Nicki Minaj Criticized for Blatant Lady Gaga Imitation

Nicki Minaj set out to leave an impression and even boasted her performance would "be like nothing you've ever seen." She was wrong. Lady Gaga and Madonna have both been down that same road with the Catholic religion. In fact, Lady Gaga has already done the male alter ego thing too, so where was the ingenuity so many were expecting?

Nicki has cornered the market on pink hair and Barbie references. That is her niche, and that is where she should stay. Why did she feel the need to encroach on Lady Gaga's territory? She may have been able to pull it off if Gaga's stunt had been several years ago, but it wasn't. It was less than a year ago Gaga ticked off the religious folks in the world with her "Judas" song and video. Only a few months ago, Gaga showed up as her male alter ego at the VMAs.

Oddly enough, Nicki is actually happy with her performance and takes credit, or the blame to be more accurate, for her demonic Grammy performance. As expected, the Catholic League is raging mad. In a press release, they admonish The Recording Academy and make a good point, "Never would they allow an artist to insult Judaism or Islam." For whatever reason, the Catholic religion and the symbolism associated with it are like magnets for stars who want to stir up controversy. The problem is, it is so overdone; nobody even cares.

It wasn't only the religious community that was not fond of Nicki's performance. Twitter users took to the site to voice their opinion on the performance and most of it tended to be negative.

One user wrote, "Weird with talent...can work. (see Lady Gaga). Weird in place of talent...does not (see Nicki Minaj)."

Another tweet, "Nicki Minaj, WTF? This is terrifying. I totally blame Lady Gaga for this-every since she gave birth onstage, everyone."

And lastly, the tweet that seems to sum up the feelings of Nicki's fans, "Nicki Minaj gotta get back to rap...she Lady Gaga'ing too much."