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For the 2018 Video Music Awards, MTV pre-recorded Nicki Minaj’s performance at the Oculus hub for the World Trade Center transit station and aired it during Monday night’s (August 20) ceremony — a first for a major awards show.

Dressed in garb fit for a queen, Nicki emerged from a golden throne carrying a scepter as she opened her set with live renditions of “Majesty” and “Barbie Dreams” before spitting a few acapella bars from “Ganja Burn” — all new music from the recently released Queenalbum.

To end the set, the self-professed Queen of Rap performed “FEFE,” her collaboration with Tekashi 6ix9ine. The controversial, rainbow-haired rapper, however, didn’t make an appearance.

Nicki lashed out on Twitter Sunday (August 19) and claimed Queen was the No. 1 Billboard 200 album — not Travis Scott’s Astroworld — despite numbers that say otherwise. She pointed the finger at Kylie Jenner, her child with La Flame, Stormi, and Spotify.

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Last week, Nicki quietly added “FEFE” to Queen‘s tracklist on all streaming platforms in what looked like an attempt to secure the No. 1 spot. Unfortunately for her, that didn’t work. [apple_news_ad type=”any”]