There has been much buzz on the internet ever since Nicki Minaj debuted the cover art for her latest single "Anaconda" on the instagram last week. As you can see (if you haven't already) the young femcee is pictures squatting wearing nothing but an exercise bra, a thong and some colorful J's. Like a number of culture commentators, allhiphop.com founder, Chuck Creekmur decided to add his two cents to the chatter about Minaj's posterior positon by penning an "Open Letter" and posting it on the MadameNoir.com, a web site specifically for Black women. The Ebony.com article, written by Senior Editor, Jamilah Lemeiux, takes on Creekmur's letter and gives a not to Forty is the New Forty founder, Tarana Burke, for starting the hashtag #lettersyouforgottowrite which went viral on Twitter Monday evening. Read an excerpt from the story below: 

 

"Criticism has been rebranded as “hating,” and you aren’t allowed to dislike someone unless it’s popular to do so, but I still insist upon holding tight to the idea that I’m allowed to have an opinion on a pop star. And so in the wake of the controversy (let’s use that word loosely here) over her butt-bearing artwork for her forthcoming “Anaconda” single, I’m going to dare to admit that I don’t know how I feel about Nicki Minaj. And I probably never will.

My feelings about Minaj are complicated because she is complicated: her choices, her image, what she represents both deliberately and unintentionally. However, I’m pretty clear on my belief that an open letter from AllHipHop.com founder Chuck Creekmur asking her to clean up her image was ill-conceived and wrought with irony..."

Read more at EBONY http://www.ebony.com/entertainment-culture/nicki-minajs-butt-is-not-your-daughters-problem-503#axzz38u2oYw00
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