One of the most talked about songs off Nicki Minaj’s ‘Queen’ album is “Barbie Dreams,” where she flips The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Just Playing (Dreams)” and takes the 50 Cent “How To Rob” approach by name-dropping rappers and spitting sexually-charged bars about them.
During her stop on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” Nicki talked to the host about the album and when asked about the single Nick confessed that she is “obsessed” with Colbert and tweaked a verse dedicating bars to him.
“I might f**k Stephen after the show / He gon’ come back to work with a magical glow / But when you see us please, f**king don’t stare / Just address me as Queen Nicki Colbert,” she freestyled, while Colbert blushed and covered his face and asked, “Are we still broadcasting?”
Days after delivering her highly-anticipated ‘Queen’ album, Nicki Minaj comes through with the Mert and Marcus-directed visuals for “Ganja Burn.” The Egyptian-themed, six-minute video gives the backstory into the Queen’s kingdom that is destroyed by enemies.
Nicki Minaj looks to come for the crown with the release of her long-awaited, highly-anticipated fourth studio album, ‘Queen’. Nick’s last album ‘The Pinkprint’ was released back in 2014 and spawned hits like “Anaconda,” “Truffle Butter” featuring Drake and Lil Wayne, “Pill n Potions,” and “Only” featuring Drake, Lil Wayne, and Chris Brown.
Fully loaded with 19 tracks, the album includes a range of contributions from Eminem, The Weeknd, Lil Wayne, Future, Swae Lee, Ariana Grande, Labyrinth, and Foxy Brown.
The early standout single is the third track, “Barbie Dreams,” where she samples The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Just Playing (Dreams)” and draws inspiration from 50 Cent’s classic “How to Rob,” as she name drops and jokingly exposes a long list of rappers and athletes that includes: Drake, Lil Wayne, Meek Mill, YG, 6ix9ine, and others.
“Drake worth a hundred milli, always buyin’ me shit / But I don’t know if the pussy wet or if he cryin’ and shit / Meek still be in my DMs, I be havin’ to duck him,” she raps on “Barbie Dreams.”
Stream “Barbie Dreams” and the entire album below.
In anticipation of her upcoming ‘Queen’ album, Nicki Minaj has announced her own Apple Music radio show, “Queen Radio.”
The show is set to premiere this Friday, August 9th at 7pm PST/10pm EST on Beats1. On her first episode she will do a live Q&A with her fans. Questions can be submitted by using the hashtag #QueenRadio starting today. She will also give out prizes like signed copies of her album, plane tickets for her exclusive listening party, and tour tickets.
“#QueenRadio begins tomorrow @applemusic! The new dynasty begins on @beats1official tomorrow at 7pm PT/10pm ET. AND I might have something special for you too! 😘👑🤭. Use the hashtag #QueenRadio on Twitter between now & tomorrow night. I’ll be conducting a live Q&A portion of my very first show. Prizes for the best comments & questions include signed albums, signed merch, tour tkts, AND plane tickets to discuss #QUEEN w|ME & other members of the magical KINGDOM. 🦄🎀🎉 [all countries included] Good Luck‼️😘,” she wrote in a Instagram post.
For the second time, Nicki Minaj is pushing back the release date for her highly-anticipated ‘Queen’ album.
The album was originally supposed to be released June 15th with Nicki announcing that date on the Met Gala red carpet. It was later pushed to August 10th for undisclosed reasons and now it is getting delayed an extra week to August 17th, due to a sample clearance issue.
According to Nicki a song on her album that features “1 of the greatest rappers of all time” contains a Tracy Chapman sample she had “no clue” about. Chapman hasn’t cleared the sample, resulting in the one-week delay.
“So there’s a record on #Queen that features 1of the greatest rappers of all time,” she wrote in a deleted tweet. “Had no clue it sampled the legend #TracyChapman – do I keep my date & lose the record? Or do I lose the record & keep my date? do we push #Queen back 1week? Ugh! I’m torn, y’all help.”
Onika publicly reached out to Chapman in a tweet asking the legend to hit her up. Tracy Chapman, can you please hit me. omg for the love of #Queen,” she pleaded.
In another deleted tweet Nick shared details about the song saying, “Y’all gon get mad tea on that song too,” she added. “I’m high key lookin out for y’all chile. It’s sum GOODT TEA TOO. I’d be willing to sacrifice one more week for this tea! But I haven’t decided. Ugh. Love you.”
Nicki has since conducted a poll asking fans for advice whether she should “Keep date/lose record” or “Keep record/push date1 wk.”
‘Queen’ is now set to be released August 17th. She confirmed the new date on her Apple Music Essentials playlist writing, “Can’t wait for you guys to hear my 4th album QUEEN ON AUGUST 17!!!!!!!” she wrote, while also hinting at a surprise. “My darlings!!! I have a huge surprise that I can’t share until the day before #Queen drops.”
Hours after reports surfaced of Tekashi 6ix9ine’s brutal attack that occurred this morning in Brooklyn, the self-proclaimed “King of New York” released his highly-anticipated single, “FEFE,” that features Nicki Minaj.
Over the Murda Beatz-production, 6ix9ine raps, “Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, I catch a ho right by her toe / N****s say they killin’ people, but I really fuckin’ do it.” Nicki follows up with her verse rapping, “Colorful hair, don’t care / I don’t really want no friends, no.”
The single was accompanied with a colorful video which you can watch below.
Let us know in the comments below what you think of the single.
It was a celebration of hip-hop and black and brown excellence yesterday at the BET Awards that took place at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
The show kicked off with a performance from Jay Rock, who performed his smash hit “WIN.” Other performers included J. Cole, Nicki Minaj, YG, Meek Mill, amongst others. The legendary Anita Baker was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award and a tribute performance from Jamie Foxx, Marsha Ambrosius, Ledisi and Yolanda Adams, who performed renditions of her biggest hits.
Check out the full list of winners below.
Best Female R&B / Pop Artist Award Beyonce (WINNER)
SZA
H.E.R.
Rihanna
Kehlani
Best Male R&B / Pop Artist Award Bruno Mars (WINNER)
Chris Brown
The Weeknd
Khalid
Daniel Caesar
Best Group Award Migos (WINNER)
A Tribe Called Quest
N.E.R.D.
Rae Sremmurd
Chloe X Halle
Best Collaboration Award
Bruno Mars feat. Cardi B – “Finesse (Remix)” DJ Khaled feat. Rihanna & Bryson Tiller – “Wild Thoughts” (WINNER)
DJ Khaled feat. Jay-Z, Future & Beyonce – “Top Off”
Cardi B feat. 21 Savage – “Bartier Cardi”
French Montana feat. Swae Lee – “Unforgettable”
Kendrick Lamar feat. Rihanna – “LOYALTY.”
Best Male Hip Hop Artist Award
Drake Kendrick Lamar (WINNER)
DJ Khaled
Jay-Z
J. Cole
Best Female Hip Hop Artist Award Cardi B (WINNER)
Nicki Minaj
Remy Ma
DeJ Loaf
Rapsody
Video of the Year Award Drake – “God’s Plan” (WINNER)
Cardi B – “Bodak Yellow”
Bruno Mars feat. Cardi B – “Finesse (Remix)”
DJ Khaled feat. Rihanna & Bryson Tiller – “Wild Thoughts”
Kendrick Lamar – “HUMBLE.”
Migos feat. Drake – “Walk It Talk It”
Video Director of the Year Award
Benny Boom
Director X Ava Duvernay (WINNER)
Chris Brown
Dave Meyers
Best New Artist Award SZA (WINNER)
H.E.R.
Daniel Caesar
GOLDLINK
A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie
Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award Lecrae feat. Tori Kelly – “I’ll Find You” (WINNER)
Snoop Dogg feat. B. Slade – “Words Are Few”
Ledisi & Kirk Franklin – “If You Don’t Mind”
Marvin Sapp – “Close”
Tasha Cobbs Leonard feat. Nicki Minaj – “I’m Getting Ready”
The Best International Act Award
Booba (France)
Cassper Nyovest (South Africa)
Dadju (France) Davido (Nigeria) (WINNER)
Distruction Boyz (South Africa)
Fally Ipupa (Congo)
J Hus (U.K.)
Niska (France)
Tiwa Savage (Nigeria)
Stefflon Don (U.K.)
Stormzy (U.K.)
Best Actress Award Tiffany Haddish (WINNER)
Lupita Nyong’o
Issa Rae
Angela Bassett
Letitia Wright
Taraji P. Henson
Best Actor Award Chadwick Boseman (WINNER)
Michael B. Jordan
Donald Glover
Sterling K. Brown
Denzel Washington
Daniel Kaluuya
Young Stars Award Yara Shahidi (WINNER)
Ashton Tyler
Caleb McLaughlin
Lonnie Chavis
Marsai Martin
Miles Brown
Best Movie Award “Black Panther” (WINNER)
“Girls Trip”
“A Wrinkle in Time”
“Detroit”
“Mudbound”
Sportswoman of the Year Award Serena Williams (WINNER)
Venus Williams
Skylar Diggins-Smith
Candace Parker
Elana Meyers Taylor
Sportsman of the Year Award
Stephen Curry LeBron James (WINNER)
Kevin Durant
Dwyane Wade
Odell Beckham Jr.
Album of the Year Award “DAMN.” – Kendrick Lamar (WINNER)
“Ctrl” – SZA
“4:44” – Jay-Z
“Culture II” – Migos
“Black Panther: The Album” – Kendrick Lamar & Various Artists
“Grateful” – DJ Khaled
BET Her Award
Janelle Monae – “Django Jane”
Lizzo – “Water Me” Mary J. Blige – “Strength of a Woman” (WINNER)
Remy Ma feat. Chris Brown – “Melanin Magic (Pretty Brown)”
Chloe X Halle – “The Kids Are Alright”
Leikeli47 – “2nd Fiddle”
Coca-Cola Viewers’ Choice Award
SZA feat. Travis Scott – “Love Galore” Cardi B – “Bodak Yellow” (WINNER)
Kendrick Lamar – “HUMBLE.”
Drake – “God’s Plan”
Migos feat. Cardi B & Nicki Minaj – “Motor Sport”
DJ Khaled feat. Rihanna & Bryson Tiller – “Wild Thoughts”
YG shows how “Big Bank takes lil’ bank” in the video for his star-studded “Big Bank” single featuring Nicki Minaj, Big Sean, and 2 Chainz. The celebratory clip gives viewers a glimpse of the collaborator’s lavish lifestyle.
When Nicki Minaj pushed her album release date back to August fans were upset to say the least. Upon doing so she promised to make it up for them and she has really been standing by her promise.
Earlier this week she announced a joint tour with Future, dropped some new merch, and released “Rich Sex” featuring Lil Wayne. She strikes back today with another new single in “Bed” featuring frequent collaborator, Ariana Grande.
Nicki’s forthcoming ‘Queen’ album is set to be released August 10th and will include 19-tracks, including “Chun-Li,” “Rich Sex” featuring Lil Wayne, and “Bed” featuring Ariana Grande. It is now available for pre-order now.
Having a collaborated on a song in the past, Nicki Minaj and Future are joining forces yet again, only this time they’re coming together for a joint tour. Announced today, the “NickiHndrxx Tour” will be coming to a city near you this fall.
The your will be presented by Live Nation and will begin with a North American arena run that starts on September 21st in Baltimore, Maryland. Other cities on the schedule include Los Angeles, Brooklyn, Chicago, Miami, New Orleans, Toronto, and more. It will wrap up on November 24th in Las Vegas.
A few months after the culmination of the North American leg, the “You Da Baddest” duo will travel overseas for the European run that begins in February 2019. In Europe they will hit London, Paris, Berlin, Frankfurt, Manchester, and more.
There will be a pre-sale for Citi card members that begins June 12th at 10 a.m. local time. Tickets will go on-sale to the public on June 15th. It’s already been said that additional show dates will be added and announced soon.
See the full itinerary below.
“NICKIHNDRXX TOUR” DATES
Sept. 21 – Baltimore, MD – Royal Farms Arena
Sept. 23 – Washington, DC – Capital One Arena
Sept. 26 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
Sept. 28 – Chicago, IL – United Center
Sept. 29 – Cincinnati, OH – US Bank Arena
Oct. 1 – Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre
Oct. 2 – Buffalo, NY – KeyBank Center
Oct. 4 – Boston, MA – TD Garden
Oct. 5 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
Oct. 7 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
Oct. 11 – Brooklyn, NY – Barclays Center
Oct. 14 – Raleigh, NC – PNC Arena
Oct. 16 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center
Oct. 19 – Miami, FL – American Airlines Arena
Oct. 20 – Orlando, FL – Amway Arena
Oct. 23 – Memphis, TN – FedEx Forum
Oct. 28 – Nashville, TN – Smoothie King Center
Oct. 30 – New Orleans, LA – Smoothie King Center
Nov. 1 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
Nov. 2 – Houston, TX – Toyota Center
Nov. 4 – Kansas City, MO – Sprint Center
Nov. 6 – Denver, CO – Pepsi Center
Nov. 9 – Portland, OR – Moda Center
Nov. 10 – Seattle, WA – Tacoma Dome
Nov. 16 – San Jose, CA – SAP Center
Nov. 17 – Sacramento, CA – Golden 1 Center
Nov. 20 – Los Angeles, CA – The Forum
Nov. 24 – Las Vegas, NV – MGM Grand
Feb. 21 – Munich, Germany – Olympiahalle
Feb. 22 – Bratislava, Slovakia – Ondrej Nepela Arena
Feb. 24 – Lodz, Poland – Atlas Arena
Feb. 25 – Budapest, Hungary – Budapest Sportarena
Feb. 28 – Berlin, Germany – Mercedes Benz Arena
March 1 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Royal Arena
March 3 – Oslo, Norway – Spektrum
March 4 – Stockholm, Sweden – Ericsson Globe
March 6 – Brussels, Belgium – Palais 12
March 7 – Paris, France – AccorHotels Arena
March 9 – Bordeaux, France – Metropole Arena
March 11 – London, UK – The O2
March 14 – Birmingham, UK – Arena Birmingham
March 15 – Dublin, Ireland – 3Arena
March 17 – Glasgow, UK – SSE Hydro
March 18 – Manchester, UK – Manchester Arena
March 20 – Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg – Rockhal
March 22 – Frankfurt, Germany – Festhalle
March 23 – Cologne, Germany – Lanxess Arena
March 25 – Amsterdam, Holland – Ziggo Dome
March 27 – Zurich, Switzerland – Hallenstadion
March 28 – Geneva, Switzerland – Arena Geneva
Along with the tour announcement Nicki dropped a new song called “Rich Sex” featuring her YMCMBrother, Lil Wayne. The song is not considered to be the follow-up to her charting “Chun-Li” single. The follow-up will be her next release “Bed” featuring Ariana Grande that drops on Thursday.
It’s not quite summer yet but things are already beginning to heat up with YG releasing the second single off his forthcoming ‘Stay Dangerous’ album. With Mustard handling the production, YG assembles his hip-hop dream team of 2 Chainz, Big Sean, and Nicki Minaj for “Big Bank.”
“Big Bank” follows “Suu Whoop” off the rapper’s ‘Stay Dangerous’ that is expected to be released sometime this summer. Stay tuned for more updates. In the meantime blast this in your car, party, everywhere.
Nicki Minaj cancelled her appearance on “The Ellen Degeneres Show” yesterday, where she planned to make a “major” announcement. To make up for it, Barbz had an Instagram live session that updated her fans with some important news.
I couldn’t fly out to shoot Ellen. [Doctor’s Orders]. I’m sad about that. There’s an announcement I was going to make on Ellen. I’ll make it tomorrow via social media instead. Love you. 🦄 pic.twitter.com/gR2060mCsS
During the session Nicki told her fans she was pushing the release date for her forthcoming ‘Queen’ album back to August 10th. The original album date of June 15th was made on the red carpet of the MET Gala earlier this month.
Looking to make it up to her fans, Nicki guaranteed her fans happiness on June 15th saying she had “three surprises” on the 15th that will give them their “whole complete life.” One of the surprises is a new single, while the other two are the album artwork and an intimate listening party, where fans get to hear the album with Nicki.
They called on the queen and she came through with the heat.
Nicki Minaj made her return to “Saturday Night Live,” this time to close out the 43rd season of the series with two EPIC performances. With Tina Fey on hand to introduce Barbz, the self-proclaimed rap queen came out firing with a performance of her charting “Chun-Li” single for the first time on television.
With chopsticks in her hair and a black robe the Harajuku queen came from under a Chinese arch with ninja dancers by her side and ran through the “Street Fighter” inspired single as one of the characters.
Watch below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJUcecTVyGs
Following the performance of “Chun-Li,” Nick came back for another first-time television performance, this time it was with Playboi Carti for his new ‘Die Lit’ single “Poke It Out.” Flaunting her body with dancers, she delivered her crazy verse and “the best feature out the Big APPLE since FACETIME.”
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