Old Beef? Nicki Minaj Gives Lil Kim Props While Talking Female Rappers
By Isha Thorpe
October 18, 2017
In an interview that was published last week in honor of XXL's 20th anniversary, Nicki Minaj explained how she reintroduced mainstream America to female rappers. However, some of her words got misconstrued.
"My role in hip-hop has been super unique because when my first album came out, there had been so much time where there wasn’t a female rap album out that went platinum," she told the hip hop publication. "There wasn’t a big female rap presence right before I got in. So, my role was really reintroducing the female rapper to pop culture."
Unfortunately, many people began slamming Minaj when they thought she said that she introduced mainstream America to female rappers period. Really guys? There's video of the interview...
So, the Queens rapper went on Instagram to clear things up. "I see ppl remixing my words so let me post 'exactly' what I said for the intelligent ones in the back... Imagine me saying I made female rappers mainstream when there were so many women who already had platinum albums under their belts," Minaj said.
She continued by stating receipts: "Lauryn sold 10 million off one album, Eve had platinum singles w/Alicia, Gwen Stefani, her own tv show & clothing line. It doesn't get more mainstream/pop than Missy's biggest singles. Foxy & Kim had platinum albums & shaped the sound of NY female rappers, Latifah had her own sitcom, Trina was on billboard with hits."
Then, Minaj said it crystal clear: "So I 'REINTRODUCED' the 'successful' female rapper back to POP CULTURE. Showed big business we were major players in the game just like the boys were."
You can check out the MC's entire IG post setting the record straight below.