Honestly, Doja’s consistent trolling of the internet seems to know no limit, so with this and the fact she’s thrown the title ‘Hellmouth’ out there for her latest album, I find it hard to believe it didn’t cross her mind that this would get people talking.
These days, it’s more common than not to see some accusations of satanism float around the hip-hop world. Lil Uzi Vert held a bit of a monopoly on claims of devil worship, but other stars faced similar allegations. However, an overwhelming majority of people who face these claims just brush them off and point to aesthetic, style, or other reasons for using similar imagery. The latest to do so is Doja Cat, who clapped back at Instagram commentators who thought her latest tattoo was too close to taboo religious subjects.
“Not a fan anymore,” one user commented under her picture of a human-animal hybrid that Doja tatted on her. “Used to love you but you clearly sold your soul to the devil. Unfollow.” To that comment specifically, Doja Cat responded in a way that might as well have applied to all the hate coming her way. “Whatever helps u sleep at night,” she replied to the dismissive attitude that commenter put on. Not only that, but she added an explanation of her art in another post.
“Images from the 1665 edition of Fortune Liceti’s De Monstris,” Doja Cat’s explanation quoted from another post. “Originally published, without the illustrations, in 1616. Liceti’s work, although not the first on the topic of deformities in nature, was perhaps the most influential of the period. In the wake of the book there was a huge rise in interest throughout Europe in ‘monstrosities.’: pygmies, supposed mermaids, deformed fetuses, and other natural marvels were put on display and widely discussed, becoming the circus freak-shows of their time.
“However, unlike many of his contemporaries, Licenti did not see deformity as something negative, as the result of errors or failures in the course of nature. Instead he likened nature to an artist who, faced with some imperfection in the materials to shape, ingeniously created another form still more admirable. ‘It is said that I see the convergence of both Nature and art,’ wrote Liceti, ‘because one or the other not being able to make what they want, they at least make what they can.’” On that note, Doja Cat wrote, “Your fear is not my problem.”
Take a look at the tattoo followed by Doja’s explanation and let us know your thoughts.
Doja Cat is receiving backlash from fans for questionable tattoo: “your fear is not my problem” pic.twitter.com/iyEXyoKlZz
— No Jumper (@nojumper) April 16, 2023
