It’s seems a bit unlikely that Nicki Minaj’s future with Young Money would be in jeopardy considering she set a record by placing seven singles on Billboard magazine’s “Hot 100” singles chart. But that was exactly the prospect she faced when Lil Wayne contemplated kicking her out of Young Money after she dropped off the second leg of his “I Am Music” tour.
“I started to record by myself and I lost track of what I was doing and who I wanted to be,” Nicki told Billboard. “It wasn’t until I linked back up with Wayne that he gave me this speech. He said, ‘What happened? You were hot,’ and it just hurt me so much. I wanted to prove to him that I was still hot. It hurt my ego so bad that I went back with a vengeance.”
Interestingly enough, it would be Nicki Minaj and her faux husband and fellow Young Money cohort, Drake, who helped keep the Young Money ship afloat while Lil Wayne was incarcerated. While Lil Wayne’s I Am Not A Human Being and Drake’s Thank Me Later respectively helped buoy the label’s sales, six of Nicki Minaj’s feature appearances account for nearly $4.3 million in sales. The ability to brand herself has translated into other ventures, as Nicki is reportedly working with MAC makeup to start a signature line.
she is a fine dime brizzle
the fuck does that matter? it’s sad that all most of us men can think about a female rapper is how she looks. are you not deeper than that? she’s fucking terrible at making music, what does her appearance (outside marketing) have to do with ANYTHING? stfu, stop talking about it like it has any relevance.
Look we know she cant rap to save her life. With that said how can you not give her props for being a fine ass woman. I know its not relevant to anything in the article but damn shes fine.
@Esoteric – No disrespect but you seem kind of on the gay side. Or maybe your significant other isnt as fine as Nicki is. With that said there was no reason for you to go off just because another man is speaking on how fine Nicki is. What man wouldnt want to suck on them TITTIE O BIGS she got.
damn, esoteric is gay as fck
esoteric some raging homo.. no doubt.
Maybe not gay but definitely naive. eso get a grip. lol Her music doesn’t really impress me but her looks do. And I promise you she knows full well that her physical, (ahem), attributes play a big role in her success. It’s pop music. If I want “deep” I’ll look elsewhere. Someday you’ll tire of that charade.
and that’s what we call the illuminati
co-sign esoteric, the rest of you are just some ugly no pussy gettin niggas.
soft-ass niggas
co-sign esoteric, if some of ya’ll dudes make some real money to get your girl a new butt, some bobs and a ghost-writer. You can have a rapping barbie too. (not saying nicki doesn’t write her own stuff) I like her on some songs but I wont buy the whole album…so I give respect on some stuff.
LMAO, how stupid, I really hope she stops letting the media control her.
So basically, she couldnt rap as good as the rest of Young Money? Thats hard to believe. And now after almost getting kicked out, she just happens to RAP BETTER THAN ALL OF THEM.
LOL., so now that Drake, and Lil Wayne, and TYGA, and the other 7 dwarves have been completely surpassed in talent by Nicki Minaj, does that mean they are going to get kicked out?
According to this story Nicki Minaj should be the only person left in Young Money, on account of how much more she actually raps on a song. It would probably be easier though for her to just go solo and leave that little sausage party to fade away into obscurity.
Truthfully speaking she’s one of the worst artists when it comes down to lyrics.Her and her boss are equally wack. The 3 best artists in the group don’t get any shine because wayne can’t be outshined.Jae Millz,Cory Gunz and Short Dawg are more talented than the rest of the crew and would be better off leaving that slowly sinking ship.
Esoteric you must be gay. She is fine and she is making good music so shut the hell up.
Anybody see her before surgery?
no i hve nt seen her befre surgery
i have, she was nasty…straight hoodrat. to be real, she IS a barbie. FAKE up and down.
is she joking..y.m is just living off waynes hype yall need to open yall ears nobody on there has any lyrical skills but millz and gunz and they benched and drake dont write his own rhymes…be honest name one hot line lil chukee or gudda gudda said …
they call me young gudda im all about the dough still, and anybody in my way, Roadkill..
yea that gudda rhyme is soo sick
Young Money Records Has No Representation Of Lyricists. Drake Is a R&B Singer,Nikki is a R&B Singer,Wayne Is Wack, Them Other Niggas Gudda,Millz,Gunz,Chuckie,Twist,Tyga,Short-dawg all garbage. She Need To Go Back To What She Was Before She Got Signed, Right Now Young Money Is The Laughing Stock Of Rap Music.
YOUNG MONEY baby we the shit like fly food
no fan of drake,nicki,twist,chuckie.cory gunz
i rocks with BABY YEP AKA BIRD MAN im geting that album when it drops
tyga cool hes getting better
millz cool
shawt dogg all heard him on is my drank
the dont like YM/CMR so much they post on every article about them on HHDX OR SOHH.COM just look for yo self
hw can u tlk n u ant doing nun ureself
It’s hard to read what you said when you type like that :\
her rapping isnt to bad besides the weird voices and facial expressions…but Up all Night and Monster made me at least respect her appeal on the Mic
u gt dat rght
cosign. she can really spit when she wants to.
There’s not 1 YM/CM artist i like sept Millz. Not hating just that Drake is 90% R&B so the fact that he can barely sing (studio only) is pretty frightening. Nicki’s hot so it doesn’t reli matter, she’ll grow on me. Not feeling Tyga at all, and the rest are irrelevant.
second that thought to me millz is the only other one that can spit somethin with a purpose
you’re retarded, young money, (all young money) is the best fucking music group since the begining of time and anyone who hates is retarded and insicure
Teejay, are you retarded? Or 12? Or just a troll?
@teejay So you’re telling me Young Money is better than A Tribe Called Quest, Wu-Tang Clan, N.W.A. & Gang Starr what are you retarded and it’s spelled insecure not insicure.
Everything they do/say is so cheesy. “Oh he almost kicked me out so I stepped my game up.” The fuck outta here with that corny shit. That fake marriage was stupid as hell too.
LOL I FIND THIS VERY FUNNY
So by proving yourself means selling out? Wayne only wants hits because he gets parts of the checks.
if your almost kicked out of Young Money, that must mean your REALLL BAD.
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If Nicki album blows up and sells alot, Nicki need to leave young money, she better than all of them, the best rappers over there is Nicki,Tyga,Bowwow, and Drake all of them better than There Boss,nicki need to get her people in the queens,and start a her own crew.
you sound dumb bow wow aint shit & you aint shit neither so fuck outa here get off the damn computer
she almost got kicked out then started jacking lil kim style !!
i’m just waiting for the Nicki Minaj porno entitled:the day my huge weird ass swallowed the earth.
i’d tap it though.
hahahahahahahahahaha
who else remembers nicki back in like 2007 when she was like a nobody…being the only girl doesnt make her even a little talented
wat if the rap game was all girls and then like soulja boy came out he’d be the only male rapper so then they wud be on his nuts like theyre on nicki
…..and SMFH @ nicki saying she has to step it up if she sucks now i dont even wanna hear wat she was puttin out b4
i don’t think nikki is wack, she’s just not a great rapper. she gets it worse cause she’s a woman, but she’s no worse than other medicore rappers ike juelz santana, slim thug or memphis bleek
all of cum money/fag money should b kicked out of da rap game. they all wack az fuck. ROC NATION BITCH! G.O.O.D MUZIK MUTHAFUCKAZ!
wtf are all those blotches on her skin, she biting ppl styles now she takin mike jackson signature disease and sh1t
that’s wayne’s shadow you idiot.
hahahaahhahaahah!!!!!!!
dawg all this irrelevant shit yall talkn….. women lie men lie numbers don’t. anything other than numbers is bullshit she selling so stop hating if she was garbage or ym was they wouldn’t be killin the game with numbers… all this damn hate.. and honestly all yall opinions dont account for shit cause y u givin yo opinion they MAKIN MONEY so stop hatin and do the same
Yo what you nikki minaj legal aide? You her attorney, take nicki minaj dildo out your ass and hop off her dick, women lie numbers lie stfu you queer.. ppl are entitled to their own opinions and if they don’t want to dick ride thats they’re sh1t Nicki minaj doesn’t need a public defender you faggot
men lie women lie number you enjoy dick, straight homo..
fuck thing about is when you say stuff like what leo said what is TRU yall reply with gay stuff every time
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I wish people would take Jay’s dick out their mouth and quit quoting ‘women lie, men lie, numbers don’t’ bullshit.
Numbers are about the easiest thing there is too use to manipulate and perpetrate a lie. SMH.
Really? She “stepped up” her “lyrical” game?
I don’t get it…
You mean she was even worse than she is now?
i think you money sucks all the way. lil winnie is a lame. if anything he should kick him self out from young homos.