While there’s plenty in the lyrics to raise an eyebrow or ten, the song people are really focusing on is “Barbie Dreams,” where she slams almost as many rappers as were thrown under the bus during the “Hip-Hop Mean Tweets” on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” last night.Īmong the victims are Drake (“Drake worth a hundred milli, always buying me sh–/ But I don’t know if the pussy wet or if he’s crying and sh–”), her ex Meek Mill (“Meek still be in my DMs, I be having to duck him/ ‘I used to pray for times like this,’ face ass when I f- him”), DJ Khaled (“Had to cancel DJ Khaled, boy, we ain’t speaking/ Ain’t no fat n-a telling me what he ain’t eating”), Young Thug (“Used to f- with Young Thug, I ain’t addressing this sh–/ I caught him in my dressing rooms stealing dresses and sh–”) and even more.
Minaj is a natural at radio and has proven to be Apple Music’s newest shock jock.In the hour before her new album, “Queen,” dropped, Nicki Minaj went on Apple’s Beats 1 radio and did a track-by-track interview about each song on the album. Minaj was one of the first female rappers to break the sexist and misogynistic tone that a majority of rap and rappers follow by simply singing as sexually as her male.
Minaj also took to her show Queen radio to the discuss the previous week’s gossip and brought on guest Funkmaster Flex. Nicki Minaj (whose real name is Onika Maraj) has come a very long way since her infamous Super Bass track back in 2011. Nicki delivers her own version of The Notorious B.I.G.’s Just. Because of its rise in popularity amongst both children and adults, Barbie has not only been an icon of fashion, and everything in that world, but also a winner of hearts. We were gonna have way more, but it would’ve taken too long,” Minaj wrote.Īlongside puppet versions of Kanye West, Drake and more, Minaj herself cycles through several eye-popping costume changes (and hair colours) from a neon green PVC jacket to a fuzzy yellow jacket that would make Big Bird jealous. Nicki Minaj’s new album Queen has arrived, and fans immediately took note of the project’s third song Barbie Dreams. Barbie is the number one best-selling doll for children ever since it was manufactured by Mattel. Props to, well, the prop designer for making these puppet versions startling realistic, from the puppet version of Lil Wayne with his sports car, to Tekashi 6ix9ine’s neon teeth and even getting DJ Khaled’s facial hair just right.Īs for the video’s original concept, Minaj shared its origin on Twitter: “I said things about people who I know can take a joke and who I know can’t be emotional with it,” the rapper said on Beats1 radio following the release of Queen. After the track ruffled some feathers, Minaj clarified that ‘Barbie Dreams’ wasn’t a diss track, explaining that it was all in good fun.