Nicki Minaj has reflected back on a “full circle moment” she experienced while attending the North American premiere of Barbie.
The Barbie film, which is directed by Greta Gerwig and stars Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Will Ferrell, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Simu Liu, Michael Cera, and more, finally premiered in Los Angeles on Sunday (July 9), and Nicki Minaj stopped by the red carpet in honor of her song “Barbie World” with Ice Spice, which appears on the film’s official soundtrack.
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During a red carpet moment, Nicki told Entertainment Tonight that this movie premiere marked a big moment for her – considering she’s been calling herself Barbie since the beginning of her career.
“I’m so excited to be here for this entire moment and I’m glad that they thought of me, because I’m excited just how everybody else is excited to see this movie,” the Pinkprint rapper said. “I know I’ve been saying Barbie my whole career and so this a very full circle moment for me.”
🚨 CALLING ALL BARBZ 🚨 Nicki Minaj says it's a "full circle moment" to attend the #Barbie World Premiere in Los Angeles. 💖 pic.twitter.com/CnAjQ8FBf2
— Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) July 10, 2023
Prior to Nicki’s “Barbie World” arrival, the track’s remix experienced a bit of drama in June when Compton rapper JasonMartin (formerly known as Problem) took to social media to accuse her of omitting his writing credit on the track.
He claimed to be a writer on a track back when it originally belonged to Saweetie, and that his credit has since been removed.
“Y’all gon’ give me what I deserve,” Martin said on Instagram Live. “Now, if Saweetie don’t wanna trip, that’s on her … But we crafted a record that was sent over to Nicki to hop on to submit to the Barbie soundtrack.
“She said she was gonna do it … Then all of a sudden, a new version was created. Yes, it’s a sample, you can do what you want. But n-gga, you can’t hear one thing, say you’re gonna do this, then go do your version. It ain’t happening like that.”
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He added: “Anybody that’s in this business knows that that’s not how this works.”
Nicki has yet to respond to the claim.
