I’m really disappointed in Nicki Minaj.
I worked with her. Her stylist at the time was trans. I was there. I made the clothes. She wore my headpieces and stepped out in full looks I created. Back then she didn’t seem to have a problem with trans or LGBTQIA+ people when we were helping shape her image.
She was a nightmare client but she paid ridiculously well. I liked her, even though she could be disrespectful. I once spent £25,000 on a dress for her that she cancelled at the last minute. Luckily I got to keep it, play in it and build a whole collection around it. The looks everyone remembers created by a trans person, who bent over backwards for her.
One night at the AMAs we made these incredible trousers to go with her jacket. She cut them into some strange shape and walked out looking like she was wearing a diaper. I remember one of the big media outlets tweeting: “Nicki Minaj’s worst use of an adult diaper.” It was embarrassing.
It’s sad to see her go down this path. To turn on the very community that stood behind her, lifted her up, dressed her, styled her, celebrated her. Some of us are still here. Watching her lose the love from the LGBTQIA+ community she once worked so hard to gain.
Recalling when izzzyzzz made a video about how kids don’t have their own online spaces like they used to and a bunch of weirdos tried pretending she was being inappropriate for pointing it out