ATRL loves to trash her for whatever reason, but I think we all can agree one thing very remarkable about Nicki is how she has been able to cultivate, hands down, one of the most loyal and biggest fanbases in recent years: the Barbz.

 

In an industry, where faceless artist abound nowadays and gays are known for easily switch, how did Nicki manage to build a big and loyal fanbase that keeps supporting her after so many years?

 

Discuss  

 

 

 

+ passion + talent + fun. 

Talent

 

They relate to her songs

 

Edited December 17, 20232 yr by Erreur2 La Nature

Consistently great music, amazing entertainment value, charisma, talent... a new Nicki album always gets me super hyped

Because she’s messy/entertaining. She’s good at her craft but there are equally or even more talented female rappers lbr. What makes Nicki stand out is her OTT personality.

Hyper feminine in music and outside if it while actually being pretty cis girl, femme gays love that ****. Also a lot of bops, messy personality, super interactive with barbz on social media. And she's everywhere, collabing all the time so it doesn't matter that she can't produce good album, you can always find something to listen from her. She found her lane and sticks to it.

Edited December 17, 20232 yr by Kimi

Barbz are jobless and angry so they relate to Nicki.

Consistent talent and skill 

 

people see through artists propped up by a team 

6 minutes ago, Raptus said:

Barbz are jobless and angry so they relate to Nicki.

This does not make sense? Her latest album almost hit 100k pure sales. Nicki's pure sales is actually among the best among the current female rappers.

Bops, good music, talent, work ethic and interactive towards her fans 

 

 

talent

strong communication

entertainment

chun-li is THAT good

 

She's the best at what she does, often imitated, never duplicated.

mentally ill people enabling each other

Trumpism.

talent 

Barbz is what would become of LM if they never grew up...thankfully they did.

Because she is the main rap girl. 

Mental illness in the gay community

I love Cardi but I grew up with Nicki, like, it's inevitable, for many years she was our main rap girl

 

she collabed with all of our faves too, so there's that on top of THAT

It really just does come down to her talent. She made herself irreplaceable in a culture obsessed with tossing women aside after a hit or two.

Nicki is by far one of the most entertaining artists of our time, whether you love her or hate her. She's just FUN.

 

So many iconic quotes, lyrics, outfits and wigs, funny moments, gifs and memes... She's extremely interactive with her fans, constantly showing us love and even lashing us from time to time. It's so easy to laugh with her once you realize she's trolling 90% of the time.  

 

Not to mention her talent & catalog of rap/pop hits, including collabs with many of our other faves!

delusion and lowkey manipulation

43 minutes ago, Off The Wall said:

Because she’s messy/entertaining. She’s good at her craft but there are equally or even more talented female rappers lbr. What makes Nicki stand out is her OTT personality.

no other female rapper has delivered as much competent material for such a long period. none of them have even come close except for Missy, who has 6 albums. Nicki has 3 mixtapes, 5 albums and hundreds (?) of features as well that keep fans fed