Nicki Minaj Addresses Whether She’s Really Retiring From Music

By Peyton Blakemore

October 21, 2019

Nicki Minaj set the record straight.

In an attempt to clarify her previous retirement announcement, the "MEGATRON" rapper spoke to The Shade Room on her plans to walk away from music for good.

"When I posted that retirement tweet I knew that I still had music that I'd already recorded that was stilling going to come out," Nicki explained. "So, the retirement was talking about my album, meaning do I want to go back and record my fifth album. That's what I was talking about."

She added: "But I knew that, of course, features, I always get asked to do features and I like features. So it was really about the fifth album."

"I didn't know my fans were going to act like that with the tweet," the "Hot Girl Summer" rapper continued. "And it hurt my feelings because the way I did it maybe was insensitive to my fans, but i didn't think people were going to make it that big of a deal. So that's why I deleted it. Because it had like 600,000 likes."

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🔊 Sound on! _____________________________________ Earlier this week, #NickiMinaj dropped her highly anticipated #Fendi collection, and we were right there celebrating with her as she commemorated this new milestone that has all of the fashion industry talking. Aside from that, we sat down with Nicki and had an exclusive interview where we talked about what inspired the collection. As well as her upcoming nuptials to her man #KennethPetty, whether or not she’s really retiring, other artists she would love to collaborate with and much more. _____________________________________ If you’re like us, then you’ve been counting down the days since Nicki and Kenneth obtained their marriage license, as we wait for them to officially say their “I Do’s.” Nicki talked to us about their upcoming nuptials and whether or not they’re going to have a big wedding. _____________________________________ She said, “We’ll definitely do the paperwork portion of the marriage, but the actual wedding, I don’t know. You know when you’re a little girl and you want this big beautiful wedding, and I used to think I was one of those girls, I always wanted the fairytale. But then the things that used to matter to you don’t matter as much because I remember wanting those things with people, where real love wasn’t there. So now I feel like now that everything has finally lined up and matched up being that I’m madly in love with this man, he’s also my best friend, the things that used to matter to me before, don’t matter as much now. So yes, we’re going to have a big wedding eventually.” She also expressed how deeply in love she is right now, and the importance of——click the link in the bio to read more at TheShadeRoom.com

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Last month, Nicki shocked fans on Twitter when she announced that she's calling it quits on her decade-long music career. "I’ve decided to retire & have my family," she wrote. "I know you guys are happy now. To my fans, keep reppin me, do it til da death of me, ❌ in the box- cuz ain’t nobody checkin me. ✅ Love you for LIFE 😘♥️🦄."

Hours later, Nicki responded to her fans confusion with an apology, acknowledging that she made a hasty decision choosing to announce her retirement online. "I’m still right here. Still madly in love with you guys & you know that," she wrote, adding that "in hindsight" she should have spoken to her fans about her retirement on the radio, however, she plans to do just that soon. "I promise u guys will be happy. No guests, just us talking about everything. The tweet was abrupt & insensitive, I apologize babe ♥️🙏," she shared.

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