The lyric video for Nicki Minaj's "Only" features cartoon versions of Minaj, Drake, Lil Wayne and Chris Brown along with imagery that some claim is a reference to Nazism.
According to the Anti-Defamation League, "the video evokes the style of Nazi propaganda films and portrays Minaj as a military dictator surrounded by red banners resembling those used by the Nazi Party during World War II."
Minaj says this wasn't on purpose, though: "The artist who made the lyric video for 'Only' was influenced by a cartoon on Cartoon Network called 'Metalocalypse' & Sin City," she wrote on Twitter Tuesday.
Like Sin City, the video is grayscale with pops of color.
"I didn't come up w/ the concept," Minaj posted, "but I'm very sorry & take full responsibility if it has offended anyone. I'd never condone Nazism in my art."
Check out the video here:
See Minaj's response to the criticism below:
The artist who made the lyric video for "Only" was influenced by a cartoon on Cartoon Network called "Metalocalypse" & Sin City.
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) November 11, 2014
Both the producer, & person in charge of over seeing the lyric video (one of my best friends & videographer: A. Loucas), happen to be Jewish — NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) November 11, 2014
I didn't come up w/the concept, but I'm very sorry & take full responsibility if it has offended anyone. I'd never condone Nazism in my art. — NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) November 11, 2014
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