Right Nicki had so many personalities and she expressed how much she loves acting those were her acting moments and they shut her out talking about Illuminati and shit like that🙄like y’all white folks make all these exorcist movies all the time but when Nicki performs it she’s weird she this and that like ugh I miss this era
It was the fact that she backlash on Christian culture and was very disrespectful towards it and slandering it didn’t have anything to do with the fact that she’s black
Lady Gaga has always did this and everyone praises her nicki has said many of times gaga and Madonna are her inspirations also Lil Kim inspired her to rap
@@AlinaGeneLee you’re right. Agreed. But me saying she was ahead of her time is not meant in a bad way, it just means she was doing something legendary that would be appreciated later on and never forgotten.
@Esteban A bye asf gaga could never doo what nicki does plz n same goes for nicki... maybe if u listened to the mf song then u would see what the whole point is- ion think gaga ever made a song abt a gay person goin to conversion therapy n dying:/ yeah ion remeber that gaga song
@@lolitsdylan i love Nicki but don’t ever disrespect Gaga like that Gaga was the first to include all the letters of the lgbt in a song and not to mention Gaga is a theater kid as well don’t bring down another woman to bring another one up they’re both queens.
if me im a half barbz and i think its funny but not like a phycopat k so ye idk and i know le story it was suppose to be nicky the best new artist but they change it idk why so ye
Kylan Spearmon it’s because she’s a minority because wow this was just out of this world. But if a white chick had done it? EVEN GIVEN HER AN OSCAR FOR THIS ACT
@That Male Lady Gaga i used gaga because they came out at the same time and were being compared because they did similar things. haha was more praised for these kinds of things and nicki was made seem like a lunatic.
@That Male Lady Gaga thank you for standing up for our queen :)) Nicki is the rap equivalent gaga change my mind. both talented queens who ppl thought were crazy 10 yrs ago
it's no wonder people bullied nicki out of doing pop music. she was unstoppable as a popstar, and would have overtaken many white popstars in popularity if she stayed in this lane longer.
Nicki was never a pop star, she started out in hard hip hop going back to her mix tap days, and later incorporated pop in her albums (while still doing hard rap in other work, like the song Looking Ass, which could never be played on radio much less be in the repertoire of a pop star). Her pop-laden mainstream era was what launched the success and scrutiny of a pop-hip hop star, and she has since walked way from much of that era and gone back to her roots mixed with her trademark musical and character versatility.
@@carpediemearth she was a popstar in 2011-2012 though. the blonde hair, the lighter makeup, she was very much the image of a pop girl for a short while.
@@paulanji What I mean is that she had a "pop star" era where her music was pop-ladden and she had some big pop hits - an era that that she herself said afterward she's not really fond of - but she herself was never and could never really be a pop star. Where she comes from is not conducive to being a pop star. Some people would even say why can't you be like Beyonce, quiet and uninvolved with public stuff. She is very outspoken about a lot of things people are scared to talk about including a lot of ugIyness in the industry behind the scenes, the passionate, often characterized as aggressive way she speaks when she's indignant about injustices, her writing doesn't go well with the relatively sanitized, inoffensive image of pop, and she doesn't tolerate BS from anyone, the opposite of what a pop star is. If you look into her massive catalogue outside of that era and her interviews outside of that era you'd see why she isn't and couldn't be a "pop star". She's a rapper from Queens through and through whose success and impact in and out of hip hop was and continues to be groundbreaking. Widely ranked as one of the greatest rappers of all time, she's also the longest-running top female rapper ever.
People really should look deeper and actually HEAR what’s going on. Roman was gay. He wanted to be a women. Which is why they thought he was evil and possessed. “Take your medication” “Take a small vacation” They basically sent him to a church to “fix” him. During the exorcism he dies. Now he take over Nicki when she angry, or sometimes performing. Also you can hear Roman BEG his mother to make it stop, and says sorry before he dies.
Um no it’s because he’s crazy. Nicki said it herself that Roman is her crazy alter ego that says the things she doesn’t want to say and is just wild all the time. He gives her confidence just like Sasha Fierce for Beyoncé. There is no deeper meaning, Nicki never said that.
Lol it is not because Roman wants to be a woman. Roman loves being a flamboyant gay man. And they prosecuted him for being himself. Nicki is a fucking gay icon and my queen and I love her so much.
perhaps you mean demonic? “But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.” Revelation 21:8 ASV
@@lacertation they said not to perform Bc of her death but they were promoting it a lot so she went and performed.. but she didn’t win a Grammy Bc of the Catholic Church
The performance single handedly got Madonna calling Nicki to do colabs. Nicki is the rap Madonna, very popular yet not respected as the artists they are.
As far as I’m concerned Madonna already had asked Nicki to collab before this performance. Nicki didn’t even need a performance as iconic as this to get the attention of one of the greats.😅👑
@@prettydumbyetwinning8115 uraraka you got the money? 💀 Wait it makes sense you spent all your money to see nicki live and didnt save any for bills...woman of culture
This performance is why Nicki never won a Grammy... they told her last minute to not go on stage, but she stuck it to the man and did her... I have so much respect for this woman and how she made rap accessible to the everyday person. Nicki is the queen of rap, she doesn't need a Scammy to justify her career.
What’s weird is the fact that if they didn’t want her to perform why did they still allow her to perform … they could’ve cut the mic , the music , not bring the props out like .. it’s almost as if they said ok you can perform but it’ll be your last time and this is what you gonna be remembered by
Not really. Think about it, if they embarrass her by cutting mics and the audience doesn’t see what she was going to do…. It’ll back lash on them. Whitney Houston just died that weekend. They let her do it because they knew the backlash would be mainly directed at her… only slightly them. Cut mics, all them and she looks victimized. She was at peak height of her beginning career at this point. She forced their hand.
@@AnnTheMaam but isn’t there a team of people who are in charge of sets and stuff like that at the Grammys ? I’m sure they def could’ve stopped the show and just went on with the other performers not including Nicki .. they just wanted to show her like “ok you wanna go .. go out and perform it’ll be your last time on this stage ever” and they blackballed her since
I was thinking the same thing. It had to be some contract that they had to honor other end that we don’t know about. They couldn’t take her off without being sued or blamed for discrimination. She most of had their backs against a wall somehow and they had to submit. That’s why they still mad now. They don’t like when they have to obey to black people, especially black women!
@@TheRealDeePoole thats the part right there .. at the end of the day they didn’t like the fact she told them no after they used her to promote the show .. they def played in her face and she was gonna show them who she was .. granted it costed her from getting a Grammy but she’s still doing good now without it
anna panda one of the Grammy committees basically blackballed her from ever winning a Grammy. You can look it up on google she’s talked about it before recently and in the pass
@@Recardo4306 well I mean, quite a lot of people also protect WAP performance so even if there's a lot of people canceling her, there will also be a lot of people defending her (and her fandom is surely grows even more right now).
@@Recardo4306 no it would have been more accepting at the fact that it targets Christians for excluding gay people, because the character portrayed in this performance is Roman, which is a gay guy being send to church to 'fix' him because he is gay
so they -allow her to perform -allowed the song -approved the performance and then they have the audacity to ban her from performing or winning a grammy
apparently they even picked the damn song. she wanted to perform Starships. don't quote me on that tho, I heard it somewhere (forgot where.) But it sounds legit to me, Nicki is smart, she knows the general public won't understand Roman Holiday and only barbz will, and Starships was her hit song at the time so it would've been a crowd pleaser
@april M Lady Gaga Paparazzi 2009, Britney VMA's 2001, Britney 2000s Oops I die it again/ Satisfaction, Madonna's Vogue at Grammys, Katy Perry's Dark Horse
In my opinion, this is Nicki’s greatest performance. If you ever questioned her love for the lgbtq community, this is all the proof you need right here to know that she loves us. She’s making you see homophobia. She’s giving you performance art. Drama. Talent. Entertainment. Good music. Omg. I love Roman.
there is no absolutely no doubt that Nicki is the greatest female rapper ever BUT saying she is an ally is simply not true (or at least questionable) Naming an alter ego after a p*dophile (Roman Polanski) to represent a gay man is immensely problematic considering that for centuries gay people were called and compared to p*do
@Lilo NoSnitching this was very well put together and done perfectly, can you do any better? i’d assume not since you’re a nobody. if you didn’t like her performance so much why’d you bother giving it a view? giving very much fan.
@Lilo NoSnitching being called a smartass doesn't mean your smart, it literally means you have a big mouth and run your mouth all day. Also what they said was not at all a personal attack, unless your childish enough to perceive it as that :)
@Lilo NoSnitching this here, ladies and gentlemen.. is racial gaslighting. You don't know what you're talking about, being black always makes it harder, ESPECIALLY when it comes to music that doesn't fall into stereotypical black music.
multifandom thot black artists win awards and get acclaimed all the time you just love being a victim 🙄 maybe she didn’t win because without all the gimmicks the music is just plain awful.
@@tomoliver2112 she's one of the best female rappers of all time so no her music isn't the problem. Its quite clear the industry is against her for other reasons
This is the first time I have ever seen this. This is so good. Literal chills everywhere. Honestly, this is iconic. Niki thought outside of the box and you can feel her performance. It tells a story. Its beautiful and sad. I love it. As an artist I love the art.
@@Chosisbox Nicki was actually got blackballed while BTS is still safe but yeah still Grammy is suspicious sometimes and i’m not an Army but i hope they can get one Grammy this year
@@jaycortez5381 they did not want her to perform this exact song bcs of Whitney's dead days ago (yeah I know, I don't get it either), so she said fcked that! I had already prepared everything, I would do it. Being a black woman, a new face in the industry, against a bunch of old white man, you got that as a result. Luckily, ppl do bot give a fck about Grammy anyway these days anymore lol
@@chocolatecutiie08 she was going to win best new artist, but they didn't want her performing the religious imagery. She did it anyways and they snubbed her then years later it got worse becasue she called out Miles cyrus and her dad Billy Ray cyrus made a few calls to blackball her further unless she apologised. And she didn't lol. I just know they're mad that she still made it without the industry's help
Y’all don’t understand… this is a work of art. You will never see another black / female /rapper do this because they are scared of what society will think . Also because this generation isn’t ready for what Nicki brings to the table but hey .
Cecilia Howell yup, set in 2012 which was presumed to be the end of the world. did you know in the Ethiopian calendar 2020 is 2012? give your life to Jesus for the end is near
If you are coming to this video in 2024 and beyond, just know that THIS performance is the reason why Nicki will never win a Grammy and why the Grammy board hates her.
@@highandreal6197Whitney passed a bit before this, they felt it was tone deaf to perform this & told her 5min before. She said no she wasn’t going to stop the performance so now she’s basically not allowed to perform & will not have the opportunity to win a Grammy.
holy? this is so demonic. that’s literally blasphemy calling this “holy” “But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.” Revelation 21:8 ASV
Polar Bear stop idolizing nicki Minaj. i used to idolize her myself. she’s very demonic and not good for your soul. Jesus loves you and wants you to come to him. please repent before it’s too late 💯🙏🏾❤️
@@ginasousabranco5637 omg youre replying to every single comment on this video. youre literally the only one that cares, and we wouldnt be anywhere if people couldnt be inspired by things
The fact that they dissed this performance but this was actually iconic, if you compare this performance to the Grammys nowadays, no one can do it like her, no female rapper could pull this off like Nicki, that's why she remains as the queen of rap, periodt
You know what amazes me the most is a female rapper did this. I’m not even a fan but this was insane especially for a black female rapper in 2012 to do this.
This performance was actually very meaningful. She was showing how religion has been manipulated for too long to actually control people and not allow them to truly live authentic lives. Showing how a gay man is insane and needing to be exorcised, and showing how he is actually driven to insanity and misery because of it. That took guts to do, and the Grammys blackballed her for it.
She wasn’t showing that lol. She was just showing how a gay man was being exorcised by his religious mother because she thinks he’s Not okay cus he’s gay. That’s it. She wasn’t showing that religion has been manipulated and controlling, cus it hasn’t. People follow what they want and make their own choices. Religion isn’t alive. it’s not to blame for people’s malicious choices.
@@remigal899 I’m not saying religion is bad, I’m saying it’s been used for bad for so long and still to this day, and people use it to scapegoat their hatred and prejudice and ignorance. It’s time people start talking about it. Why else would she show a gay man being excoriated by her mother...it isn’t a positive thing hun
Coming here after watching Cardi & Megan’s Grammy performance & I’m disappointed with the decline of rap & the lack of creativity that we’re stuck with. I miss this era.
This is a masterpiece. I knew nothing of this performance. How did it not get more attention. This was breathtaking. Her theatrical skills are on point. She could be making movies.
@@RossBaby91 yeah, but I heard she actually wasn't allowed like they told her not to go on stage but she went anyways and the head producer blacklisted her afterwards. Funny enough that same producer retired last year so that's why sam probably was able to perform with Grammys support.
@@lalalaland4552 I thought it was because Whitney just died the day before and it would’ve been in poor taste to honor her while having a exorcism performance that night.
@@mooboxo200 we know, but the whities and their double standards and caucasity are way too strong, if a white artist had done that performance, they would be praised to death for it
@i'm worldwide handsome bitch i'm hispanic/latino and coming back to this comment just makes me realize how much of stupid things i can write when i'm half asleep, yeah i haven't experienced the typical "go back to mexico" stigmatic insult coming for another person but yeah you got a point On the other hand, i also agree with you, the trashmmys always use the artists of the moment to increase their ratings only to snub them every single time they get invited, Nicki deserved her Best New Artist period, and i still can't get over the fact that they snubbed The Pinkprint too, it's like her most complete album yet, but what can you expect from an mainly american ceremony that chooses quantity over quality? Sigh i just hope they don't snub bts with their nom, they deserve to win that category
I saw this on social media yesterday so i went and checked it out and i am shook. This is sooo amazing! I know that there will never be any other performance like hers EVER again in the grammys. Shes unique. shes the original. NO ONE will ever do it like her.
Fun fact it they didn’t want her to perform this due to the fact of Whitney death . Basically she put her foot down and said absolutely not my fans have been waiting and tweeting about it already. This was the start of her being blackballed, we gotta a respect her .
the way it’s been 11-12 years since she performed this, and it’s STILL sooo iconic to me just shows how iconic SHE IS alone. i love nicki so much and i just want to give her the biggest hug and let her know how much i do love her. this performance is probably one of my top favs of her. she LITERALLY CLEARED. 😍🩷
my jaw is on the floorrr, i've never seen a performance like this in my life. this is a whole play, this woman doesn't joke when it comes to the stage give her her flowers 💐👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾best grammy performance ever
This song and performance is actually so Iconic. Portraying how religions view being gay as also being insane, miserable, and mindless; hence the exorcism. I love Nicki so much for this, and I despise how the Scammy's blacklisted her just for this.
Nicki CAN’T get a Grammy because of this performance. The Catholic Church came for the Grammys because of this performance. So now she can’t attend or perform.
She went to the grammys a few times after this , but she did get backlash even tho they told her to perform this song. She planned to perform champion prior to this.
@@brodydicks4174 nah she said it in an interview or on twitter last yr when ariana dropped out and she explain what happened she said she was all ready to do champion and they asked her to perform that along with all the promo she did with LL
This is called stage presence. Few artists from the 2010’s had it. When looking at the decade from a musical standpoint, she is the original and not to mention the best of the 10’s female rappers. There is no comparison. There simply would not be any Cardi B’s or Megan Thee Stallions without her. Nicki is the Gaga of modern hip hop. The song itself actually has a sense of melody and has an original story behind it, it’s not a typical 2010’s rap song about your everyday run of the mill gang violence or rapidly acquiring currency.
This is literally the Grammys fault they made her do that performance even tho she wanted to do a different one now she can’t even GET A GRAMMY OR ATTEND OR PERFORM!?!?
vieda z. I’m pretty sure if you type in nicki church/ blackball you’ll find it. It was freaking insane all the hate she got when she didn’t even want to do this song
She never won a Grammy because of this performance it cause so much controversy with the demonic/christian elements I heard through the grapevine she was supposed to win best new artist at that 2012 Grammys also she actually wanted to preform Starships but Director of Grammys (Ken) said no so she preformed this instead then Ken told her minutes not preform this and she said no cuz she really wanted preform for her fans and that's why she blacklisted from the Grammys😞
@Lana Pearl billie literally said she sold her sould to the devil in one of her songs, all of her songs are hella creepy and demonic, I love billie but she's definitely satanic
We don't have to name drop other artists, damn. I agree with you but I assumed we all learned that we didn't have to bring down one person to boost another or make a point in like 1st grade.
According to Nicki’s explanation this performance was about how religious people reject the lgbt community and try to say they’re sick or possessed. Martha (Roman’s mother) is well respected and loved in her community but she tries to hide away Roman who’s gay and accentric. Due to this treatment he’s hostile and lashes out often😂😂😂This is theatre! This woman is insane
Ppl didn’t understand how this was such a moment and theatrical setting. The ppl judged her, not knowing this was ahead of its time and only for ppl to later copy or try
It was more about her lack of compliance to the leaders in the industry. They made her change her performance last minute to superbass after she already rehearsed and tweeted that she would be doing Roman holiday. If she complied they would probably have elevated her but she refused so they blacklisted her. It was a power trip that she's still paying for to this day.
@@hasanha8245 It's a long story 💀but one of the reasons was that the people that run the show asked her to not preform on grammys but she did anyway and also miley cyrus's dad has fingers in it too. I highly recommend checking the story bcs i can't describe it
I remember seeing this on cable. She was the better performance that night, it had such a sense of creativity and theatricality. You can hear the audience enjoying it. Some artists know how to use a stage to present a more immersive concert and this is a good example of that. It wasn't just ANOTHER performance.
Nicki Minaj will always be an artist that the Grammys will be mocked over snubbing in the years to come. Her contributions to rap, pop, and hip-hop has been incredibly vast. The fact that this woman has not won an award from the most “prestigious” award association in the music world because a performance was “controversial” is an offense to rap culture and music culture in general 🤦🏾♂️
Y’all this really makes 11 years today! 😳 Make sure y’all stream Roman Holiday today 😏 Let me know what personal videos y’all want to see of me as well i was thinking a fight storytime since I had one recently 😂
What gay man? Reading the comments and clearly I'm wrong, I always thought Roman was a "demon" inside her and this was her trying to get rid of him...? Please don't be offended by my ignorance, I'm a grunge music fan, so idk much over here lol
i cant believe grammy decided to blackball nicki after this amazing theatrical performance but let cardi and megan perform WAP in grammy in the trashiest way possible.. make it make sense
This was so controversial everyone thought she was insane but she’s shown to be the most amazing incredible artists to this date
Cuz no one really knew her alter egos! Just the barbz 💜🤪
And controversial because it offended small brain thin skin Christians
Seriously the performance is amazing
I wish this had a K-12 style movie tbh, I would pay a lot of money to see that
thats why she never have a grammy that's was .... Satanic and strange
she’s just iconic
And now everyone’s saying “oh why doesn’t she do this type of stuff anymore? Y’all made her feel like she couldn’t be herself.
Thiss comment here !! Yes it makes me mad
YUP
Right. The grammys completely trashed her name after this performance. I think it obvious since shes never won 1 single grammy. Haters.
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Right Nicki had so many personalities and she expressed how much she loves acting those were her acting moments and they shut her out talking about Illuminati and shit like that🙄like y’all white folks make all these exorcist movies all the time but when Nicki performs it she’s weird she this and that like ugh I miss this era
I will never forgive society for making a black woman feel like she couldn’t be her theatrical self
Whether she was black or white it was the content of the performance while it might have made a small impact the EXORCISM was the controversial part
It was the fact that she backlash on Christian culture and was very disrespectful towards it and slandering it didn’t have anything to do with the fact that she’s black
just so I can comment Please yes it did lady Gaga has done similar performances and she was never blackballed.
Lady Gaga has always did this and everyone praises her nicki has said many of times gaga and Madonna are her inspirations also Lil Kim inspired her to rap
@@ellamaivu7018 Not true.. Gaga has been dragged for years for being theatrical and using religious imagery and lyrics.
this has to be one of the top performances of the late 2000s, her and gaga were revolutionizing fashion and the whole industry.
Early 2010s* this performance was in 2012
Lol
Nicki Minaj literally stole half the concept of this performance off of Lady Gaga 2009 VMA's.
@@canadianguy1557gaga don't own that style
She was a Gaga copycat. Nicki didn't revolutionized anything 😅
She was serving looks, storyline, a performance, a whole theatrical moment, and supplying all of the world with this
you literally copied comment
@@romanzolanskiii I really didn’t though maybe was inspired but didn’t steal a comment
Queen for reasons
@@avvaego this shit sound ass and retarded how old is this lady again?
She was serving alright.
She was serving theater, Broadway, a movie, she was ahead of her time. Pure ART
She was a theater kid😭😭
I love her😭😭😭
Satanic*
@@humbleharvest4324 Y’all think everything is satanic when someone has talent, or someone does something nice.
@@AlinaGeneLee you’re right. Agreed. But me saying she was ahead of her time is not meant in a bad way, it just means she was doing something legendary that would be appreciated later on and never forgotten.
The fact that she never put on a theatrical performance like this ever again because of all the criticism she received is actually really sad
@Esteban A bye how is having a theatrical preference “trying to be like gaga”
@Esteban A bye asf gaga could never doo what nicki does plz n same goes for nicki... maybe if u listened to the mf song then u would see what the whole point is- ion think gaga ever made a song abt a gay person goin to conversion therapy n dying:/ yeah ion remeber that gaga song
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@@lolitsdylan i love Nicki but don’t ever disrespect Gaga like that Gaga was the first to include all the letters of the lgbt in a song and not to mention Gaga is a theater kid as well don’t bring down another woman to bring another one up they’re both queens.
The “mother stop it please!” ad-lib is so iconic, I wish it was on the studio version lmao
Literally I need all her ad-libs in the official audio
YESSS IKR
I agree! "Leave me alone mother I hate you" as well .
@@avvaego ROMANNNN
UGH FR EVERYTIME I HEAR IT IT MISSES THE MOTHER STOP IT PLEASE
Only real Nicki fans knew that this just her being theatrical. Non-barbz would see it as her being a psychopath
She even said it lol
I'm not a barbz and honestly, this is one of the greatest performances ive ever seen on the grammy's
I think this would be more appreciated if this was performed on TONY awards instead
if me im a half barbz and i think its funny but not like a phycopat k so ye idk and i know le story it was suppose to be nicky the best new artist but they change it idk why so ye
I am a non barbz butt this is iconic
This was ahead of its time
Saige Enigma fersure it was
Legit!!! 😩👌🏻
like every other nicki song
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She ate this performance but some of all aren’t ready for that convo
She ate it and left NO crumbs behind this was so iconic
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@SITI MARLIYANA BINTI MOHAMAD - romans holiday.
Work of Art truly!
They also robbed her of her grammy.
It’s 2023 and here I am
As you should lol
Same 😂
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Nice seeing y’all here💀
hey!!
FIRST solo performance by a female rapper at the grammys in HISTORY.
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Ctfu bye. An still never won a Grammy
@@siesiechampion Cause of politics and standing up to the powerful white man. Bitch bye indeed ✌
@@siesiechampion ok and? Biggie, tupac and snoop dogg never won a Grammy. Yet they still are and always will be legends as well as Nicki.
@@siesiechampion girl your just trolling at this point i see you under evry coment chill tf
If Gaga did this, she'll be nominated 8 Grammys for art, iconic performance.
Bitch you did not have to spill that hard! That was my thought exactly!!
Kylan Spearmon it’s because she’s a minority because wow this was just out of this world. But if a white chick had done it? EVEN GIVEN HER AN OSCAR FOR THIS ACT
Write gril tingz
You clearly don’t remember how criticized was gaga back then
True af
people called her crazy, a lunatic but when gaga did something similar it was called art.
@That Male Lady Gaga he’s not shading her he’s speaking facts
Whatever don’t get mad at the facts
@That Male Lady Gaga i used gaga because they came out at the same time and were being compared because they did similar things. haha was more praised for these kinds of things and nicki was made seem like a lunatic.
@That Male Lady Gaga thank you for standing up for our queen :)) Nicki is the rap equivalent gaga change my mind. both talented queens who ppl thought were crazy 10 yrs ago
@@omarzuniga2802 You spoke facts
it's no wonder people bullied nicki out of doing pop music.
she was unstoppable as a popstar, and would have overtaken many white popstars in popularity if she stayed in this lane longer.
Nicki was never a pop star, she started out in hard hip hop going back to her mix tap days, and later incorporated pop in her albums (while still doing hard rap in other work, like the song Looking Ass, which could never be played on radio much less be in the repertoire of a pop star). Her pop-laden mainstream era was what launched the success and scrutiny of a pop-hip hop star, and she has since walked way from much of that era and gone back to her roots mixed with her trademark musical and character versatility.
@@carpediemearth she was a popstar in 2011-2012 though. the blonde hair, the lighter makeup, she was very much the image of a pop girl for a short while.
@@paulanji What I mean is that she had a "pop star" era where her music was pop-ladden and she had some big pop hits - an era that that she herself said afterward she's not really fond of - but she herself was never and could never really be a pop star. Where she comes from is not conducive to being a pop star. Some people would even say why can't you be like Beyonce, quiet and uninvolved with public stuff. She is very outspoken about a lot of things people are scared to talk about including a lot of ugIyness in the industry behind the scenes, the passionate, often characterized as aggressive way she speaks when she's indignant about injustices, her writing doesn't go well with the relatively sanitized, inoffensive image of pop, and she doesn't tolerate BS from anyone, the opposite of what a pop star is. If you look into her massive catalogue outside of that era and her interviews outside of that era you'd see why she isn't and couldn't be a "pop star". She's a rapper from Queens through and through whose success and impact in and out of hip hop was and continues to be groundbreaking. Widely ranked as one of the greatest rappers of all time, she's also the longest-running top female rapper ever.
People really should look deeper and actually HEAR what’s going on. Roman was gay. He wanted to be a women. Which is why they thought he was evil and possessed. “Take your medication” “Take a small vacation” They basically sent him to a church to “fix” him. During the exorcism he dies. Now he take over Nicki when she angry, or sometimes performing. Also you can hear Roman BEG his mother to make it stop, and says sorry before he dies.
This is why I stan the queen.
Um no it’s because he’s crazy. Nicki said it herself that Roman is her crazy alter ego that says the things she doesn’t want to say and is just wild all the time. He gives her confidence just like Sasha Fierce for Beyoncé. There is no deeper meaning, Nicki never said that.
@@precious1918 Roman is also gay
Thx because I didn’t understand at first
Lol it is not because Roman wants to be a woman. Roman loves being a flamboyant gay man. And they prosecuted him for being himself. Nicki is a fucking gay icon and my queen and I love her so much.
looking back, this was iconic LMAOOOO
Stiel Ocampo tbh !
perhaps you mean demonic? “But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.”
Revelation 21:8 ASV
Jesus Saves stfu
@@jesussaves5692 no one cares
Jesus Saves Okay boomer 🗿
Untouchable performance, a real performer that puts value to her stage. Sad that she gets so much backslash for this
my 4 year old nephew can do better
xFellazz cause she nickis son bitch live for dattt!!!!!❤️🥰🙏
@@xFellazz he can also die 😍😍
@@bratstro i wish a bitch would
She got backlash?
i’m kinda sad nicki hasn’t done something like this since, she was rlly like “alright since y’all don’t like this y’all don’t deserve more of it”
iirc she got blackballed from ever winning the grammys because of it, so she literally sacrificed part of her career for this performance
@@shiny4227 yeah i heard
The irony is that this performance is and will always be one of the best performances of the Grammys.
✨😜💅🏼
No it won't.
yet they labeled it one of the worst smh
@@joannenayeongrande3679 wtf who label it as the worst? The old boomers of grammy
@@sflachuck it def will
Still don’t know why Nicki got blackballed for this it was a theatrical piece
Because Whitney Huston died right before her performance
@@lacertation they said not to perform Bc of her death but they were promoting it a lot so she went and performed.. but she didn’t win a Grammy Bc of the Catholic Church
They told her to lie but she did not so
What did Whitney dying have to do with this performance?
@@qtip4296 the catholic church thought nicki’s performance was demonic and was getting possessed or sumn
Iconic. I hate that society made her feel like she couldn’t do this.
Deserved
right cuz now she's boring and everyone misses this her😭
Y'all need to stfu. Nicki been copying Kim her whole life
@@beniess truee
@@beniess I really miss this version of her!!! shes become just like everyone else now
It’s 2024 and I’m here barbs🦄
Me too 🙂↔️🤍
🙋♀️Present
& isss
me tooooooo! 💖✨✨✨
The performance single handedly got Madonna calling Nicki to do colabs. Nicki is the rap Madonna, very popular yet not respected as the artists they are.
You said the truth! Period
nope
Lena Wyman nope what
As far as I’m concerned Madonna already had asked Nicki to collab before this performance. Nicki didn’t even need a performance as iconic as this to get the attention of one of the greats.😅👑
lil Kim is da rap Madonna
I would empty my life savings to see her perform this live
Girl me toooooo😂😂😫
SAME AND I WILL DO IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN
@@prettydumbyetwinning8115 uraraka you got the money? 💀
Wait it makes sense you spent all your money to see nicki live and didnt save any for bills...woman of culture
@@itosid6548 AS I SHOULD BUT IM TRYNA SAVE UP NOW IM SO BROKE NOWW
@@prettydumbyetwinning8115 here ya go casually hands over money
This performance is why Nicki never won a Grammy... they told her last minute to not go on stage, but she stuck it to the man and did her... I have so much respect for this woman and how she made rap accessible to the everyday person. Nicki is the queen of rap, she doesn't need a Scammy to justify her career.
Right, when they used her to promote the show just to tell her she can't perform after she helped their ratings
@@supermarcomorningstar8610 I love that woman so much, but like he said, you don’t need a Grammy to show ppl how good an artist you are .
@@lifeofferris agreed
Her and Mariah have been done so DIRTY by the SCAMMIES
@@ElkahJones right
What’s weird is the fact that if they didn’t want her to perform why did they still allow her to perform … they could’ve cut the mic , the music , not bring the props out like .. it’s almost as if they said ok you can perform but it’ll be your last time and this is what you gonna be remembered by
Not really.
Think about it, if they embarrass her by cutting mics and the audience doesn’t see what she was going to do…. It’ll back lash on them.
Whitney Houston just died that weekend. They let her do it because they knew the backlash would be mainly directed at her… only slightly them. Cut mics, all them and she looks victimized. She was at peak height of her beginning career at this point.
She forced their hand.
@@AnnTheMaam but isn’t there a team of people who are in charge of sets and stuff like that at the Grammys ? I’m sure they def could’ve stopped the show and just went on with the other performers not including Nicki .. they just wanted to show her like “ok you wanna go .. go out and perform it’ll be your last time on this stage ever” and they blackballed her since
Dang no is not enough. She's grown so she can decide if she wants to listen or not.
I was thinking the same thing. It had to be some contract that they had to honor other end that we don’t know about. They couldn’t take her off without being sued or blamed for discrimination. She most of had their backs against a wall somehow and they had to submit. That’s why they still mad now. They don’t like when they have to obey to black people, especially black women!
@@TheRealDeePoole thats the part right there .. at the end of the day they didn’t like the fact she told them no after they used her to promote the show .. they def played in her face and she was gonna show them who she was .. granted it costed her from getting a Grammy but she’s still doing good now without it
It’s camp, it’s metal, it’s rebellious. Iconic.
THIS
YESSSS
what’s camp
@@jesse8311 it means extravagant, exaggerated, too much. It's a fashion concept as well.
It's camp
this is lowkey a sad story ngl
yeah it's a metaphor for conversion therapy :(
Why is it sad?
@Charlie Fan Ohhh okay that makes sense. Thanks for explaining it to me :)
@Charlie Fan thx luv 😊
yea bcs roman is homosexual and back then people would do actual exorcism:(
It’s a shame she got black balled for this iconic performance
Wait. Actually why
anna panda one of the Grammy committees basically blackballed her from ever winning a Grammy. You can look it up on google she’s talked about it before recently and in the pass
Kimchi fried Rice blacklisted/blackballed same thing to me
Jason Woods But an edgy 14 year old got 7 of em
That still pisses me off, Billie Eilish got 7 damn Grammys and people who deserve them don’t get them
@@jdjdfg431 billie IS a good singer she deserves everything she won
She performed at wrong generation. They don't deserved her.
This generation would’ve cancelled her …
@@Recardo4306 um no
@@Recardo4306 well I mean, quite a lot of people also protect WAP performance so even if there's a lot of people canceling her, there will also be a lot of people defending her (and her fandom is surely grows even more right now).
@@Recardo4306 no?
@@Recardo4306 no it would have been more accepting at the fact that it targets Christians for excluding gay people, because the character portrayed in this performance is Roman, which is a gay guy being send to church to 'fix' him because he is gay
so they
-allow her to perform
-allowed the song
-approved the performance
and then they have the audacity to ban her from performing or winning a grammy
Chileeeeeeeee they all her "SON" 💅💯😒
Can't sentence someone without building a case first. They probably knew the general public would hate it at the time.
apparently they even picked the damn song. she wanted to perform Starships. don't quote me on that tho, I heard it somewhere (forgot where.) But it sounds legit to me, Nicki is smart, she knows the general public won't understand Roman Holiday and only barbz will, and Starships was her hit song at the time so it would've been a crowd pleaser
@@girlsgenerationtaylorsversion they set her up so they could have an excuse to blackball her
@@c45177 THAT MAKES HELLA SENSE
She should have won a Grammy that night hands down
Oh absolutely!
No lies detected
Fr but they actually hated her for this
Because she didn’t kiss their arse when they told her not to perform it.
@@JadoreadelizI feel like they might diss her again at next year’s Grammy’s cuz she’s nominated for Barbie world…
this is easily one of the most iconic performances of her career
And of the Grammys ✨
@@onikascrown4422 and of music in general ✨✨
Of music
@@onikascrown4422 no
@april M Lady Gaga Paparazzi 2009, Britney VMA's 2001, Britney 2000s Oops I die it again/ Satisfaction, Madonna's Vogue at Grammys, Katy Perry's Dark Horse
In my opinion, this is Nicki’s greatest performance. If you ever questioned her love for the lgbtq community, this is all the proof you need right here to know that she loves us.
She’s making you see homophobia.
She’s giving you performance art.
Drama.
Talent.
Entertainment.
Good music.
Omg. I love Roman.
Exactly i don't know some people call her "LGBTQ+phobic" bitch! she is our "Gay Raper" 😊♥️
She literally ruined her chance of winning or attending the Grammys ever again for us 🥰 If anyone says she is homophobic, they must be idiotic
@@miaa1762 exactly and most of her fans Are gay she loves LGBTQ+ people
you know the "I am gay" part is in the original song. In which "gay" means "happy".
there is no absolutely no doubt that Nicki is the greatest female rapper ever BUT saying she is an ally is simply not true (or at least questionable)
Naming an alter ego after a p*dophile (Roman Polanski) to represent a gay man is immensely problematic considering that for centuries gay people were called and compared to p*do
this shows that when a black women does something its weird and gross but when a white women does it its art and iconic.
@Lilo NoSnitching this was very well put together and done perfectly, can you do any better? i’d assume not since you’re a nobody. if you didn’t like her performance so much why’d you bother giving it a view? giving very much fan.
@Lilo NoSnitching being called a smartass doesn't mean your smart, it literally means you have a big mouth and run your mouth all day. Also what they said was not at all a personal attack, unless your childish enough to perceive it as that :)
@Lilo NoSnitching this here, ladies and gentlemen.. is racial gaslighting. You don't know what you're talking about, being black always makes it harder, ESPECIALLY when it comes to music that doesn't fall into stereotypical black music.
All I hear is RACISM bitch!!!
I’m confused...what happened to Nicki from Roman Holiday???
First time rewatching this performance in years. This performance was pure art.
Shes definitely a great actress there. *A GREAT ACTRESS.*
Yesss 🗣
UR PFP 😭😭😭😭
Finally, an HD quality video of this performance 😭
Yaaass
So Katy Perry and Lady Gaga can do performances using blasphemy and Christian elements but Nicki got blackballed for it?
“They” don’t like to see black artists winning smh
@HeyIt'sMe XoXo cause its a lie? dont know about katy perry but gaga was torn down by the media for using Christianity her whole career
multifandom thot black artists win awards and get acclaimed all the time you just love being a victim 🙄 maybe she didn’t win because without all the gimmicks the music is just plain awful.
@@tomoliver2112 she's one of the best female rappers of all time so no her music isn't the problem. Its quite clear the industry is against her for other reasons
i'm pretty sure gaga got a lot of shit for it
This is the first time I have ever seen this. This is so good. Literal chills everywhere. Honestly, this is iconic. Niki thought outside of the box and you can feel her performance. It tells a story. Its beautiful and sad. I love it. As an artist I love the art.
EXACTLY
This performance was ahead of its time. This would’ve gotten PRAISE in today’s era.
Nah. This is terrible.
@@sflachuck yet you’re still watching the performance after 9+ years. Must not be so “ terrible “ bud
@@sflachuck it's not
@@sflachuck ew why you here
@@sflachuck ur literally under every comment hating. Why are u even here?
how dare they let her perform at Grammys and not let her win one, biggest unsolved mystery.
I said the same thing💯💯
She's blackballed because of this performance. So it's not possible for her anymore to get a grammy.
sorenzoren they played her🤦🏾♀️‼️
Wbk it's unfair. I feel like BTS is getting the same rn...
@@Chosisbox Nicki was actually got blackballed while BTS is still safe but yeah still Grammy is suspicious sometimes and i’m not an Army but i hope they can get one Grammy this year
she got blackballed from the industry for this iconic performance. she she's still at the top of the game 10 years later.
Why?
@@jaycortez5381 they did not want her to perform this exact song bcs of Whitney's dead days ago (yeah I know, I don't get it either), so she said fcked that! I had already prepared everything, I would do it. Being a black woman, a new face in the industry, against a bunch of old white man, you got that as a result. Luckily, ppl do bot give a fck about Grammy anyway these days anymore lol
@@inthenameofloveandsadnessI wonder how she made it out after this, whenever people get blacklisted I see them never show up in media ever again
I’m so confused on why she got blacklisted after this. So did they not know she was performing this?
@@chocolatecutiie08 she was going to win best new artist, but they didn't want her performing the religious imagery. She did it anyways and they snubbed her then years later it got worse becasue she called out Miles cyrus and her dad Billy Ray cyrus made a few calls to blackball her further unless she apologised. And she didn't lol. I just know they're mad that she still made it without the industry's help
For me this is the best performance i don’t see a reason to get banned from The Grammys
Y’all don’t understand… this is a work of art. You will never see another black / female /rapper do this because they are scared of what society will think . Also because this generation isn’t ready for what Nicki brings to the table but hey .
💯💯💯💯💯 ICON
this generation literally grew up on nickis music lol?
I love the story telling and acting in this performance. It sucks that some people will just dismiss it as "omg she sold her soul so demonic".
Yea. It has nothing to do with that
people who think that are ignorant and stupid lol
But it is demonic, doesn't mean it's not a good performance. Don't be so carnal.
@@warriorandchildofgod2425 yea but that's not the point of the performance or song
@@adelinewurzer4533 I know.
It was a cultural reset, it was a cultural reset.
Cecilia Howell yup, set in 2012 which was presumed to be the end of the world. did you know in the Ethiopian calendar 2020 is 2012? give your life to Jesus for the end is near
@@jesussaves5692 no one gives a shit
JoeyIsKing clearly you do, since you replied to two of my comments
@@jesussaves5692 just wanted you to know that no one cares that's all😁
JoeyIsKing your third reply, this is not showing me you don’t care. it’s showing me the exact opposite. 🤣🤣🤣
If you are coming to this video in 2024 and beyond, just know that THIS performance is the reason why Nicki will never win a Grammy and why the Grammy board hates her.
But why exactly ?
@@highandreal6197Whitney passed a bit before this, they felt it was tone deaf to perform this & told her 5min before. She said no she wasn’t going to stop the performance so now she’s basically not allowed to perform & will not have the opportunity to win a Grammy.
@@antisocialni7781she passed the day before at night and was found. The Grammys was hours after. So it was extremely fresh
Okay I literally love this performance. It’s controversial. But holy.
I just realized how many likes this has holy- I still stand by my comment
That’s ironic holy🤣
holy? this is so demonic. that’s literally blasphemy calling this “holy” “But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.”
Revelation 21:8 ASV
Jesus Saves they meant holy shit lmao
Jesus Saves wtf are you even doing over here if you hate this type of content? 🤣😂 y’all be sticking your noses everywhere, except on your own faces
Polar Bear stop idolizing nicki Minaj. i used to idolize her myself. she’s very demonic and not good for your soul. Jesus loves you and wants you to come to him. please repent before it’s too late 💯🙏🏾❤️
Still one of the coolest performances at the Grammy’s ever
Nicki Minaj took notes from Madonna's Blond Ambition Tour performing Oh Father/Like a Prayer and Confessions Tour performing Live To Tell
@@ginasousabranco5637 both are queens
@@ginasousabranco5637 omg youre replying to every single comment on this video. youre literally the only one that cares, and we wouldnt be anywhere if people couldnt be inspired by things
Fendi Fact
Did you watch it? It’s freaking horrible. There’s literally nothing good about it, song by itself it’s atrocious
The fact that they dissed this performance but this was actually iconic, if you compare this performance to the Grammys nowadays, no one can do it like her, no female rapper could pull this off like Nicki, that's why she remains as the queen of rap, periodt
We support the talented and hardworking Queen
No rapper period. Male or female. And very few non-rapper artists too!
This is why I don't understand Cardi fans saying Cardi is better than Nicki tbh
Most iconic Grammy performance ever
TELL THEM LOUDER ❤
Tbh
this performance deserves 5 grammys and 8 oscars .........
PERIOD ARMYBARBZ
사프사랑해 IM NOT A BTS STAN WHY EVERYONE SAYING THAT
@@contourbae not me, you're clearly a NCTzen babe
Not 5 Grammys and 8 oscars lol 😂
Maybe you're exo stan jk
this performance deserves 40 grammys, especially with the back story of it
*as you give the devil a standing ovation??*
@@Messenger4now devil is the best artist in history
@@SieMiezekatze *your right,satan is actually the fallen angel of music*
@@Messenger4now let's leave the satanic panic in the 1980s where it belongs
@@user-mv5zt8qd9l better yet, go find Jesus
y'all hating nicki for this performance but if lady gaga did this she'd be awarded 57 grammys for "art"
Yes we get it over 10 people have said the same thing
@@MattMxx and we need to say it louder 🗣
@@MattMxx well shit maybe people need to be reminded
you're so obsessed with godga, maybe because she HAS talent unlike oinka flopaj
@@MattMxx yeah i re posted my top comment on the lower quality video with 4k likes onto this HD version X and what? they only mad bc it’s fax
You know what amazes me the most is a female rapper did this. I’m not even a fan but this was insane especially for a black female rapper in 2012 to do this.
This performance was actually very meaningful. She was showing how religion has been manipulated for too long to actually control people and not allow them to truly live authentic lives. Showing how a gay man is insane and needing to be exorcised, and showing how he is actually driven to insanity and misery because of it. That took guts to do, and the Grammys blackballed her for it.
She wasn’t showing that lol. She was just showing how a gay man was being exorcised by his religious mother because she thinks he’s Not okay cus he’s gay. That’s it. She wasn’t showing that religion has been manipulated and controlling, cus it hasn’t. People follow what they want and make their own choices. Religion isn’t alive.
it’s not to blame for people’s malicious choices.
@@remigal899 I’m not saying religion is bad, I’m saying it’s been used for bad for so long and still to this day, and people use it to scapegoat their hatred and prejudice and ignorance. It’s time people start talking about it. Why else would she show a gay man being excoriated by her mother...it isn’t a positive thing hun
@@blahblahblahaha when did I ever say you said religion was bad? And that something was a positive thing? Pls pay attention. 😂
@@remigal899 ignorance doesnt look cute on you sis x
@@maliciousqueefer3427 and it looks even uglier on you 🤗
Coming here after watching Cardi & Megan’s Grammy performance & I’m disappointed with the decline of rap & the lack of creativity that we’re stuck with. I miss this era.
Lmao... all Nicki talk about is her vagina
@@siesiechampion this song is a perfect example that she doesn’t lol
@@siesiechampion the idiocy jumped out
Let’s be very clear cardi is very creative u can’t take that away from her. but Nicki snapped🔥
@@siesiechampion you definitely don't listen to nicki at all babe.
This is a masterpiece. I knew nothing of this performance. How did it not get more attention. This was breathtaking. Her theatrical skills are on point. She could be making movies.
This got so much attention especially for being shown in 2012
THIS CAN'T PERFORMED IN THE GRAMMY'S BUT UNHOLY CAN?? WHERE'S THE EQUALITY!
But this was performed at the Grammys watch the video
@@RossBaby91 nicki was criticized and basically banned from performing at the grammys after performing this
@@pixie_boii Sam Smith was criticized too, did you see the controversy online?
@@RossBaby91 yeah, but I heard she actually wasn't allowed like they told her not to go on stage but she went anyways and the head producer blacklisted her afterwards. Funny enough that same producer retired last year so that's why sam probably was able to perform with Grammys support.
@@lalalaland4552 I thought it was because Whitney just died the day before and it would’ve been in poor taste to honor her while having a exorcism performance that night.
you cant tell me that that isnt the best grammy performance ever
Ikr so mf good
So good
Grammy performances nowadays arent as interesting as they used to be
this is art, music is art, best grammys perfomance tbh
Anyone who wonders why Nicki never got a Grammy, this is why. They blackballed her for this
What about this?
@@mooboxo200 probably for being too "demonic/blasphemous" when some other artists had done performances that make this looks like a simple one
@@jisoochrist niki ain't simple 😌💅
@@mooboxo200 we know, but the whities and their double standards and caucasity are way too strong, if a white artist had done that performance, they would be praised to death for it
@i'm worldwide handsome bitch i'm hispanic/latino and coming back to this comment just makes me realize how much of stupid things i can write when i'm half asleep, yeah i haven't experienced the typical "go back to mexico" stigmatic insult coming for another person but yeah you got a point
On the other hand, i also agree with you, the trashmmys always use the artists of the moment to increase their ratings only to snub them every single time they get invited, Nicki deserved her Best New Artist period, and i still can't get over the fact that they snubbed The Pinkprint too, it's like her most complete album yet, but what can you expect from an mainly american ceremony that chooses quantity over quality? Sigh i just hope they don't snub bts with their nom, they deserve to win that category
I saw this on social media yesterday so i went and checked it out and i am shook. This is sooo amazing! I know that there will never be any other performance like hers EVER again in the grammys. Shes unique. shes the original. NO ONE will ever do it like her.
I wanna see Nicki in a horror film.
Same
@Christina Zhang HAHAHAHAH
SHE WOULD LOWKEY DO AMAZING
Fun fact it they didn’t want her to perform this due to the fact of Whitney death . Basically she put her foot down and said absolutely not my fans have been waiting and tweeting about it already. This was the start of her being blackballed, we gotta a respect her .
Wasn’t it actually the opposite?
Whitney's room was right above the stage 🤔
The opposite boo
@@leehooper7063 yeah Whitney was dying as this performance was going on. Nicki could have put her foot down if she didn’t want to do this performance.
Cap . They made her do the performance .
The way the Grammys blacklisted her for this performance but then allow cardi to do some half asssed performances and give her two Grammys like what?!
the way it’s been 11-12 years since she performed this, and it’s STILL sooo iconic to me just shows how iconic SHE IS alone. i love nicki so much and i just want to give her the biggest hug and let her know how much i do love her. this performance is probably one of my top favs of her. she LITERALLY CLEARED. 😍🩷
This performance deserved a grammy!
my jaw is on the floorrr, i've never seen a performance like this in my life. this is a whole play, this woman doesn't joke when it comes to the stage give her her flowers 💐👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾best grammy performance ever
I replayed this more times than ever! It’s so good
Not a play more like a world wide ritual!
@@tavistouch its literally a theatre performance
It’s literally a movie.
This is so iconic
Fr ✨
Yes!
*satanic
@@justingoldman2523 how is this satanic?
No.
This song and performance is actually so Iconic. Portraying how religions view being gay as also being insane, miserable, and mindless; hence the exorcism. I love Nicki so much for this, and I despise how the Scammy's blacklisted her just for this.
Nicki CAN’T get a Grammy because of this performance. The Catholic Church came for the Grammys because of this performance. So now she can’t attend or perform.
Rly?
Gergő Tóth yessss
She went to the grammys a few times after this , but she did get backlash even tho they told her to perform this song. She planned to perform champion prior to this.
@@jhariii huh. I heard that she wanted to do starships
@@brodydicks4174 nah she said it in an interview or on twitter last yr when ariana dropped out and she explain what happened she said she was all ready to do champion and they asked her to perform that along with all the promo she did with LL
This is called stage presence. Few artists from the 2010’s had it. When looking at the decade from a musical standpoint, she is the original and not to mention the best of the 10’s female rappers. There is no comparison. There simply would not be any Cardi B’s or Megan Thee Stallions without her. Nicki is the Gaga of modern hip hop. The song itself actually has a sense of melody and has an original story behind it, it’s not a typical 2010’s rap song about your everyday run of the mill gang violence or rapidly acquiring currency.
she was ahead of her time.... iconic
The way we were so close to never seeing this performance... Nicki got blacklisted for this and gave us one of the best performances of the decade
This is literally the Grammys fault they made her do that performance even tho she wanted to do a different one now she can’t even GET A GRAMMY OR ATTEND OR PERFORM!?!?
How?
Mal Riche She originally didn’t even want to perform this song put they wouldn’t stop asking her to.
@Ryan Lane holy shit sources????? pls i wanna know more abt it
vieda z. I’m pretty sure if you type in nicki church/ blackball you’ll find it. It was freaking insane all the hate she got when she didn’t even want to do this song
ch3rry thank you !!!!
May not be a big Nicki fan but I will admit this performance was iconic
How Billie get 4 Grammys or summ while Nicki gets non 👁👄👁 Chile-
She never won a Grammy because of this performance it cause so much controversy with the demonic/christian elements I heard through the grapevine she was supposed to win best new artist at that 2012 Grammys also she actually wanted to preform Starships but Director of Grammys (Ken) said no so she preformed this instead then Ken told her minutes not preform this and she said no cuz she really wanted preform for her fans and that's why she blacklisted from the Grammys😞
BILLIE EYELASH ACTUALLY WORSHIPS THE DEVIL AND DIES SATANIC BUT SINCE SHES WHITE ITS “art” APPARENTLY-
@Lana Pearl billie literally said she sold her sould to the devil in one of her songs, all of her songs are hella creepy and demonic, I love billie but she's definitely satanic
As much as I think Billie deserves success she's actually an industry plant
We don't have to name drop other artists, damn. I agree with you but I assumed we all learned that we didn't have to bring down one person to boost another or make a point in like 1st grade.
According to Nicki’s explanation this performance was about how religious people reject the lgbt community and try to say they’re sick or possessed. Martha (Roman’s mother) is well respected and loved in her community but she tries to hide away Roman who’s gay and accentric. Due to this treatment he’s hostile and lashes out often😂😂😂This is theatre! This woman is insane
Nicki really deserves a Grammy performance. It’s a shame she got blackballed cause she worked too hard just to get overlooked😔
This lady’s got some talent and I don’t think people realize that
They played her, made her perform this and didn't defend her when she got backlash. Either way, no one is topping this performance EVER!!!!!!
Ppl didn’t understand how this was such a moment and theatrical setting. The ppl judged her, not knowing this was ahead of its time and only for ppl to later copy or try
It was more about her lack of compliance to the leaders in the industry. They made her change her performance last minute to superbass after she already rehearsed and tweeted that she would be doing Roman holiday. If she complied they would probably have elevated her but she refused so they blacklisted her.
It was a power trip that she's still paying for to this day.
no female rapper will have a rap performance at the grammys like this... she really set the bar fr
I’m so glad people are recognizing this performance now. When this came out I thought it was incredible and so cool but everyone was ripping it apart.
Same
the playboi carti effect. ppl now see demonic symbolisim as "aesthetic" or "artistic"
@@pluto-kl5odnah this is more exorcist horror vibes, like the 80s movie
@@rudy8176 no duh??
@@pluto-kl5od Im referring to ur point about demonic symbolism
Seriously???
This woman deserves 5000 Grammys
For what she lost to artists like Kendrick Lamar and Kanye West don't complain
She's blacklisted so she probably won't win a grammy anymore but she would have at least 10 grammys rn
@@imstuckinwashingmachine Why was she?
@@hasanha8245 It's a long story 💀but one of the reasons was that the people that run the show asked her to not preform on grammys but she did anyway and also miley cyrus's dad has fingers in it too. I highly recommend checking the story bcs i can't describe it
@@glenwarne6492 and her album was better than both of those albums 💀
I remember seeing this on cable. She was the better performance that night, it had such a sense of creativity and theatricality. You can hear the audience enjoying it. Some artists know how to use a stage to present a more immersive concert and this is a good example of that. It wasn't just ANOTHER performance.
cant believe nicki minaj invented being possessed
as she should purr
Soujia did it first ✋🏽🙄
i see u everywhere pls
Facts no printer
What an icon.
Nicki Minaj will always be an artist that the Grammys will be mocked over snubbing in the years to come. Her contributions to rap, pop, and hip-hop has been incredibly vast. The fact that this woman has not won an award from the most “prestigious” award association in the music world because a performance was “controversial” is an offense to rap culture and music culture in general 🤦🏾♂️
She is not snubbed lol unfortunately she went against artists like Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar so don't even complain
@@glenwarne6492 she is snubbed
after all, its so unfair for Super Freaky Girl to not enter to the rap category, instead SFG entered to the pop category which was smth so unfair
Y’all this really makes 11 years today! 😳 Make sure y’all stream Roman Holiday today 😏 Let me know what personal videos y’all want to see of me as well i was thinking a fight storytime since I had one recently 😂
fucking iconic
Did she add the I feel pretty lines during the intro?
@@PeterDoherty2001 yes those aren’t in the original recording
Yesss fight fight fight
I’m still coming bakc to this video 😭
Why do ppl dislike this. THIS WAS THE DEFINITION OF ICONIC.
No...
like fr
@@sflachuck stop commenting everywhere
What gay man? Reading the comments and clearly I'm wrong, I always thought Roman was a "demon" inside her and this was her trying to get rid of him...? Please don't be offended by my ignorance, I'm a grunge music fan, so idk much over here lol
Sorry, I meant to put that as a comment, not as a response to this comment. I give up for tonight, going to sleep lol
damn no grammy for nicki yet??
justine vidal She deserved EVERY one she been nominated for.
0spammzz Life all 10 of them yes... but the grammy thinks they should award it to rats 🍵
justine vidal exactly grammy are trash smh
Grammys don't deserve nicki coz nick is da queen
life and beauty and everything in between m PERRYYATTT
i cant believe grammy decided to blackball nicki after this amazing theatrical performance but let cardi and megan perform WAP in grammy in the trashiest way possible.. make it make sense
Thank you!!
This exactly
Exactly that was a whole mess!!!
Grammys are trash!!
EXACTLY I am tired of people hating on Nicki
WAP outsold anyways. Nicki looks like an absolute psycho lmaoooo
12 years old performance and I saw it for the 1st time right now.
What an amazing show.
Same. Ts hard🗣️
You came here after that guys school performance? Lol
yasss bijjj
Lmao. Yesss
yesss 😂 he ate
Yup lol howd u guess
Yas 🤣
She did not lip sync once,
That’s very impressive 🤯
Why would she need to lip sync?.... shes rapping..
@『 Saiki Kusuo 』 saiki 🥰