The University of California, Berkeley, is offering a course named “Nicki Minaj: The Black Barbie Femmecee & Hip Hop Feminisms.” The class, which will be available during the upcoming spring semester, will teach students about Minaj’s impact on the hip-hop music industry and how it connects to the “broader historical-social structures and hip-hop feminisms,” the course professor said on Twitter.
Minaj learned about the course when a Twitter user tagged her in a post.
.@NICKIMINAJ the University of California Berkeley is offering a lecture about you next semester called “Nicki Minaj: Hip-Hop and Feminism”
— Ta•meer (@Tcmccr) October 6, 2022
The “Bang Bang” singer apparently approves the idea.
“I’d love to stop by,” Minaj said in response to the tweet.
I’d love to stop by
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) October 6, 2022
According to KTLA, other schools around the country are also offering courses on modern artists.
San Diego State University plans to offer a course on rapper Bad Bunny and his impact on Latinx culture while Texas State University will soon have a class focused on Harry Styles.