Nicki Minaj gets backlash after juxtaposing Malcolm X and racial slur as cover art for song

By The Associated Press
February 13 2014 01:02 PM

CP27203890 — FILE - This Nov. 2, 2013 file photo shows hip-hop artist Nicki Minaj at the Power 105.1\'s Powerhouse Concert at the Barclays Center in New York. Minaj is being criticized after using a photo of Malcolm X with a gun in his hands, juxtaposed with a racial slur, for her new single. Minaj posted the photo Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, on her website and Instagram page. The rapper was bashed on social media for the using the famous image of the black nationalist, assassinated 49 years ago this month on her single cover. (Photo by Brad Barket/Invision/AP, File)

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Nicki Minaj is being criticized after using a photo of Malcolm X with a gun in his hands, juxtaposed with a racial slur, for her new single.

Minaj posted the photo Wednesday on her website and Instagram page. It’s for her new song “Lookin (Expletive) (Expletive).” The title uses the N-word.

The rapper was bashed on social media for the using the image of the black nationalist — who was assassinated 49 years ago this month — on her single cover.

Minaj’s personal rep declined to comment and a rep for her label, Universal Records, didn’t immediately return emails seeking comment. The picture was deleted from Minaj’s Instagram account, but was still on her website Thursday.

“Lookin” is male-bashing song. A music video for the track, which features Minaj shooting guns, was released Wednesday.

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