Inside Nicki Minaj's Journey to Motherhood

CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke review key events in music and the music business from the last week, including Tracy Chapman’s accusation that Nicki Minaj is ignoring both the facts and the law in their sampling legal battle, plus the row of the inclusion of ‘Rule, Britannia’ and ‘Land Of Hope And Glory’ in this year’s BBC Proms.SECTION TIMES01: Tracy Chapman v Nick Minaj (00:03:13)02: Rule, Britannia (or don’t) (00:20:35)SUBSCRIBE TO SETLISTListen to Setlist and sign up to receive new episodes

Kevin Ross, 32, has written songs for many talented artists — but he has particularly fond memories of collaborating with Nicki Minaj, 37. “It’s really cool when you do collaborate with them and make magic.

Ty Dolla $ign shared the video for his latest single, "Expensive," alongside Nicki Minaj on Friday. From a barrage of shopping bags, money literally flying out of pockets, and swimming pools filled with diamonds, the clip offers up a fun, animated take on excess.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorEvery week, the avalanche gets bigger: Even though we’re reaching the end of the proverbial dog days of August, the songs keep coming, in greater numbers each week. I got nearly 400 emails between midnight and noon, and easily half were about new songs or albums (NOT COMPLAINING but wow).

Ty Dolla $ign just dropped his new collar with Nicki Minaj.

RELEASESCalvin Harris and The Weeknd have released new single ‘Over Now’.Black Pink and Selena Gomez have released a new single together, ‘Ice Cream’. Black Pink’s new album, ‘The Album’, is out on 2 Oct.Ty Dolla $ign has released new track ‘Expensive’, featuring Nicki Minaj.St Vincent has released a new version of her song ‘New York’, featuring X Japan frontman Yoshiki.Faithless have announced that they will release their first album for ten years, ‘All Blessed’, on 23 Oct through BMG.

Ty Dolla $ign has a new song out with Nicki Minaj!

MTV Video Music Awards?!Since its inception in 1984, the annual awards show has boasted some of the wildest red carpets in Hollywood — and we’re celebrating them all! After all, when the folks who make their living creating fabulous stage shows and over-the-top videos get together, you have to expect some d-r-a-m-a.Think nearly nude everything, outfits made of plastic, matching couples in denim (not who you think!) and painted-on frocks that make you wonder how many people were involved in the

Nicki Minaj wants to request a jury trial to examine the song lawsuit, imposed by Tracy Chapman in October 2018. The iconic rapper says she wants to clear her name and is asking for a jury trial to conclude the lawsuit and determine the result of the copyright infringement, filed against her by legendary singer Chapman in a California federal court.Chapman claims her 1998 song, ‘Baby Can I Hold You,’ interpolates with Minaj’s track ‘Sorry,’ and was used without permission.

Tracy Chapman has hit back in her legal battle with Nicki Minaj, disputing the latter’s recent claims that a win for the former could set a dangerous precedent that would stifle the creativity of all artists.

Nicki Minaj fans, known as the Barbz, have been sent into a frenzy today with rumours that a collaboration between the rapper and two previous collaborators – Ariana Grande and Doja Cat – is on the horizon.Back in May, Grande mentioned to Zane Lowe that she had a collaboration in the works with Doja Cat.“I was able to work with her earlier this year on this song that I want to save for whenever it’s time again to drop,” Grande said.“I remember when I first wrote it and sent it to her, she was in

broke the internet with their raunchy “WAP” single and video last week, Dua Lipa made it a diva trifecta, teaming up with Madonna and Missy Elliott for a “Levitating” remix that dropped Thursday.Meanwhile, “Rain on Me” power pair Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande lead the nominees for this year’s MTV Video Music Awards on Aug.

Earlier this week, #A$APFergIsOverParty began trending on Twitter. Fans of Nicki Minaj, who features along with MadeInTYO on Ferg's new song "Move Ya Hips," had been pushing the song online since its release in late July, hoping for a No.1 debut for on the Billboard Hot 100.

CeeLo Green has apologised after he appeared to criticise Cardi B and Megan The Stallion, saying that there should be “a time and a place for adult content” in music videos.In a recent interview, Green said that “a lot of music today is very unfortunate and disappointing on a personal and moral level,” adding that he believes artists like Nicki Minaj to be “desperate”.Going on to address Cardi and Megan specifically, he added: “Attention is also a drug and competition is around.

Cardi B clearly has respect for her fellow rapper, Nicki Minaj, even though they haven’t always gotten along. Hip-hop fans know Minaj and Cardi B famously got into a fight at New York Fashion Week which was in the headlines for weeks.

Hmm… who is she talking about here? Cardi B, 27, chatted with Apple Beats 1 Radio recently where she saluted a female rapper for her longevity in the game. The “Bodak Yellow” performer doesn’t specifically mention Nicki Minaj, 37, but fans think that her words were about the mother-to-be.

Cardi B is kind of giving a shout out to Nicki Minaj.