Nicki Minaj sues blogger who called her a “cokehead” for £65,000

after being shot during an attempted robbery at Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles restaurant in South Los Angeles. He was 30 years old.On Wednesday (September 28), Freddie Lee Trone was named by LAPD as the alleged gunman in the murder of Philadelphia-born Allen.Trone has not yet been apprehended and is considered “armed and dangerous”, though LAPD have requested the public’s help in locating him.

Likkle Miss Remix” music video featuring Skeng.“Imagine this. They restricted my f—king video but have things a million f—king times worse on their BOGUS FKNG PLATFORM,” the rapper wrote in a since-deleted Instagram post under a screenshot of the YouTube community guidelines violation notice.

Nicki Minaj has slammed YouTube for placing an age restriction on her latest music video. The visuals for "Likkle Miss (Remix)," her collaboration with Jamaican dancehall artist Skeng, were released on Sunday (September 25).

Bleu, the Mobile, Alabama singer formerly known as Yung Bleu, has teamed up with Nicki Minaj for the new single "Love In The Way." The title announces a song about struggling to move on in the wake of something special that's collapsed. As with most things, though, it's nothing that can't be solved with something to dance along to. Bleu released his debut album Moon Boy in the summer of 2021.

fatally shot in South Los Angeles at the Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles restaurant around 1pm on Monday (September 12). The rapper had been at the eatery with his girlfriend, who posted a location-tagged photo in a since-deleted Instagram post shortly prior to the attack.The assailant, who police are attempting to identify by examining security footage from inside the restaurant and surrounding businesses, pulled out a firearm in the restaurant and demanded items from Rock. According to police, Rock was shot almost immediately during the robbery, and died shortly after being taken to hospital.Rock “was with his family – with his girlfriend or some kind of friend of his – and as they’re there, enjoying a simple meal, [he] was brutally attacked by an individual who apparently [came] to the location after a social media posting,” Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said on Tuesday (September 13).Nicki Minaj has likened Rock’s death to that of Pop Smoke, who was murdered in a home invasion in 2020.

The Los Angeles Times reports, Rock – real name Rakim Allen – had been at the eatery with his girlfriend, who, in a since-deleted Instagram post, had shared a location-tagged photo.Los Angeles police Captain Lelly Muniz said a suspect “brandished a firearm inside the restaurant and demanded items from the victim”, Allen believed to have been targeted for his jewellery.“[The suspect] shot the victim and ran out the side door to a getaway car and then fled the parking lot.” Muniz said. Los Angeles Police Department investigators are said to be examining security footage from inside the restaurant to identify the shooter and establish whether they fled on foot or in a vehicle. Allen was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 1.59pm.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1991, Allen released his debut mixtape, ‘Real N*gga Bangaz’ in 2014.

Lil Kim is clapping back after 50 Cent made some some remarks intended to pit her against fellow rapper Nicki Minaj.

Nicki Minaj has shared an all-female remix of her latest single “Super Freaky Girl." The remix, dubbed "Queen Mix" has been teased by Minaj all week with her co-stars kept a secret. The track finally arrived overnight with JT, BIA, Katie Got Bandz, Akbar V, and Maliibu Miitch all contributing.

Love Island 2022 favourite Indiyah Polack has welcomed a new addition to her fanclub in the form of US rap star Nicki Minaj.The dating show finalist, 23 - who came in third place place alongside new beau Dami Hope, 26 - yesterday recorded an Instagram Live video of herself rapping Nicki's new track 'Super Freaky Girl' alongside fellow Love Island alum Yewande Biala on a night out. Indiyah's impressive performance soon caught the attention of her fans online, one of whom reposted the video on Twitter, captioning it, "Love Island UK IT girl @1ndiyah rapping to Nicki Minaj via Ig stories".

Beyoncé and Jay-Z are taking a moment to congratulate fellow musician and friend Nicki Minaj. The successful rapper was recently honored with the MTV VMA Video Vanguard Award, which has only been given to a few select singers, including David Bowie, the Beatles, Tom Petty, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Britney Spears, Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Pink.The ‘Super Freaky Girl’ singer shared a video on her Instagram account, showing the beautiful cream-colored roses sent to her from the Carters.

From the moment Nicki Minaj released the Rick James-sampling “Super Freaky Girl,” it seemed destined for a blockbuster music video, and today, that visual treatment has finally arrived. Directed by Joseph Kahn, the new clip casts Nicki in the roles of both the author of the track’s 1981 inspiration and its namesake, alternately donning James’ famous perm and a hot pink Barbie wig.

M.I.A.'s sixth studio album MATA is on the way, but the project doesn't yet have an official release date or tracklist. However, M.I.A.

M.I.A. has partially attributed the lengthy time between the announcement and arrival of forthcoming album ‘Mata’ to waiting on guest verses from other artists, and confirmed the record will arrive in September – one way or another.“Coming soon I promise,” M.I.A.

“Ratings, what’s good?”The preliminary Nielsen figures for the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, its pre-show and two on-air replays are in — and both TV and cross-platform consumption ratings are up. According to the numbers, 3.9 million viewers tuned in to watch Sunday’s festivities across 12 Paramount Global cable channels and the broadcast network The CW — which is a 3% increase from 2021’s programming, which attracted 3.7 million viewers.Paramount says viewers watched 1.59 billion minutes of VMAs content across TV, streaming and social platforms.

last year’s telecast. However, this year’s show didn’t move the needle much among the advertiser-friendly 18-49 demographic, with the ratings sitting about roughly the same as 2021 (about a 2.8 in gross ratings).MTV’s research and PR teams also combine Nielsen’s linear numbers for the VMAs with their own internal digital data into a proprietary metric called “Total Minutes Consumed” (TMC).

Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer MTV’s 2022 VMAs increased ts key demo rating by 1% compared to last year, when counting adults 18-49 who tuned in for the awards show across all 13 networks that it was simulcast on Sunday. The VMAs simulcast got a 2.81 rating in the advertiser-coveted demographic, compared to 2.78 the prior year. Like last year, these channels included MTV, VH1, the CW, Comedy Central, Nick At Night, Pop, TV Land, MTV2, Logo, Paramount Network, BET, BET Her and CMT. Sunday’s VMAs drew 3.9 million total viewers across those 13 networks. That’s up 3% from 2021’s comparable number of 3.7 million sets of eyeballs. (Both of those figures exclude out-of-home viewing, which won’t be reported by Nielsen until Tuesday.)

Nicki Minaj was honored for her successful career during the 2022 MTV Vmas, giving an incredible performance of her greatest hits and making the audience go crazy, including Taylor Swift who was spotted dancing and singing along to her songs.And while accepting her Video Vanguard Award, Nicki took a moment to pay tribute to some iconic musicians and her personal idols throughout her career in the music industry.“I wish that Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson were here,” Nicki said, referring to the mental health and struggles of the two music legends. “I wish people understood what they were going through.

Nicki Minaj had a big weekend, thanks mostly to a marquee appearance at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards. She accepted the Video Vanguard Award and performed a medley of her hits including her most recent single "Super Freaky Girl," which is fresh off its No.

The 2022 MTV Video Music Awards took place on Sunday night live from Newark, New Jersey’s Prudential Center. Taylor Swift picked up the coveted Video of the Year and announced she's releasing a new album.