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On Wednesday evening Nicki Minaj nearly flew under our radar when she covered up her famous face (and booty!) at the airport. We're thinking the bootylicious singer/rapper might be keeping a low profile after the controversy she stirred up last week by using a picture of Malcolm X on the cover of her new single, "Lookin A** N****"...

Last week Malcolm's daughter Ilyasah Shabazz expressed her disapproval with the situation, and CMG Worldwide, the company in charge of licensing for the Malcolm X estate, called Minaj's use of the 1964 photo "dehumanizing" and added, "This is a family photo that was taken out of context in a totally inaccurate and tasteless way." Not only that, but a lawyer representing the family demanded that the photo be removed immediately and "failure to do so within the next 24 hours will result in legal action." Yikes!

Minaj deleted the photo from her Instagram page but it's still up on her website. I guess it makes a little more sense as to why she wasn't in the mood to chat with photogs last night! Glad that teddy bear is getting put to good use:

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