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New Video: Nicki Minaj – “Hard White” [WATCH]

Y’all was looking for the Queen?

Nicki Minaj makes her first splash of 2019 with a new video for her ‘Queen’ album standout, “Hard White.” In the dark, sinister clip, Nicki is shown ruling her kingdom full of goblins and showing off a medusa-inspired look as she runs through the track.

Nicki is getting ready to hit the road on her headlining “Nicki WRLD Tour” with Juice WRLD this month. The European trot will kick off on February 21st in Munich, Germany before hitting 22 other European cities and wrapping on March 28th in Geneva, Switzerland.

Watch the video for “Hard White” below.

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New Video: Nicki Minaj – “Barbie Dreams” [WATCH]

When Nicki Minaj’s ‘QUEEN’ album dropped everyone was talking about “Barbie Dreams,” where she borrows The Notorious B.I.G.’s “Dreams (Just Playin)” and goes on a 50 Cent “How to Rob” name-dropping spree.

Barbz drops the Hype Williams-directed video for “Barbie Dreams” and instead of casting the people she name-dropped or look-alikes, she uses puppets to get the point across. As Nicki shows off her ASSets in seductive outfits, she gives DJ Khaled, Lil Wayne, 6ix9ine, and others the puppet treatment.

Watch below.

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Nicki Minaj Goes In On Travis Scott On Her “QUEEN” Radio Show [PEEP]

As advertised and promised during her acceptance speech for “Best Hip-Hop” at last night’s MTV Video Music Awards, Nicki Minaj brought the smoke and aired out Travis Scott on her Beats1 Queen Radio Show.

Last night while accepting her Moonman she said, “tune into Queen radio so you can know who the Hoe N***a of the Day is going to.” Well, she kept her promise by awarding her newest nemesis Travis Scott the “Hoe N***a of the Week.”

“Travis Scott wins ‘Ho Ni**a of the Week’ by a landslide,” said Nicki. “Travis Scott is out here selling fucking clothes and got ya’ll thinking he’s selling music.”

She clearly stated that she doesn’t agree with merch sales counting as album sales and said that’s why her recently-released ‘Queen’ album didn’t debut at No. 1. Going on she explained how Travis inflated his second week sales by selling “season pass” tour bundles and having is girl Kylie Jenner post on Instagram that she would be there with their daughter Stormi.

“Travis Scott on Thursday, when he realized the Queen was about to have the No. 1 album in America, he and his label decided to have Kylie and baby Stormi put up a tour pass,” she said. “He had her go and post and say, ‘Me and Stormi can’t wait to see ya’ll!’ How are you selling something that does not have anything to do with your album, but it’s being counted on Billboard as album sales?”

Nicki went on by calling him “Auto-tune man” and saying, “But what we not gon’ do is have this Auto-Tune man comin’ up here selling fuckin’ sweaters and tellin’ ya’ll he sold half-a-million fucking albums ’cause he didn’t. And there’s a lot of rappers behind the scenes that wanna talk about it and they’re scared. But sweetheart, I’m not scared.”

Scott’s ‘ASTROWORLD’ album topped the Billboard 200 chart for a second week straight after selling 205,000 equivalent album units. Nicki’s ‘Queen’ debuted at No. 2 with 185,000 units, 78,000 traditional sales.

The smoke didn’t stop there as she mentioned an unnamed male rapper that secretly hates on her.

“There’s a male rapper in the industry who’s a big secret hater. Very jealous person,” she said.

Stay tuned for more smoke as it unfolds and in the words of Funkmaster Flex, “I’m just bobbing my head to the beat.”

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Nicki Minaj Performs ‘Queen’ Medley At MTV VMAs [WATCH]

Did someone call for the ‘Queen’?

Nicki Minaj took over the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards for a royal performance from the World Trade Center subway station in her hometown of New York City. Barbz served up a majestic medley of ‘Queen’ cuts that included “Majesty,” “Barbie Dreams,” and “FEFE” without 6ix9ine.

Her ‘Queen’ album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 185,000 equivalent album units and 78,000 traditional sales. The No. 2 spot has sparked some beefs and resulted in Nicki outing a few folks like Travis Scott, who beat out her album with his.

Watch the performance below.

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Nicki Minaj Tweaks “Barbie Dreams” To Include Stephen Colbert On “The Late Show” [WATCH]

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?”

Watch the hilarious moment below.

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New Video: Nicki Minaj – “Ganja Burn” [WATCH]

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.

Watch the action-packed video below.

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Nicki Minaj Unleashes Her Long-Awaited Album ‘Queen’ [STREAM]

The ‘Queen’ has arrived.

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.

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Nicki Minaj Announces Beats1 Radio Show [PEEP]

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.

There’s no doubt Nicki will use the show to drop new singles and preview stuff leading up to her ‘Queen’ album.

‘Queen’ was set to be released on August 10th, but was pushed back to August 17th due to a sample clearance.

 

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Nicki Minaj Pushes ‘Queen’ Album Release Date Back [PEEP]

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.”
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‘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.”

Stay tuned for more details and a track list.

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Nicki Minaj Pushes ‘Queen’ Album Back To August [PEEP]

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.

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.

Watch the announcement below.

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Nicki Minaj Announces Her Next Album ‘Queen’ + Release Date [PEEP]

After a bit of a hiatus on social media Nicki Minaj returned strong by releasing two fire singles in “Barbie Tingz” and “Chun-Li.” Shortly after that the anticipation of her next album grew even more than it already was.

While making her royal appearance tonight at the Met Gala in New York City, Barbz graced the red carpet in her stunning red Oscar de la Renta gown and gracefully spoke to reporters. While talking to the E! Network she announce her forthcoming fourth album will be titled ‘Queen’ and is slated to be released on June 15th.

“I’m the bad guy and I wanted to make sure the bad guy was here,” she said. “Album dropping June 15th, it’s called ‘Queen’, hey Barbz I love you.”

In a Beats 1 interview with Zane Lowe last month, Nicki talked about the title and said her fans would love it. “[Fans] are gonna love the title of the album, It fits everything that I am right now, where I am in my life,” she said.

On her way to drop her highly-anticipated upcoming album, Queen Nicki will perform both “Barbie Tingz” and “Chun-Li” on the season finale of “Saturday Night Live” on May 19th.

Along with announcing her album tonight, Ms. Minaj made more news by hanging out with Cardi B at the Met Gala. Both female rappers appeared to be friendly as smiles and laughs were shared. I guess we can dead all that beef talk now.

 

 

‘Queen’ will be the follow-up to Nicki’s last album ‘The Pinkprint’, that dropped back in 2014. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and spawned the hits “Feeling Myself” featuring Beyoncé, “Only” featuring Chris Brown, Drake, and Lil Wayne, and “Anaconda.”

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New Video: Aaron Cohen – “Queen$” [WATCH]

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L.A. Leakers “Indie Pick of the Week” alumnist, Aaron Cohen, unleashes the video for “Queen$”, where he pays homage to 50 Cent and his borough of Queens. The single includes a hook inspired by 50’s “Life’s on the Line”, while the FRMNDS-directed video was shot in Queens using film on a Super 8 camera.

“Queen$” is a track about my life in Queens and also an ode to 50 Cent,” said Cohen about the Calev and Kemal co-produced track. “I think 50 Cent has written some of the best rap hooks ever and I wanted to pay homage.”

Watch the video below.

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