status/631349263134384128 https://twitter.com/AZEALIABANKS/status/631350746869428224 https://twitter.com/AZEALIABANKS/status/631352334296035328 We […]

Azealia Banks predicted many would be inappropriate with Nicki Minaj's wax figure. Turns out, she was right.