Usher upset some Barbz this week with his take on Nicki Minaj.
On Saturday (May 16), the veteran R&B singer hopped on Instagram Live with Swizz Beatz to chat after he and Chris Brown were named as the next potential Verzuz contenders. While discussing other battles being kicked around, Swizz tossed out the idea of Nicki Minaj versus Lil Kim, but Usher wasn’t really convinced.
“Yeah but you know, that’s… nah,” he said. “Nicki is a product of Kim.”
The conversation turned afterward, so Usher wasn’t able to elaborate on his “Little Freak” collaborator.
Nicki and Kim have a storied history, but things weren’t always all bad. In fact, Nicki would often reference Kim as an influence early in her career, so Usher’s statement isn’t exactly far off.
“Kim is the pioneer for my generation,” Nicki said in a 2009 interview where she named Kim as one of her top five rappers. “She’s the trend setter. She’s the Queen Bee.”
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On her 2008 mixtape Sucka Free, Nicki also paid homage to Kim by recreating the Queen Bee’s infamous squat from her Hard Core album. However, any love was lost once Nicki released her debut album Pink Friday in 2010, when the Eminem-assisted album cut “Roman’s Revenge” came riddled with thinly-veiled shots thrown in Kim’s way.
Over a decade later, they have yet to patch things up, so the likelihood of a battle is quite low – regardless of Usher’s opinion on the matter.
Usher isn’t lying, it’s the diehard Nicki stans, or Barbz as they call them, that don’t wanna hear it.
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Yep. Usher and Chris Brown don’t go together either. The dude Usher should be going up with is in prison. They need to do the R. Kelly/Usher Versus over the phone, lol.
Usher ain’t lying Nicci copied Kim’s entire style and image fake is the new real nowadays so mfs ain’t gone keep G facts over feelings all day everyday.
He is absolutely right. It’s like Wayne had a Fetish for Lil Kim and made Niki his weird science project. She can’t flow like Kim but she tried hard to Imitate every thing Kim did. Keep it real Kim wore the Barbie necklace first. Kim did the different color wigs first. Niki face lift came out better but she still copies Kim.
Bust Usher is the producer of numerous STD’s. Dirty diseased dick mf.
To me, the argument isn’t why is Nicki copying Kim’s style. Because Nicki bugged Lil Kim up throughout the beginning of her career. The argument is, why are they beefing if someone tells you they admire you and walk in your footsteps. Kim had a style that made a big impression on females back then. She had a flow and delivery that put her up with some niggas out there back then.
That shit is from when they actually met, which no one should get in the middle of. Listen to their music and keep it moving, but people taking sides on what is obviously personal beef is wack as shit. The same thing back in the day with Kim and Fox. They fell out on some personal shit after Foxy bigged her up numerous times first coming out. People aren’t always going to get along, but fans and shit getting in the middle of it like they’re family is strange to me.
Yeah, Kim and Foxy would make more sense. People just stirring the pot.