Motifs
Nicki Minaj tends to use recurring motifs of her alter egos. These include the gruff Roman Polanski and the delicate Barbie.
Roman Polanski is British and Nicki (Roman Zolankski) American tends to use his British accent throughout most of her music videos in certain sentences to bring out the alter ego in her. This is one of her famous and well-known motifs because she is well known for being three different characters and using theatrical voices which are, Nicki Minaj, Roman Zolanski and Barbie.
(Article Below) - http://www.theboombox.com/2010/05/24/nicki-minaj-has-a-new-rap-alias/
‘There's no way that Nicki Minaj would be on the brink of the super-stardom without having a way with words. Over the weekend, she announced that she's adding a new nickname to her arsenal and that referring to her with the correct moniker will be necessary from this point on.
"I've officially changed my name and will only respond ... to Roman," she wrote on Twitter yesterday (May 23). "Roman Zolanski. Out."
We're not sure how long this new moniker will last, but how strange! The name clearly refers to embattled fugitive 'Chinatown' director Roman Polanski -- a man who once had sexual relations with a 13-year old girl named Samantha Geimer and ended up running to France so he wouldn't go to prison. This seems like just about the oddest source to inspire a new nickname and Minaj still hasn't explained how and why she came to the title.’
She even recorded a song featuring Eminem called roman’s revenge. In this song she is really aggressive, uses blasphemy and at the end of the song she plays the role of Romans’ mother. There is yet no music video for this track but here is the song.\
However in Nicki’s Music video ‘Your Love’ She shows the Barbie side in her because she’s delicate, caring, loving and PINK.
Barbie (Barbara Millicent Roberts) is dependant on having an adult role because she is classed as the infant. This makes her vulnerable, sweet, innocent.
Nicki plays the vulnerable, sweet, innocent role in this video…
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