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nicky-minajAfter its release on Friday (Nov 7th), the animated clip featuring Drake, Lil Wayne, and Chris Brown sparked controversy for its Nazi-like imagery.

According to RapUp.com, The visuals are reminiscent of Nazi propaganda films and portray Nicki as a military dictator surrounded by red swastika-like banners much like those used by the Nazi Party during World War II.

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The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) released a statement denounces the racy video with its “deeply disturbing” imagery.

Nicki Minaj’s new video disturbingly evokes Third Reich propaganda and constitutes a new low for pop culture’s exploitation of Nazi symbolism,” said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director and a Holocaust survivor. “This video is insensitive to Holocaust survivors and a trivialization of the history of that era. The abuse of Nazi imagery is deeply disturbing and offensive to Jews and all those who can recall the sacrifices Americans and many others had to make as a result of Hitler’s Nazi juggernaut.

Nicki claimed it was not her intention to offend and issued an apology on Twitter. She says the director of the video, Jeff Osborne, was influenced by the Adult Swim show “Metalocalypse” and Frank Miller’s neo-noir comic “Sin City.”

This is not the first time Nicki has stirred controversy with her art.

She was criticized for using an image of Malcolm X on the cover of her single “Lookin Ass Ni**a.” Following the backlash, Nicki apologized to the Malcolm X estate, claiming the artwork was never official and that she did not intend to undermine Malcolm X’s legacy.

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