UC Berkeley Is Offering a Course on Nicki Minaj

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For the Spring 2023 semester, the University of California

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Berkeley will offer a Nicki Minaj-themed course.

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The semester-long seminar, titled “Nicki Minaj: Hip-Hop and Feminism,

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Minaj reacted on the tweet, stating she’d “love to pop by,” to which the professor responded, “having [Minaj’s] personal thoughts would be AMAZING

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Minaj is not the only superstar in recent years to be the topic of a university course

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UC Berkeley Is Offering a Course on Nicki Minaj

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.@NICKIMINAJ the University of California Berkeley is offering a lecture about you next semester called “Nicki Minaj: Hip-Hop and Feminism”

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