Nicki Minaj sues blogger who called her a “cokehead” for £65,000
Nicki Minaj has filed a lawsuit against a blogger and podcaster who called her a “cokehead”.According to court documents, earlier this month a blogger and podcaster using the name Nosey Heaux shared a video where she called Minaj a “cokehead” who is “shoving all this cocaine up her nose”.The now-deleted tweet received over 2000 likes and was shared over 260 times.“In a different age, [Heaux’s] lie would have been meaningless because she is the ultimate ‘nobody’ but this is the age of social media, one in which a ‘nobody’ can find an undeserved following through relentless self-promotion,” said the documents. “While social media is an extraordinarily effective vehicle for spreading lies, it does not confer a license to do so.”Minaj is now suing Heaux for $75,000 (£65,000) with Minaj’s attorney Judd Burstein saying (via Pitchfork) that “when this case is over, she will no longer be permitted to use the name ‘Nosey Heaux’ because we will take her trademark from her when she does not have enough money to pay the judgment.“Anyone else who spreads lies about Nicki will suffer a similar fate.