Nicki Minaj Talks Anaconda Video; Rapper Maintains 'It's Always About The Female Taking Back The Power'

There is no denying the popularity of Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda" video, but the rapper who spawned the hit shared she doesn't understand why people are making a big deal out of it.

"I don't know what there is to really talk about," said Nicki Minaj about the "Anaconda" video in an interview with GQ. "I'm being serious. I just see the video as being a normal video."

The rapper, who is set to release her "Pinkprint" album in November, added, "I think the video is about what girls do. Girls love being with other girls, and when you go back to us being younger, we would have slumber parties and we'd be dancing with our friend."

While the video has received mixed reactions, with some even saying it is disrespectful to women, Minaj maintains that it's actually about female power.

She explained, "I'm chopping up the banana. Did you realize that? At first I'm being sexual with the banana, and then it's like, 'Ha-ha,no."

"It's always about the female taking back the power," she added. "And if you want to be flirty and funny that's fine, but always keeping the power and the control in everything."

While the video is still outrageous, Minaj's image these days, when she's not taking on characters for performances has been a nod to basics.

"I always thought that by the time I put out a third album, I would want to come back to natural hair and natural makeup," she said about the decision to tone down the exaggerated technicolor dressing. "I thought, I will shock the world again and just be more toned down. I thought that would be more shocking than to keep on doing exactly what they had already seen."

And it appears that her goal to shock and awe has been successful. Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda" video has garnered over 260 million views since it was released a couple of months ago and the single has received Platinum sales status in the US.

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