Nicki Minaj "Only" Director Jeff Osborne He Is "Not Sorry" For Nazi Imagery

While Nicki Minaj apologized on Tuesday for the Nazi imagery in her new music video for "Only," the director makes it clear he is "not sorry." 




In a post on MySpace, director Jeff Osborne fully understands that the imagery, including gas masks, armbands and flags are "all representative of Nazism," but he doesn't feel the need to apologize.

Osborne explained he is expressing his own "personal views and not the views" of Minaj, Lil Wayne, Drake, Chris Brown or Young Money. He claimed he is "not apologizing for my work," which includes Nazi images. He even noted that there are many symbols of America in the clip, including a SWAT uniform, a Sidewinder missile, the Supreme Court and the Lincoln Memorial. The director then added: "What's also American is the 1st Amendment, which I've unexpectedly succeeded in showing how we willfully squeeze ourselves out of that right every day."

After griping that detractors "glossed over" the clip's "heavy religious and economic themes," with images of an Italian Ferrari, Russian T-90 tanks and a Pope, Osborne pointed out: "As far as an explanation, I think its actually important to remind younger generations of atrocities that occurred in the past as a way to prevent them from happening in the future. And the most effective way of connecting with people today is through social media and pop culture. So if my work is misinterpreted because it's not a sappy tearjerker, sorry I'm not sorry. What else is trending?"

Just in case you have missed it, a day after the Anti-Defamation League accused Minaj of making a "deeply disturbing" music video that was reminiscent of "Third Reich propaganda" and "unadulterated Nazi imagery," the rapper tweeted: "I'm very sorry & take full responsibility if it has offended anyone. I'd never condone Nazism in my art."


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