Hey there, beautiful people. Welcome to fan tied to pockets while those complex and

complicated conversations about the gray areas in our lives is I am journalist and editor

trove Anderson. And I am just glad to be in the service one more time with my wig on inadvertently

backwards. We've got a big show for you this week. It's we actually are going to spend

the entire show talking about this one topic. It's a woman that you may or may not have

heard of named Nikki Minaj. Oh, Nika. Oh, Nika Mirage. We had such a great conversation

that we decided to extend it out through the entirety of the episode. And so we're

going to get right into it. But we should say first that we do talk in reference sexual

assault. And so for those folks who need to pass this episode, you can go on and do that.

All right. So the very disputed queen of rap has been making headlines that are both frustrating

and low key entertaining and annoying, which to be honest, that's just on brand.

Oh, Nika has never been a stranger to controversy, but the latest round of fuckery has been a uniquely

troubling one for marrying a man with a history of sexual assault to a lawsuit against the two of

them alleging they have harassed the woman he assaulted. Then most recently, Nikki's come out as

sort of an anti-vaxxer, but not really. We'll get into that. Nikki's had a storied career.

Been named one of rap's biggest talents and has traveled the world as a true superstar.

She's won awards on awards, notably no Grammys, but has been nominated many times. She's gorgeous.

She's a key key. She's entertaining out the wazoo, but we remain rather fantigh on this pink princess.

The music is giving what it needs to give. We live for she, so we don't need to dwell there

for too long, but we're going to touch on it. We wanted to bring in an expert opinion to help us

discuss the one, the only Nicki Minaj. So we've brought in a friend of the show,

music journalist and writer of the new piece called Nikki the Menace, Garrett Kennedy. Welcome back

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