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Nicki Minaj Hits The Red Carpet With Chicken Wing Necklace
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Jen Carlson
Published Sep 26, 2011
Modified Sep 26, 2011
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First there was Lady Gaga's meat dress, and now Nicki Minaj has donned a fried chicken necklace at the IHeartRadio Festival over the weekend. The hot pink piece is probably not real? But it has people worked up, including one writer who says, "As an African American woman I am aware of certain black stereotypes such as 'black people love chicken'... While I’m positive eating the certain poultry couldn’t be that evil, is wearing a piece of chicken around your neck satire or ignorance?"
Maybe Minaj just really likes chicken? This isn't the first time she's used it as an accessory. And the thing held up pretty well on stage:
Now what restaurant will be the first to honor NYC-based Minaj with her own hot pink chicken wing dish?
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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