Nicki Minaj Claims Kanye Refused To Collaborate With Her Because Of Kim Kardashian!
11.03.2022 - 03:55
/ perezhilton.com
We’re obviously WAY past Kimye being a thing. But how inneresting, in these days when Kanye West is non-stop begging Kim Kardashian to come back to him, to go back and get a little insight into who they were as a couple.
The new tidbit is courtesy of Nicki Minaj, who sat down for a nearly two-hour interview with Joe Budden for his YouTube channel on Wednesday.
As part of the wide-ranging convo, the Anaconda rapper revealed something we’ve never heard before: she went to Ye to ask about a potential collab in the fashion world, where he’d managed to get a foothold with his Yeezy brand, and he straight-up rejected her!
Why? Because she’s a woman!
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Think we’re mischaracterizing that? Read what Nicki had to say and judge for yourself!
She was contacted by Fendi after she gave them a boost in sales with her mention of having her “Fendi prints on” in the chorus of Chun Li. When she got a deal to work with them, the first person she thought of was Kanye. She explained:
But Ye was a firm NO. And he put the blame squarely on his then-wife. Nicki continued:
So essentially he told her he couldn’t work with a woman who wasn’t his wife. Like it would be a betrayal or something. That make anyone else think of how Mike Pence wasn’t allowed to have dinner with other women when “Mother” wasn’t present?
Nicki told him she understood, but in truth she was disappointed. After all, he turned her down on the spot (apparently not even checking if it was cool with Kim?) because of who she was. And facing a struggle because of who he was is something Ye had very strong feelings about. Nicki explained:
But when it came down to it, Kanye apparently didn’t give any of