Drake Honors the Most Inspirational Women of Our Era in 'Nice For What' video

Tiara Burns
Apr 7, 2018
2 min read

I did not know that Drake dropped a new track until this afternoon. I've been engulfed and all things related to Cardi B's debut album, Invasion of Privacy, for the past 24 hours.

I caught wind of Nice for What via twitter. Once again, there was fault found in a piece of work made with pure intention. Twitter can be so...annoying. I read it with a sigh and spirit of irritation. Thinking to myself, "What are folks bitching about now?" As a free thinking spirit moving through the univrse, I watched the video for myself. Declaring everything as problematic has turned into something counterproductive to the social issues of today.

To my surprise, I do not agree with the rhetoric of misrepresentation and the "black quota" in this woman directed music video. The video features actresses like Olivia Wilde, Zoe Saldana, Tiffany Haddish, breakout Black Panther star Letitia Wright, Michelle Rodriguez, Insecure's Issa Rae, BJodran Dunnlack-ish's Tracee Ellis Ross, Rashida Jones and Emma Roberts – as well as singer Syd, ballet star Misty Copeland, Yara Shahidi of Grownish and Elizabeth/Victoria Lejonhjärta. I am not sure what black quota there was but Iam pretty sure it was meant in this instance.

This is an anthem for hard working women today. An anthem like this is overdue. There is a surge of music that gives clout and respect to the hard working instagram models, the ass injected, and strippers but not the ones who like to lay low, without a follow. without a mention.

A great number of these women have become publicly known, fairly abruptly, in recent years. Issa Rae, one of my favs, is proof of what can be accomplished when focus and determination is unshakeable. From Youtube to HBO, Issa is the epitome of what a Millenial who is Black and woman can accomplish.

From Tracee Ellis Ross to Syd, the variety of women in this video speaks to millenial and Gen-Z women. Despite the glorification of "fast ass=fast money' lifestyle, most of us are acheiving in our careeers, tearing down societal stereotypes, and shining like a motherfucker.

I refuse to dig for fault in this video directed by 22 year old, Karena Evans. I will not be nice about defending the celebration of these souls who inspire me.

That's a real one, in your reflection Without a follow, without a mention You rarely, pipin' up on these niggas You gotta be, nice for what to these niggas I understand...