Nicki Minaj’s childhood always faced a series of miserable days. Perhaps, this is also the motivation for the “Megatron” singer to strive continuously as he grows up.
Since she signed a contract with the record label Young M.oney Entertainment in August 2009, the name Nicki Minaj has officially shined brightly on the world music map. After a decade of artistic activities, not only does she possess a huge musical fortune, but she is also considered a famous star with shocking scandals in Hollywood.
The queen creates hits but has no luck with famous charts and awards
It can be said that the album “Pink Friday” is likened to a spectacular landing in the rap music industry in the 10s, it excellently climbed to No.2 on Billboard 200, with first week sales of 375,000 copies. From the moment of release, the album received positive reviews from critics, NME praised “Pink Friday intertwines Nicki’s weird, c.razy and volatile things, it is reminiscent of Nicki’s golden age”. Lil Wayne’s Kim”, Entertainment Weekly magazine also highly appreciated the female singer’s ability to promote her forte in each melody.
Most notably, the super hit “Super Bass” is considered a bright streak in Nicki’s career, the song in turn covered the globe extensively and broke music charts at that time. Since then, the star born in 1982 began her journey to assert the title of true “Rap Queen”. Subsequent albums such as “The Pinkprint” and “Queen” all released a series of quality songs with melodies that make anyone sway. Not stopping there, Nicki Minaj is also a golden face in the industry, contributing vocals, the owner of the hit “Super Bass” is often invited by her colleagues to cooperate.
That’s why Nicki Minaj holds a huge fortune with 49 MVs surpassing 100 million views on YouTube and becomes the only female artist to achieve this feat. Nicki’s MVs attract the majority of viewers because of the cool rap style she shows. At the same time, they were absolutely conquered by the fast-paced but no less exciting songs. Not stopping there, Nicki Minaj is also the only female solo artist named in the list of Top 10 stars with the most hits appearing on the Billboard H.ot 100 chart. Accordingly, the owner of the hit “Megatron” owns 103 songs and surpasses a series of famous names such as Jay-Z (100 times), Kanye West (96 times), Chris Brown (95 times).
Along with a prestigious career comes many of Hollywood’s most scandalous dramas
“Landslide” argument with Cardi B
The melee between Cardi B and Nicki Minaj at the Harper’s Bazaar ICONS fashion event held in New York is always considered the most shocking drama in the world’s entertainment industry. According to the video shared online, it can be seen that Cardi B took off her shoe to throw it at Nicki, and then part of Cardi’s wig was even pulled off. The reason was because Nicki was taking pictures with Kelly Rowland and La La Anthony, when Cardi suddenly passed by and the owner of the hit “Super Bass” deliberately stepped on Cardi’s skirt.
Of course, with Cardi B’s bold personality, a shoe is always ready to hit Nicki. However, I don’t know what Cardi B’s talent for wearing clogs is, but by the time the party ended, the female rapper had a huge lump on her forehead and the hem of her dress was torn to pieces. According to People, no one was arrested after the battle, but police were at the scene and said the investigation was still underway.
Confront Miley Cyrus at VMAs 2015
If Nicki is present at any big event, it’s likely that there will be a lot of interesting drama, including the war of words at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards. Specifically, when she stepped on stage to receive the “Singing Song” a.ward. best Hip-hop song” for “Anaconda”, the star born in 1982 suddenly turned to host Miley Cyrus and poured out a series of scandals about this female singer as follows: “Back to the person who talked a lot about me in the press. Miley? What’s good about you?”. Immediately after that, Miley also responded to Nicki with an extremely challenging attitude, creating the most tense atmosphere at the VMAs that year.
The audience was even afraid of a direct f.ight between these two female artists right on stage. After that, the relationship between the two took a turn for the worse. While Miley remained silent, only speaking once on the above issue, Nicki Minaj continuously publicly attacked Miley Cyrus. Up to now, the two stars with the strongest personalities in Hollywood are still at odds with each other, making many fans regretful.
Constantly slicing and slicing with Taylor Swift
Also on the occasion of the 2015 VMAs, Nicki was bitter when her MV “Anaconda” did not appear in the list of nominees for “Video of the Year” at the VMAs as follows: “If your video honors women with slim bodies , you will definitely be nominated in this category.” Immediately, Taylor Swift, owner of “Bad Blood” – “Video of the Year” at the 2015 VMAs, responded, “I always love and wholeheartedly support you. It’s really not like you usually are at all, sister.” is pitting women against each other. Maybe male artists will take over your spot.” But that same year, Taylor and Nicki seemed to ignore the controversy and performed their best on stage together.
Angry at being inferior to colleagues
Once again frustrated because the product did not achieve high results compared to its peers, the fact that the 4th studio album titled “Queen” only took 2nd place, behind Travis Scott’s album “Astroworld” on the chart. Billboard 200 made Nicki Minaj disappointed and continuously expressed her frustration on social networks. Specifically, the female rapper immediately posted a rather harsh status on Twitter about rapper Travis Scott. Nicki Minaj believes that this male singer won the #1 position on the Billboard 200 due to the attraction of model Kylie Jenner – Travis’s girlfriend and her adorable daughter Stormi.
Specifically, Nicki was bitter as follows: “I put all my b.lood, sweat and tears into writing a great album and then only for Travis Scott to have Kylie Jenner post on social networks asking everyone to come see her and Stormi. It’s really funny. The Queen album broke records and reached #1 in 86 countries. Thank God and thank my fans.” Not only did Nicki Minaj express her frustration with her colleagues, she also mentioned the world’s largest online music applications such as Spotify and Apple Music. Specifically, the female rapper bluntly accused Spotify of hindering the promotion of the album “Queen” and failing to comply with the original terms of commitment between the two parties when this application intentionally released her music 10 minutes early. .
Not only have there been so many dramas mentioned above, but Nicki Minaj has also had countless times of intense tension with colleagues like Mariah Carey, Lil’Kim,… All of these are scandals that have made waves in the Hollywood entertainment industry, so much so. to the point where people are extremely tired when it comes to it.
