Nicki Maj pullg out of Sdi Arabia ncert to show support for women’s, gay rights | The Hill

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• NICKI MAJ CANCELS SDI ARABIA SHOW SUPPORT OF GAY AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS
• NICKI MAJ TELLS HER GAY FANS: 'SUICI IS NEVER THE ANSWER''I KNOW THAT THGS ALWAYS GET BETTER,' MC {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY JOCELYN VENAOCTOBER 1, 2010/12:02 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY JOCELYN VENAOCTOBER 1, 2010 / 12:02 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NICKI MAJ TELLS HER GAY FANS: 'SUICI IS NEVER THE ANSWER'","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2010-10-01T16:02:17.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2010-10-01T16:02:17.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"JOCELYN VENA","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OUTSPOKEN MC NICKI MAJ HAS [ARTICLE ID="1647740"]SAID THAT SHE WANTS TO HELP ERADITE HOMOPHOBIA HIP-HOP[/ARTICLE]. WH THE RECENT RASH OF [ARTICLE ID="1649057"]SUICIS BY GAY YOUTHS[/ARTICLE] WHO HAVE BEEN BULLIED BEE OF THEIR SEXUALY, MAJ IS NOW REACHG OUT TO TELL HER FANS, POT BLANK, THAT "SUICI IS NEVER THE ANSWER."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I WOULD ENURAGE MY GAY FANS TO BE FIGHTERS AND TO BE BRAVE," SHE TOLD MTV NEWS. "PEOPLE FACE DIFFICULTI, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE. I FACED DIFFICULTI WH A LOT OF THGS. I FACE OPPOSN EVERY DAY, BUT I DIDN'T KILL MYSELF AND NOW, THANK GOD, I'M HERE. SO I WANT MY LIFE TO BE A TTIMONY TO MY FANS AND MY GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I MEAN I ULD NEVER IMAGE WHAT THEY'RE GOG THROUGH," SHE NTUED. "BUT I KNOW THAT SUICI IS NEVER THE ANSWER AND I KNOW THAT THGS ALWAYS GET BETTER. SO I'M SUPPORTG YOU GUYS. I LOVE YOU VERY, VERY MUCH AND FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T LOVE YOU, THEY NEED HELP."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAJ ADD THAT SHE THKS KNOWG THE MOTIVATNS OF BULLI ULD HELP THOSE BEG TNTED FEEL STRONGER. "I DON'T AGREE THAT EVERYONE SHOULD AGREE WH EVERYONE'S LIFTYLE. I THK THAT SOME PEOPLE AREN'T GOG TO AGREE, BUT I THK THAT WHEN YOU'RE MEAN AND WHEN YOU RIDICULE PEOPLE 'S A SIGN OF YOUR OWN SECURI," SHE EXPLAED. "SO SHOUT OUT TO ALL MY KEN AND BARBI OUT THERE AND MY GIRLS TOO; JT BELIEVE THAT THGS WILL GET BETTER AND THEY WILL THEY ALWAYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT JT TAK A LTLE WILLPOWER. THERE'S AN ANSWER. THERE'S ALWAYS A DIFFERENT WAY THAT YOU N FIGHT PEOPLE BACK," SHE NTUED. "AND FELY [WH] SUICI YOU'RE GIVG UP AND I DON'T PROMOTE GIVG UP. I PROMOTE FIGHTG AND WNG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAJ JOS [ARTICLE ID="1649101"]GOSSIP BLOGGER PEREZ HILTON[/ARTICLE], [ARTICLE ID="1649114"]LUMNIST DAN SAVAGE[/ARTICLE] AND [ARTICLE ID="1649120"]TALK SHOW HOST ELLEN DEGENER[/ARTICLE] SPEAKG OUT AGAST BULLYG AND SUPPORT OF GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV'S ONGOG "A TH LE" PROJECT [ARTICLE ID="1627487"]PROVIS STORI AND ROURC[/ARTICLE] FOR ANYONE WHO BELIEV THEY ARE BEG CYBERBULLIED OR WHO IS LOOKG FOR WAYS TO STOP HARASSMENT BY DIGAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• EVE - WHEN ASKED IF THE RAPPER WAS FORTABLE WH HER GAY FOLLOWG SHE SAID, "FIRST OF ALL, THE GAYS, WHEN THEY LOVE YOU, THEY LOVE YOU. THEY ARE VERY LOYAL. I HAVE A HUGE GAY MEN FAN BASE — I LOVE THEM." (PHOTO: MATTEO VALLE/GETTY IMAG)
• NICKI MAJ PULLG OUT OF SDI ARABIA NCERT TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR WOMEN’S, GAY RIGHTS

NICKI MAJ CANCELS SDI ARABIA SHOW SUPPORT OF GAY AND WOMEN’S RIGHTS

Nicki Maj is pullg out of a ncert Sdi Arabia bee she said she wants to show support for women's rights, gay rights and eedom of exprsn. NEW YORK — Nicki Maj is pullg out of a ncert Sdi Arabia bee she says she wants to show support for women's rights, gay rights and eedom of exprsn.

But while feedback followg the but was mostly posive, cricism emerged on social media regardg lyrics which betrayed homophobia and discrimatn agast genr-nonnformg the album’s send track, “Majty, ” Maj raps, “Who want wh Nicki now? ” And while the mentn of the word “sissi” — a word that has long been ed to cry femy gay men — by any mician n be read as homophobic, ntext, seems tentnal wh her 2008 mixtape track ”Dead Wrong, ” which flips the song of the same name by Notor B.

NICKI MAJ TELLS HER GAY FANS: 'SUICI IS NEVER THE ANSWER''I KNOW THAT THGS ALWAYS GET BETTER,' MC {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY JOCELYN VENAOCTOBER 1, 2010/12:02 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY JOCELYN VENAOCTOBER 1, 2010 / 12:02 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"NICKI MAJ TELLS HER GAY FANS: 'SUICI IS NEVER THE ANSWER'","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2010-10-01T16:02:17.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2010-10-01T16:02:17.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"JOCELYN VENA","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OUTSPOKEN MC NICKI MAJ HAS [ARTICLE ID="1647740"]SAID THAT SHE WANTS TO HELP ERADITE HOMOPHOBIA HIP-HOP[/ARTICLE]. WH THE RECENT RASH OF [ARTICLE ID="1649057"]SUICIS BY GAY YOUTHS[/ARTICLE] WHO HAVE BEEN BULLIED BEE OF THEIR SEXUALY, MAJ IS NOW REACHG OUT TO TELL HER FANS, POT BLANK, THAT "SUICI IS NEVER THE ANSWER."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I WOULD ENURAGE MY GAY FANS TO BE FIGHTERS AND TO BE BRAVE," SHE TOLD MTV NEWS. "PEOPLE FACE DIFFICULTI, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE. I FACED DIFFICULTI WH A LOT OF THGS. I FACE OPPOSN EVERY DAY, BUT I DIDN'T KILL MYSELF AND NOW, THANK GOD, I'M HERE. SO I WANT MY LIFE TO BE A TTIMONY TO MY FANS AND MY GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I MEAN I ULD NEVER IMAGE WHAT THEY'RE GOG THROUGH," SHE NTUED. "BUT I KNOW THAT SUICI IS NEVER THE ANSWER AND I KNOW THAT THGS ALWAYS GET BETTER. SO I'M SUPPORTG YOU GUYS. I LOVE YOU VERY, VERY MUCH AND FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T LOVE YOU, THEY NEED HELP."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAJ ADD THAT SHE THKS KNOWG THE MOTIVATNS OF BULLI ULD HELP THOSE BEG TNTED FEEL STRONGER. "I DON'T AGREE THAT EVERYONE SHOULD AGREE WH EVERYONE'S LIFTYLE. I THK THAT SOME PEOPLE AREN'T GOG TO AGREE, BUT I THK THAT WHEN YOU'RE MEAN AND WHEN YOU RIDICULE PEOPLE 'S A SIGN OF YOUR OWN SECURI," SHE EXPLAED. "SO SHOUT OUT TO ALL MY KEN AND BARBI OUT THERE AND MY GIRLS TOO; JT BELIEVE THAT THGS WILL GET BETTER AND THEY WILL THEY ALWAYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IT JT TAK A LTLE WILLPOWER. THERE'S AN ANSWER. THERE'S ALWAYS A DIFFERENT WAY THAT YOU N FIGHT PEOPLE BACK," SHE NTUED. "AND FELY [WH] SUICI YOU'RE GIVG UP AND I DON'T PROMOTE GIVG UP. I PROMOTE FIGHTG AND WNG."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MAJ JOS [ARTICLE ID="1649101"]GOSSIP BLOGGER PEREZ HILTON[/ARTICLE], [ARTICLE ID="1649114"]LUMNIST DAN SAVAGE[/ARTICLE] AND [ARTICLE ID="1649120"]TALK SHOW HOST ELLEN DEGENER[/ARTICLE] SPEAKG OUT AGAST BULLYG AND SUPPORT OF GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MTV'S ONGOG "A TH LE" PROJECT [ARTICLE ID="1627487"]PROVIS STORI AND ROURC[/ARTICLE] FOR ANYONE WHO BELIEV THEY ARE BEG CYBERBULLIED OR WHO IS LOOKG FOR WAYS TO STOP HARASSMENT BY DIGAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

“[That] le was a direct rponse to a lot of onle cricism she’s received for past homophobic l spe apologizg for them and showg love and support to her gay fans, ” Shahem, a 24-year-old Maj fan and muny anizer, tells them. “I am a gay man who grew up beg tnted by words like ‘fag, ’ ‘homo, ’ ‘sissy, ’ and ‘fairy, ’” says LGBTQ+ youth advote Mark Ztovich, who cricized Maj’s choice of lyrics on Twter. “The thg that trat me is we’ve seen this behavr so many tim, ” says wrer Gerrick Kennedy after tweetg about beg “sick of women who surround themselv wh gays but rort to petty gay jok.

EVE - WHEN ASKED IF THE RAPPER WAS FORTABLE WH HER GAY FOLLOWG SHE SAID, "FIRST OF ALL, THE GAYS, WHEN THEY LOVE YOU, THEY LOVE YOU. THEY ARE VERY LOYAL. I HAVE A HUGE GAY MEN FAN BASE — I LOVE THEM." (PHOTO: MATTEO VALLE/GETTY IMAG)

Do I thk Nicki is homophobic?

”Fans are phg back a variety of ways: Some say that the word “sissy” simply means “ward” and is not homophobic; others fd cricisms agast Maj to be rooted misogyny.

NICKI MAJ PULLG OUT OF SDI ARABIA NCERT TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR WOMEN’S, GAY RIGHTS

To imply that this word is not strongly tied to homophobia is eher wholly naïve or purposefully misleadg and Johnny Sibilly, who played Costas the first season of Pose, tweeted siar thoughts durg the rollout of Queen: “I do wonr if some of the cis women that make gay/trans jok realize that they’re playg to the hands of the patriarchy that se anythg their likens as weak.