Is Nicki Minaj the greatest female rapper of all time?
During the latest installment of Elliott Wilson‘s CRWN series, Nicki addressed her spot in Hip Hop in front of a crowd — filled with Barbz — at the Le Poisson Rouge in downtown, New York City.
“I am the greatest female rapper, and it’s humbling because the people make you that,” she declared. “I wanna let the Hip Hop culture know I take this serious.”
Nicki also added that she’s positive her skill will never be disputed. While Nick has rapped these claims before in her songs, she hasn’t been as vocal about her status off the mic.
Her third studio album, The Pinkprint, was released Monday (December 15). Each of her previous projects, Pink Friday and Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded have reached no. 1 on the Billboard charts.
Although Nicki has collected a trophy room of awards, she still questions herself, at times.
“There’s a real thin line between genius and crazy,” she said. “Sometimes I’ll ask people, ‘What’s wrong with me?’”
Stream The Pinkprint via HipHopDX.com.
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(December 17, 2014)
UPDATE: Check out the teaser for Nicki Minaj’s CRWN interview:
iggy is much better. The new classic has platinum singles for days and is considered a modern day classic. The pink print is flop trash get on iggys level you hoe.
what? LMAO at this, The FLOP Classic IS NOT EVEN GOLD in 8 months bitch, and her re-release is the biggest flop
@Iggy Classic
You’ve got to be trolling. 11k albums and its considered a modern day classic. Fuck outta here.
nicki has never put out anything that comes close to lil kims hardcore or lauryn hills mideduation. not to mention missy, mc lyte, etc etc, etc….
I wish she would go to Australia with that other clown. UGH!
mc lyte, remy, lil kim, salt n peppa, lauryn hill, missy elliot..all better nickis not even top 7
She’s not even in top 30. There are so much better one’s. Her flow is just bad, she just raps fast mostly amd nobody needs much flow to rap fast and it’s not big thing.
I never really heard so much female rap, but heard enough for it to name 20 better one’s and heard music from about 30-40 better one’s. She’s just ridiculous
Sorry. Lauryn Hill has that title. And she didn’t rap about sex, booty and actually had messages in her songs, substance and wasn’t a commercial tool.
nikki lost all her respect with the attempt to crossover to pop music starships smfh worst shit ever dumb hoe thought she would be bigger than lady gaga with that shit hahaha all it did was turn the few remaining hip hop fans against your ass only girls n homo’s give her music play
Starships sold 7.2 million, and it broadened her fan base to people who actually buy albums as opposed to listening to tracks on youtube. Bigger than lady gaga? impossible. lady gaga is a fat mess, Nicki would never allow herself to get that disgusting.
^ You obviously have been living under a rock.
Lol she funny she not even in the top 10, what is she basing that on her fat ass and always half naked if so then she is right
and a fake one at that
SHUT THE FUCK UP BITCH
Hate her, or love her, you cant deny the impact she has made upon hip hop. From being the most charted female rapper, to being a mogul, Nicki Minaj is an icon.
Nope.
AS SHE SHOULD virtious women are a BLESSING+ADORABLE & ESSENTIAL !!! ALL OF YALL NEED TO ONE UR SELF GO GET THE BURNER AN BANG URSELF,,,,,JMJ ROC 4L
Bahamadia, Lauryn Hill, MC Lyte, Foxy Brown, Remy Martin, Jaz the Rapper, Jean Grae, Rapsody….Nicki im sorry but you need to earn that title without taking your clothes off.
Thank you, if Nicki had 1% of bahamadia’s thoughtful bars, she might get some love but her watered down herself super bad
She’s not even close to being a MC, she is a pathetic pop rapper, and not even a good one at that. Flow below average. Word play almost none existing. etc.
I sell a lot of records, I’m popular, I must be the greatest.
What a surprise another rapper where the ego doesn’t match the achievements!
Another rapper with an excessive over evaluation of her own abilities!
She’s not even in top 100, record sells doesn’t equal skills on the mic!
I personally know female rappers in my country that can spit ten times better than that ignorant pop biii-atch!
Last but not least, just a short list of waaaaaaay better female rappers/MC’s:
MC Lyte
Salt ‘n Pepa
Foxy Brown
Rah Digga
Lil-Kim
Lauryn Hill
Queen Pen
Ms. Lady May
Dynasty
Invicible
Helixx
Lady of Rage
Eve
Missy Elliot
Queen Latifah
The Mystic
Remy Ma
Roxanne Shanté
Amil
Sonja Blade
Jean Grae
Ms. Jade
Da Brat
Yo-Yo
Shawnna
Apani B,Lady Heroin,jane doe,mother superior,tiye phoenix,storm,eternia,bahamadia,monie love i can name a whole lot more but with both list people get the point that nicki is nowhere in the same universe as being the best she need to turn the gas off cause she is truly a wack rapper
Good one’s brother, I can name many more as well, but hopefully people get the point.
I’m real sick of this creature.
If nicki wants to be conceited like that why stop there why not say she’s the greatest rapper ever?
cause dudes would laugh at her as they are laughing now let’s see where she is when the body starts to sag and she loses the sex appeal.
This is hilarious. This bitch can’t be serious. Lil’ Kim is the greatest female of all time. Lil’ Kim is a lyrical champ and she eats all these rap hoes.
wow. male nicki minaj groupies??? Hella suspect yo!
Missy Elliot – enough said
Lauryn Hill is the only good female rapper. Nicki has nice flows but her lyrics are simplistic and one dimensional. The rest of the female rappers use ghost writers or are complete trash.
Lauryn Hill and Jean Grae >>>>>>> Nicki Minaj
Nitty Scott, MC >>>> Nicki Minaj
missy has like 6 platinum albums, one is multi plat
Fuck!Even im a better rapper than nicki!Me myself and Missy,lauren hill fuck even azelia banks is better and probably many more!HA!
Remy Ma gonna come at her head
IGGY took that crown from you awhile back
She is selling and she can spit outside of her songs ..Remy Ma gotta come with bangers to dispute this now..
She is not even a good rapper period.
Onika got a new album out. of course she gonna say some dumb wild shit like this to make headlines. birdman rubbing his hands somewhere.
LOL, she ain’t in the top 10…
it funny because she doesn’t even have one good song i like, i mean i only watch her video cause of her booty
Wow she’s not happy. Her manager should have told her not to make statements like that. She comes off looking desperate and insecure.
Bahamadia!
HAHAHA!Not even close!
this is insecure bullshit from all these artist nowadays.
They need this kindof attention to make them think that they are.
Lil wayne etc.
This woman thinks she the mst recognizable name right now shes the greatest ….