Some critics take issue with the soldiers' red armbands that look similar to those worn by the Nazis and the large red banner flags featuring the Young Money logo that are compared to swastikas.
- Nov 10, 2014
AceShowbiz - The lyric video of Nicki Minaj's newest single "Only" draws the ire of many people. They accuse the Young Money rapper of using Nazi imagery in the Jeff Osborne-directed clip that was debuted on Friday, November 7.
The black-and-white video sees the animated version of Minaj as a dictator. Critics take issue with the soldiers' red armbands that look similar to those worn by the Nazis. The large red banner flags featuring the logo of her label Young Money have also been compared to swastikas.
One Twitter user named Melissa Morgan posted some pictures from the controversial video and said, "Hey @NICKIMINAJ thanks for the blatant nazi imagery in your new video! really great allusion to persecution &genocide."
"There is so much nazi imagery in nicki minaj's new lyric video and it's unacceptable," another added. Some others also wanted Minaj to remove the clip. "@NICKIMINAJ nicki as a person of jewish heritage i am begging you to take down the 'only' lyric video as its nazi imagery disturbed many," someone said.
Neither Minaj nor her label has responded to the backlash. Director Osbourne, meanwhile, reacted to the news by retweeting people's negative comments about the video.
hey @NICKIMINAJ thanks for the blatant nazi imagery in your new video! really great allusion to persecution &genocide pic.twitter.com/prjM58hhMQ
— Melissa Morgan (@melissamorgs) November 8, 2014
