Here is Nicki Minaj because apparently Nicki Minaj hit some big career landmarks this week, including the most awarded female rapper ever and something about the Hot 100 that makes her the most successful female musician ever in that category.  She passed Aretha Franklin, that feels like a big deal when you throw in that name.  The basic point is not awards and sales though.  I am of the opinion that judging art based on such things is a fools errand.  Ranking art is for idiots.  Dictating what is better than another thing based on sales and awards is even dumber.  It is for people without the ability or desire to think for themselves and they fall back on maybe the simplest and least effective way of defining, discussing, and judging art.  But that wasn’t the point of her post about it or this one, the point is it’s a big deal for her and for me it goes back to the whole thing Taylor Swift tried to make about herself last year, Nicki Minaj is a hugely successful and popular musician.  So why is she treated as if she isn’t?  That wasn’t her point, that’s mine, that’s what lead me here.  Obviously I see it in my posts and so on but I would point out in general if more people are buying and listening to her songs than almost anyone else out there, why is she treated in general as a B or C list celebrity.  Now, this is all rhetorical, I think we know the answer and if you don’t think you know the answer or just disagree with what I am clearly implying the answer is, I ask you to try and come up with another reason.  And I am not angry or claiming you need to care more or god forbid there need to be more TMZ stories (we got enough about her this weekend thanks to her idiot exes).  I just think it is a thing that should be pointed out.  Again and again.  She doesn’t fit the mold they want and thus she isn’t treated like a top tier celebrity when it comes to music but… it certainly seems like a lot of people care.  Anyway, I enjoy her as a person and I think she’s attractive and I am glad for her success and that it seems to give her a sense of validation and today I want to fuck Nicki Minaj.