For years we’ve heard Nicki Minaj describing “all these b*tches” as her “sons.” And now it appears as though she has more of a daughter than any actual sons. Or a twin. Or a clone. Or an understudy. Hell, I’m confused at this point. It would appear Nic has a look-a-like — except, drum roll please — it’s a white girl.
A college student named Jaiah Fern got all dolled up for her birthday outing earlier this week. Fern had Twitter users doing a double take after she posted a handful of birthday selfies that easily could have been posted by Nicki Minaj herself.
More late birthday selfies? pic.twitter.com/N2kJyDaKj1
— jaiah (@JAIAHFERN) October 3, 2017
It was all fun and games with Twitter users loving the resemblance — that is, until other photos of Fern that painted a much different picture surfaced (That of which her actual skin complextion.) One Twitter user pointed out, Fern is white, which led many to start to question if her pics count as blackface.
Is this also you love..? pic.twitter.com/84jf8dM0Cs
— k✨ (@leftthatway) October 4, 2017
Fern insists she was “not trying to be Nicki or use her as a costume in any way,” in a statement to Yahoo! News.
“I think the dark hair combined with my tan and other facial features that make me look kind of ambiguous? I don’t know. My foundation shade has always been the same,” she said.
Some on social media have come to Fern’s defense. What do you think? Check out some of the reactions below:
She's literally the same complexion here and no one accused her of Black Face. It's the dark hair that's throwing y'all off. Let her be. pic.twitter.com/JkVjS2ic6Y
— Stefano Dimera (@2much336) October 4, 2017
She didn’t offensively exaggerate black features she literally just transformed into a popular celeb ppl need chill
— Dijah (@Dijah_Diva1) October 4, 2017
This is not blackface. She’s the same color . It’s just the hair
— Jordyn (@JadaLilBit) October 5, 2017
