2014present: The Other Woman and The Pinkprint

Filmed in spring 2013, Minaj's first live-action theatrical film The Other Woman premiered
on April 25, 2014.[102] She played Lydia, assistant to Carly (played by Cameron Diaz).[103][104]
During its early production, Minaj described her then-forthcoming third album, The Pinkprint
as "a continuation of The Re-Up with a lot more" and said it would focus on her "hip-hop
roots".[105][106] During an MTV interview, she said that her third album would be "next level"
and have "so much to talk about": "I'm really excited and the people that have been working
with me now, have been people that I haven't worked with before so it's like they're bringing
a new sound to the album that I've never experimented with."[107] On February 12 a video for
"Lookin Ass", directed by Nabil, was released.[108] The song is part of Young Money's
compilation album, Young Money: Rise of an Empire, and is its third single.[109]
"Pills n Potions" was released as the lead single from The Pinkprint on May 21, 2014.[110] On
June 29, Minaj became the only artist to win the BET Award for Best Hip-Hop Artists for
five consecutive years, while also tying Missy Elliott for the most wins with five.[111]
"Anaconda", the second single from The Pinkprint, was released on August 4[112] and its
music video premiered on August 19.[113] The video set a 24-hour Vevo record, receiving
19.6 million views on its first day of release and breaking the 19.3-million 24-hour record
held by Miley Cyrus for her 2013 single "Wrecking Ball".[114] "Anaconda" peaked at number
two on the Billboard Hot 100 and is her highest-charting single in the U.S. to date. [115]
Minaj released a lyric music video for her song "Only" in November 2014, premiering close
to the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, with visualizations inspired by the Nazi
Regime and the work of Leni Riefenstahl.[116] There was immediate backlash from fans,
calling the video anti-semitic and insensitive. The Anti Defamation League stated that it was
"troubling that no one among Minaj's group of producers, publicists and managers raised a
red flag about the use of such imagery before ushering the video into public release." The
ADL called the "Only" video "insensitive to Holocaust survivors and a trivialization of the
history of that era. The abuse of Nazi imagery is deeply disturbing and offensive to Jews and
all those who can recall the sacrifices Americans and many others had to make as a result of
Hitler's Nazi juggernaut."[117]
On December 5, Minaj was nominated for two categories at the 2015 Grammy Awards: Best
Rap Song for "Anaconda" and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "Bang Bang" with
Jessie J & Ariana Grande.[118]