In the movie Nicki Minaj: My Time Again, Nicki Minaj is regarded highly by the children in her hometown. When she visits Queens, New York, children from all neighborhoods recognize her and gather around to appreciate her presence. She expresses her gratification when she notices the kids look up to her due to the fact that she came from the same background as them. Minaj shares that the children feel that because she made it out of there, they can too. In this sense, she promotes empowerment amongst the youth, because they grow up feeling that they can succeed regardless of the type of upbringing they had. Before departing, Minaj writes on a child’s paper “Stay in school!” and autographs her name at the bottom. This is not the only scenario of which she encourages children to stay in school. The artist usually motivates her fans at concerts and in the midst of her thank you speeches at award shows as well. In addition, the movie shares the rapper’s interpretation of the song “Anaconda.” Despite the recording and video being extremely sexual, the artist promotes women, specifically thick women, to feel confident about themselves and to not be…show more content… Her mother’s weekly salary was $200 and they were so unfortunate that they had another family rent their house while they lived in the tiny basement. Minaj grew up expecting crazy things to occur since her father was out of control. She mentions in many interviews that her fault used to steal and sell furniture, and steal the family’s money to get drugs. He even tried to burn their house down in an attempt to kill her mother. Minaj shares in an interview, “I’ve always had this female-empowerment thing in the back of my mind, because I wanted my mother to be stronger, and she couldn’t be. I thought, ‘If I’m successful, I can change her life.’” Because she faced a terrible childhood, she has always been devoted to music as an escape from reality (page
