Nicki Minaj has addressed rap’s ghostwriters as she gets ready to drop off her new single “Red Ruby Da Sleeze.”
Ahead of the song’s release on Friday (March 3), Nicki hyped up the track on Instagram by pushing back against the ghostwriting allegations that have dogged her for years.
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“Tmrw night,” Nicki wrote alongside a photo of her lying on a dining table full of Asian cuisine while rocking Chun-Li-style hairbuns. “Ghostwriters all around the world are scrambling Just watch. Nicki still on hiatus. This b!@ch right her tho? She outside.”
Minaj also shared another preview of “Red Ruby Da Sleeze” on Instagram — check it out below.
The caption implies that Nicki’s “Chun-Li” alter ego is about to return with a vengeance. Known by the Barbz as the Pinkprint rapper’s most villainous persona, Chun-Li is respected for her lethal rapping ability, which likely means “Red Ruby Da Sleeze” will be filled with venomous bars.
While Nicki Minaj has often been forced to push back against ghostwriting allegations, she most recently did so unprompted in 2021, reminding her supporters that the writers; names included on her projects are in regards to ad-libs and other small contributions.
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“Songs I wrote the rap AND the hook to,” Minaj tweeted before listing off four of her biggest singles, including “High School,” “Beez In The Trap” and “Moment 4 Life.” “Probably the whole pink Friday album. Most of my album cuts on my albums. These I’m naming r singles. Other ‘writers’ names’ are added for sampling, adlibs, feature, production, etc.”
The Barbz leader most famously came for Ransom in 2013 after he dissed her pen game on the track “Man Alone.”
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“Before Nicki was wearing those crazy wigs/ I was doing verses for her just hoping she’d make it big,” he rapped.
Nicki was quick to bite back at Ransom, telling TMZ at the time: “I’m not even a man and n-ggas got my dick in they mouth. I slaughter these n-ggas. Period.
“I’m undisputed because I’m the only female rapper that day one. I don’t need no motherfuckin’ ghostwriter. So if you telling that lie, you must be real fuckin’ desperate and you still ain’t gon’ pop. How ‘bout that?”
Nicki Minaj first teased “Red Ruby Da Sleeze” last week, previewing the track on Instagram. Fans immediately recognized the sample from Lumidee’s 2003 summer anthem “Never Leave You (Uh-Oh).”
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The song is set to debut on the season premiere of Nicki’s Queen Radio, which returns on Friday as well.
The new single follows Nicki’s recent appearance on Trinidadian stars Machel Montano and Destra’s “Shake The Place (Remix).”
