Nicki Minaj is preparing to stomp her heels into the hip-hop world once again.
12.06.2023 - 18:55 / thefader.com
Nicki Minaj is the latest celebrity to have fallen victim to some swatting pranks. Last Monday (June 5), an anonymous caller alleged that child abuse was happening at the rap star's home. TMZ reported the deputies called it "a waste of time and resources" after visiting around 6 p.m.
that night. Later around 3 a.m., a second prank emergency call was made claiming her house was on fire. Read Next: Nicki Minaj begins countdown to October album release Nicki is reportedly in contact with lawyers to find the people behind the calls.
The Queens emcee currently lives in a $10 million house in Los Angeles with her 2-year-old son, Papa Bear, and husband, Kenneth Petty. The FADER has reached out to Nicki Minaj's reps for comment. In recent months, the rapper has been working on music.
Nicki Minaj is preparing to stomp her heels into the hip-hop world once again.
Nicki Minaj has changed the release date of her forthcoming fifth studio album from October 20, 2023 to November 17, and revealed its title: Pink Friday 2, a sequel to her 2010 debut studio LP, Pink Friday. Minaj did not reveal the reason for the delay, but on Twitter said it was “due to some really exciting news that I’ll share with you guys @ a later time.” The same post promises a tour in early 2024 behind Pink Friday 2, the follow-up to her 2018 album Queen.
Nicki Minaj is gifting the Barbz with a very exciting announcement!
Nicki Minaj is celebrating Ariana Grande’s birthday with a sweet tribute. Fans of the two singers know that they share a longtime friendship and have collaborated in the past, and while they have been busy with their tight schedules and music and film projects, they seem to be as close as ever.
“I Lied” as another musician is accusing her of having “directly copied” his beat. According to a lawsuit obtained by The Post, musician Julis Johnson filed the complaint Monday in California, claiming that Minaj and producer Mike Will Made It’s ballad sounds eerily similar to his song “onmysleeve.”Johnson claims his song was published on YouTube in 2011 — three years before “I Lied” was included on Minaj’s album “The Pinkprint.”In the docs, Johnson says his beat was included on a hard drive that was taken from a studio session without his consent in 2013 when he attended the Art Institute of Atlanta.Johnson claims that “associates” or “affiliates” of Minaj, 40, and Mike Will, 34, also had access to the institute’s recording space around that time and allegedly got their hands on his hard drive.
Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice are a part of the stunning “Barbie” movie soundtrack. The two are sampling perhaps the most iconic Barbie song of all time, Aqua’s “Barbie Girl.” Meet Ice Spice: The Afro-Latina leaving a mark in the rap sceneRosalia slips in an out of Spanish as she takes on the Hot Wings challengeKarol G releases ‘Watiti’ part of the ‘Barbie’ movie soundtrackA post shared by Barbie (@nickiminaj)The song is called “Barbie World” and the music video, directed by Hannah Lux Davis, shows Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice exchanging verses, being worshipped by different Kens, riding hot pink motorcycles, and walking in and out of a life-size dollhouse.
Nicki Minaj is not settling into her new neighbourhood with ease.
Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice have joined forces to release “Barbie World,” an Aqua-interpolating instant summer hit they first teased last month in the global trailer for Greta Gerwig’s Barbie movie. The track follows PinkPantheress’ “Angel,” Karol G’s “WATATI” feat.
Nicki Minaj‘s neighbors in the swanky El Lay suburb of Hidden Hills aren’t comfortable with her husband is hanging around the area.
Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice have teamed up for a version of Aqua‘s ‘Barbie Girl’ for the new Barbie soundtrack – hear it below.The song’s release date was confirmed last week and hears the pair sample original snippets of the Aqua classic. The full title of the song is ‘Barbie World (With Aqua)’.It was previously reported last year that Aqua’s version of ‘Barbie Girl’ would not feature in the film.The new track arrives almost a month before the eagerly awaited Barbie movie hits cinemas worldwide.Watch the video for ‘Barbie Girl’ below.Dua Lipa most recently released ‘Dance The Night’, the lead track from the upcoming Barbie film’s soundtrack.Written in collaboration with Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt — who both composed the music for the film — and Norwegian singer Caroline Ailin, the song comes alongside a Barbie-inspired music video that sees the pop star strut around the hot-pink film sets.
Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice have released their new single, «Barbie World,» for Greta Gerwig’s highly anticipated Barbie movie. Throughout the music video, there’s no shortage of pink as the duo is seen riding jet-skis through the clouds and living in their Barbie houses as they rap about being fabulous and «pulling in» Ken. The music video director, Hannah Lux Davis, exclusively tells ET, «It was a privilege to work with Nicki and Ice in close collaboration with the movie studio and Atlantic Records to create the visual for 'Barbie World.' The goal of the video was to create fantastical worlds that both artists could thrive in that could feel like an extension of Greta Gerwig's masterfully-crafted creative vision.»She adds, «Our 'Barbie World' coexists with the film’s effervescent, contagiously happy, playful, witty and empowering tone where anything is possible — and everything is pink! I’m such a huge fan of Greta Gerwig’s work, so to be even this close to one of her films has been an honor.»Produced by Ice Spice’s go-to hitmaker, RiotUSA, the rappers rhyme over a sampling of Aqua's hit 1997 song, «Barbie Girl.» This is the second musical collaboration between the female rappers following their last hit, the top-10 Billboard Hot 100 single «Princess Diana Remix.»«Barbie World» is the fourth single from Barbie the Album, following Dua Lipa’s «Dance the Night,» Karol G’s «Watati,» and PinkPantheress' «Angel.» The soundtrack and movie are out on Friday, July 21.Nicki Minaj—who released «Barbie Tingz» in 2018 and whose fans are known as Barbz— is planning to release her Queen follow-up on Oct.
Two children are among four people found dead in a flat in west London yesterday after police were called to reports of concern for welfare of the occupants of the property.
Naman Ramachandran The world premiere of Scottish writer-director Johnny Barrington‘s debut feature “Silent Roar” will open the 2023 Edinburgh International Film Festival on Aug. 18. Billed as a “teenage tale of surfing, sex and hellfire” set in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides, the film stars emerging actor Louis McCartney as Dondo, a young surfer struggling to accept his father’s recent disappearance at sea. Caught up in grief, he is brought to his senses by rebellious crush Sas (Ella Lily Hyland), a high achiever who dreams of escaping the island. When an oddly-behaved new minister arrives on the island, Dondo begins to have cosmic visions. The film is produced by Scottish producer Chris Young (“The Inbetweeners Movie”) and was made with the participation of Screen Scotland, BBC Films and BFI. MK2 Films is handling sales.
Nicki Minaj is revealing her breast reduction. In a recent Instagram post promoting her new «Barbie World» song, the 40-year-old rapper revealed she downside her breasts.«New boobs who dis?» she wrote in the comment section of the post, which featured her lip-syncing along to her and Ice Spice's song from the upcoming film's soundtrack.Minaj captioned the post, «I'm a 10 so pull in a Ken.»A post shared by Barbie (@nickiminaj)Last year, according to, Minaj revealed her desire to downsize her breasts during an Instagram Live.«I'm not gonna lie, somebody did tell me to get my boobs taken off, like a female in the industry,» she said in May 2022.
Nicki Minaj has revealed that after previously discussing the possibility, she has gone ahead and had a breast reduction.
Jesy Nelson ’s boyfriend Zion Foster has branded the love of his life “my bubaz” after the singing sensation shared a sultry snap of herself posing in a black printed bikini.Taking to Instagram on Tuesday to showcase her stunning figure, Jesy appeared to be making the most of her recent US move as she soaked up the sunshine. Wearing her curly hair loose and voluminous, the former Little Mix singer shielded her eyes from the sun with a pair of oversized sunglasses, as she posed alongside her beau Zion in the dreamy Los Angeles snap, just months after making the move to live Stateside.
Ice Spice and Nicki Minaj have announced the release date for their anticipated collaboration ‘Barbie World’.According to social media posts from both rappers, the upcoming track is set to release on June 23, almost a month before the eagerly awaited Barbie movie hits cinemas worldwide.The track is available to pre-save now. Upon clicking the pre-save link, the track’s full title is revealed as ‘Barbie World (With Aqua)’.
Nicki Minaj was the unfortunate target of a “swatting” attack this week.
source told TMZ.Law enforcement officials spoke with Minaj and her husband, Kenneth Petty, at the scene, and after examining the child, who showed no signs of abuse, determined it was just a “swatting” prank.Hours later, another caller phoned into 911 dispatch and alerted that Minaj’s house was on fire, TMZ also reported.The fire was quickly realized as another swatting attempt, leading Minaj to reportedly hiring a lawyer to hold responsible the people behind the pranks. “Swatting” is the act of calling law enforcement or reporting a crime or emergency so a large police response, or even a S.W.A.T.
Nicki Minaj has been slammed with a lawsuit.