Nicki Minaj sort of maybe gives Mitt Romney an endorsement

Paul Ryan listens to Rage Against the Machine – and now Nicki Minaj is a Romney-supporting Republican? On Lil Wayne's mixtape Dedication 4, which drops Tuesday, Wayne and Minaj tease out raps over Kanye West's Mercy. And in the first verse, Minaj spits out these implicating lines: I'm a Republican voting for Mitt Romney You lazy bitches are fucking up the economy Out in Miami I be chillin' with a zombie But are these lines a serious endorsement of the GOP? Only in the sense that "I came from Trinidad on a temporary visa" is a commentary on immigration. It's Minaj's job to make danceable rhymes – and Romney sits smartly with economy and Zombie. Between the many, many uses of "bitch" and the n-word her rap is about being a female in a male's game. It's a theme to which Minaj returns in most of her raps and interviews: Unless Minaj releases an official statement backing the Romney-Ryan ticket, it's reasonable to conclude her lyric will have less effect on the Republican voting tally than on her own music sales. Just heard a dude on Hot97 say he won't let his daughter listen to Nicki Minaj cuz she endorses Romney. Really? That's what it took? lol — Talib Kweli Greene (@TalibKweli) September 4, 2012 If there is any overt pro-Republican political message in this song, its up against Lil Wayne's verse which offers a not-very conservative desire for the legalization of marijuana.