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thewowstyle.com thewowstyle.com The unfortunate aspect of the music industry today is that labels have become a sort of transformation mechanism for artists. Artists enter as the person they’ve always been and make their public debut as a fabricated alias with pink hair and bad publicity. In the early 2000’s when music piracy became a fad to be reckoned with, labels began thinking of ways to keep album sales up. Instead of enhancing the musical creativity of their artists, it became easier to dwell on the negative aspects of their personalities. While I’m not personally a fan of all of these artists, it’s important to give credit where it’s due.

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, better known as, Lady Gaga has been the butt of many Saturday …show more content…

No one can say there is anyone like her on the charts right now, and there wasn’t anyone before her either. Before Nicki came into her persona in 2009, female rappers fought the urge to be feminine. They tried to keep up with the makes in their genre and stay tough against the harsh criticisms that came their way. But Nicki found a way to bridge the gap between Destiny’s Child and Missy Elliot. She worked to create a segmentation of her own. Hitting the charts hard with Pink Friday and introducing a third alias known as Roman, Nicki was able to peak the interest of those who hadn’t heard of her before, but her reputation was at stake. The negative comments came with just as much urge as the positive ones and soon her true identity of Onika was hidden under a thousand masks and costumes. People lost sight of the fact however, that a female rapper was bringing more attention to the game then some men who had been around for years like Lil Wayne and Drake (who both later collabed with her on multiple tracks). It’s okay for men to rap about alcohol, drugs and women, but for some reason when she did it – people got concerned. While I would never let my little girl rap along to any of Nicki’s songs, except for maybe "Superbass" because it’s just too catchy to shield anyone from, I have to commend the icon on her ability to say what she thinks regardless of the

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