So, the Associated Press released a short video clip trying to explain Nicki Minaj's relevance to people who turn to the AP for trends in hip hop. After a montage of women who rap compiled in 2003 including Lauryn Hill, Missy Elliot and Foxy Brown, AP music editor Nekesa Moody proposes that her popularity is because "we haven't had [...] a strong female voice in hip hop for so long." And, apparently, Minaj is the answer. To add a touch of femcee cred they use a clip of Queen Latifah responding to Nas' claim that hip hop is dead, saying that it was due to the lack of female MCs. It's unclear if she was actually talking about Minaj but hey, it's Latifah! That sure put me at ease, AP. I was worried the likes of Invincible, Jean Grae and Josie Stingray were on to something...
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