Nicki Minaj Course Coming to UC
Berkeley in Spring 2023, Rapper
Says She Wants To Visit.
Nicki Minaj will soon become the subject of a new course at
one of the most prestigious universities in the world.
A professor at UC Berkeley announced on Twitter that she's
teaching a course dubbed Nicki Minaj: The Black Barbie
Femmecee & Hip Hop Feminisms beginning in spring 2023.
The school's verified account retweeted the news as well.
The professor said "this class is interested in thinking
critically about u and ur productions w/in the context of
broader historical-social structures & hip hop feminisms."
The news has already reached the "Beez in the Trap" rapper,
who replied to a tweet about the news saying, "I'd love to
stop by."
There's no denying Minaj's impact in the music industry. In
fact, just over a month ago, the 10-time
GRAMMY nominee was honored with the
prestigious Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at
the MTV Video Music Awards .
Following an epic performance, thanked her family, fans and
peers for supporting her throughout her career.
She began by acknowledging "all of the key people who
inspired me," a list that included Lil Wayne, JAY-Z and
Lauryn Hill. Next, were the "people who gave me huge
opportunities that I'll never forget," including Kanye West,
Beyonce, Britney Spears and Rihanna.
After thanking her label and others involved in the
production of her music, Minaj spoke about people she
wishes were still here.
"I wish that Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson were
here. I wish that people understood what they meant and
what they were going through. I wish people took mental
health seriously, even for the people that you think have the
perfect lives," she said. "I wish Pop Smoke and Juice WRLD
and Nipsey Hussle were here."
The news of a Minaj course is part of a growing trend at
various universities across the country. Earlier this year,
Texas State University announced it'll explore Harry Styles in
a course titled Harry Styles and the Cult of Celebrity: Identity,
the Internet and European Pop Culture. That class also kicks
off in the spring 2023 semester.
Students lucky enough to score a seat in the lecture won't
just be revisiting lyrics and romantic history -- they'll be
studying Styles' broader impact on society as a whole
through his larger-than-life persona. Louie Dean Valencia,
associate professor of digital history at Texas State,
promised a wider discussion on the "cultural and political
development of the modern celebrity as related to questions
of gender and sexuality, race, class, nation and globalism,
media, fashion, fan culture, internet culture and
consumerism," in a flier for the class .
San Diego State University also jumped on the trend ,
offering a graduate-level course on Bad Bunny and his
impact on the Latinx culture, while New York University
announced a Taylor Swift-focused course at its NYU Tisch
School of Arts, per Variety .

Source: https://www.etonline.com/nicki-minaj-course-coming-to-uc-berkeley-in-spring-2023-rapper-says-she-wants-to-visit-192305
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