Nicki Minaj has returned with a video for “Chun-Li,” one of two new singles she dropped earlier this week. The bulk of the visual is shot by Minaj in vertical selfie mode.
Dressed in black leather and fishnets, she spits, “They need rappers like me/ So they can get on their fucking keyboards/ And make me the bad guy, Chun-Li.”
The self-proclaimed Queen of Rap revealed the single alongside “Barbie Tingz” on Thursday (April 12), marking her first new solo material of 2018.
(The last update on this article was published on April 12, 2018 and can be found below.)
Nicki Minaj has finally resurfaced with two new singles — “Barbie Tingz” and “Chun-Li.” After teasing fans with a handful of cryptic tweets, Minaj revealed new music was on its way earlier this week, causing an uproar on social media.
Black Barbie hit the Beats 1 Radio studios on Thursday (April 12) to discuss her return with Zane Lowe. During the interview, Minaj talked about why she disappeared from social media for the past few months.
“I needed to focus on my album,” she told Lowe. “This is the best album in my life I’ve ever ever created. I needed to focus and I wanted to write something meaningful to me that would inspire and captivate my audience. More importantly, I wanted to have fun again without giving a shit. I didn’t want to see anything. I wasn’t only not posting. I also took all social media off my phone. It was the most genius decision I ever made. It gave me peace and put my focus back on what it needed to be on — the music. ”
Minaj also talked about how it’s necessary to “deactivate from the matrix.”
“I was like, ‘Why am I including this information in my spirit,” she said. “I don’t need to know what people are saying about me … music has become much more than music. It’s become a lot of shenanigans. I can rap. At the end of the day, I can rap. I don’t know about anybody else but I rap. That’s what I do.”
Later in the conversation, she touched on her tumultuous relationship with Drake (who she called the “Golden Boy”).
“Drake is always mad at me,” she said. “We’re like an old married couple. It’s so stupid. But you know what, on the real, Drake also has given me some of the best advice of my career. He’s given me some great advice. He’s very smart. You can’t take that away from him. Also, even when there were things happening, even when I couldn’t speak to him, I think he felt the love I will always have for him.”
She then talked about ex Meek Mill and his current situation.
“I don’t want to talk about legal things but I will say, every now and then … I won’t go there. I will save some of those things for my album. What I will say now is the judge in question did everything I asked of her. I can’t badmouth her because I met her personally. I know what she said to us. He knows. I wouldn’t wish jail on anybody. ”
Check out her comments on Meek below.
(The last update of this article was published on April 10, 2018 and can be found below.)
After tantalizing fans with a few cryptic tweets, Nicki Minaj has put an end to the speculation. On Tuesday (April 10), Black Barbie posted the covers of what appear to be two new singles — “Barbie Tingz” and “Chun-Li.”
According to the caption, both songs will arrive at 10 a.m. PST/1 p.m. EST “everywhere.”
Although the self-proclaimed Queen of Rap hasn’t put out a new album since 2014’s The Pinkprint, she’s popped up on multiple singles, including Migos’ “Motorsport” and Yo Gotti’s “Rake It Up.”
Her latest stunt is reminiscent of the #3PackFromParis maneuver she pulled last March, which featured the diss-heavy “No Frauds” with Lil Wayne and Drake.
It’s possible the countdown ended early because the cover art was leaked on a French website and Minaj was forced to announce the news.
(The original version of this article was published on April 10, 2018 at 9:48 a.m. PST and can be found below.)
Following months of silence, Nicki Minaj emerged on social media seemingly out of nowhere on Sunday (April 8).
The self-proclaimed Queen of Rap pulled a tweet-and-delete with a simple, “4,” leading to widespread speculation she had something on the way. The following day, she doubled down with another cryptic tweet, this time with the number 3. Both tweets were quickly deleted.
Then, Young Thug poured fuel on the fire with a tweet. On Monday night (April 9), the Jeffery rapper followed Minaj’s lead with a “3” tweet of his own. Many are concluding this means a possible collaboration between the two, although Thug also has a song called “Three” with Future.
If Minaj is plotting her return on Friday (April 13), she has an army of people drooling at the thought. Social media has exploded with excitement over the past 24 hours.
Whatever the case, Black Barbie has “liked” a handful of her fans’ anticipatory tweets.[apple_news_ad type=”any”]
Check out those below.
HER ABLUM FINNA BE CERTIFIVED CLASSIC . BEST ABLUM BY A FEMALE RAPPER EVA . DONT BELEVE ME JUST WATCH .
Dumb af
you prolly thing drake and wayne can rap too… stfu.
If you think Drake and Wayne aren’t two of the best ever you should be stfu!
You obviously don’t listen to any underground cats.
and you thinkin you edgy and shit because you listen to underground? lol your favorites will never compete with the tops. that’s why they underground, yo. They are too shit to come out and they are music stank that the fans let some of your favorite underrated groups, singers and whatnot are snubbed, robbed and not worth listening to but go off. NEXT.
You are obviously a delusional lame fan boy who probally idolizes drake, lil yachty, and migos etc. The dopest rappers are underground, and thanks to industry politics thats why alot of them dont get the same shine as the “So called tops”. You aint hip hop bruh foh…
Underground isn’t a genre you moron
I have a feelin that chun-li song is gonna have that typical Chinese rhythm people used back in the 80s and 90s and Nicki will do some weird fake Chinese accent at some point.
Come on dude. You really think in todays climate shes gonna be on some “a ching chong ching” shit? She’d get flamed horribly for that. Next.
Why is she trying to look like FKA Twigs?
It’s just the hair. Twigs is on a different level artistically. Not just music.
That Chun Li cover thooo
C U L T U R A L A P P R O P R I A T I O N !
Haha! Yeah, both of them!
She’s part Chinese
She is part Indian. That maybe Asian but not Chinese, you fool
Dude im a giant bone thug fan but can you STFU on these boards for once?
AIGHT YOU LIL KIM CLONE CLOWN
She coming for the new girl. Barbie tings, Chun Li, oh u mean BC = Before Cardi haha
She should probably wait. She might be released too soon. Cardi’s shine might be getting to her but she shouldn’t let that influence her to release. Emotional responses mess things up
Is it me or is Nikki horrible to look at and her body is just an oversized mes….and she’s terrible at music
It’s you!! Sometimes and some angles it does look horrible but overall shes a pretty ass girl. Stop hatin!! Your a man bruh!!!
Yeah when’s she’s airbrushed to fuck. Bet that big sweaty was smells of shit….just like her music
no you’re just queer that’s all
She can’t sell without selling her body, opening her legs smh
She can’t really sell period look at her last album universal definitely put more into it than what they made back….also notice she hasn’t put out an album since she broke up with her original victimized ghostwriter boyfriend
Cardi B is an exact copy and the new younger version & also sucks too.
Whoore.
just because they are famous does not mean that they are better. take drake for example so many artists are better than drake. im not saying drake is trash i actually love his older albums but after views drake to me has went from a daily listen to maybe once every two
Didnt she wanna release a Rap classic?? I guess standards have changed
GTFO calling her the QUEEN. Unless you talkin bout Queen Latifah, Lauryn, MC Lyte, Missy, Rah Digga, shit even Kim or Foxy… I’ll give it to her, Nicki has had a great career so far, but she aint no queen.
Yea because all queens are crowned by your ass lol
The look this bitch is giving on the Chun Li cover is instantly punchavle. Mouth parted oversized thighs leading to a fake oversized ass. She fucking paid for her rapist brothers wedding and bailed him out to boot. I loathe this bitch
Didn’t he raep some kid?
The songs are actually pretty good and the beats are hip hop! Never really been a fan but these joints go kinda hard
“Barbie Tings”= Garabage
Chun isn’t bad. Barbie is pretty weak.
someone tell her she cant wear her hair like that or wear those big victorian dresses. both are cultural appropriation.
Its funny how nobody seems to care if it happens the other way around
Trash bag Minaj
I’ll bet it fucking STINKS between her legs, a mixture of fish, semen and plastic. Also stop biting Lil Kim, you talent-less annoying twit.
this bitch uses speedstick on that pussy cause it smells like onion
This shit is hot I love you Nicki
ChunLi isn’t a bad guy though. This song makes no sense at all. She should’ve said MByson or another villain. Dum shit bruh.
Songs catchy but not a hit! Sound like Roxanne Shante style of rap or that’s her new writer!
please back up this is trash