Billboard : “Nicki Minaj Put Female Rap Back On The Map”

Published: Wednesday 22nd Feb 2012 by David

As harsh as this may sound, most Femcees just aren’t that intelligent.

Indeed, though it remains a tough pill to swallow, the reason most female Rappers fall short of the glory oft enjoyed by their male counterparts has very little to do with ‘industry politics’ , but a universal flaw that stops them in their tracks even if they do catch label interest.

Shortsightedness.

For, whether it’s their inability to see beyond trivial feuds with fellow Femcees or just plain laziness, most lady lyricists don’t realize that they are a minority, and that as a minority their work ethic, business acumen and ambition has to be head and shoulders above the rest if they are to truly  succeed.

So, in recognition of Nicki Minaj‘s work ethic, business acumen and ambition, Billboard have honored her career with a spot on their list of ‘29 Black Music Milestones’.

Full story below…

They explain:

Hip-hop hasn’t been the same since Nicki Minaj walked through the doors. During a time of slim choosings  — including the hiatuses of Missy Elliott, Lil Kim, and Lauryn Hill, along with the passing of Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes  — Nicki MInaj picked up the torch and put the female rap game back on the map.

In just two years (2010-2012), the underground rapper became a No. 1 superstar. Impressed by her mixtape hustle, Lil Wayne, quckly signed Nicki Minaj to Young Money. The rapstress stood tall on superstar artists’ tracks, such as Diddy-Dirty Money’s “Hello Good Morning (Remix)” andKanye West’s “Monster,” even before releasing her debut album, “Pink Friday.”

“Pink Friday,” released in November 2010, continues to break records. Minaj is the first female rapper to chart three titles concurrently, for five weeks, in R&B/Hip-Hop Songs’ top 10. Among women, Ashanti had previously tripled up in the top tier, for two weeks in 2002, since the chart adopted Nielsen date in 1992.

In only two years, Minaj has charted 26 songs on R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. She comes in second to Missy Elliott who has gained 36 in over the span of 15 years (1997 to present).

There’s no stopping Nicki as she prepares to release her sophomore album, “Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded,” on April 3.

So what do you think?

Did Nicki Put Female Rap Back On The Map?

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  1. x February 22, 2012

    missy makes hot 100 hits. and she writes and produces for rnb singers. nikki is a hot for the moment. her 15 is already tocking

  2. kimberly February 22, 2012

    Sam we have to take into considderation, charting before and charting now are different. Now it is alot easier with digital downloads and youtube views. Artist in the past 1900 and early 2000 did not know about downloads and youtube was not even popular. I think that is is quit unfair for artist who has worked so hard in the past especially when record lables had no money to promote their s***. Ninaj can break all the records she want her fans can vote her over all rap categories in award shows over all the hard core rappers just because their fans have no time to sit infront of the computer to vote a million times. She can do all she want but this gimmick will NEVER last for 15 years in the rap game. The music industry is s*** now. I hate the fact that she is even considered a hip hop artist.

  3. SHESDUMB February 22, 2012

    NICKI MINAJ DIDNT DO S***, AND SHES NOT EVEN A RAPPER.
    SHE COPES LADY GAGA AND LIL KIM.

  4. Hot! February 22, 2012

    I dnt need an organization thats not ran by tru black people talking about us and what we do. Wake up stop looking for their approval and validation on anything you have created 4real. No racist but um jus sayin all these org are fake and out for money!!!

  5. ThatLATEJuice February 22, 2012

    She put it back on the map? Really? Because last time I checked, the b**** is a POP artist. If anything, She helped make a mockery out of Hip Hop and made it even more laughable then it already was. She was hot in the mixtape days. True enough.
    But, what has she done for y’all lately?

  6. :l February 22, 2012

    that is the facts right there,alot of people might not like her methods but she put female mainstream rap back on the map,she do rap and pop so f-cking what,nicki is doing her thing and is not letting no one box her in like how they did female rappers before her,say what you all want to say do whatever,nicki is doing her thing if you all don’t like it too bad.

  7. KAT DELUNA FAN February 22, 2012

    l think you are tripping.
    It’s like saying:

    “Rihanna put Female R&B back in the map”.Despite all the fake awards (bought to you by Def Jam or voted by morons on the internet R&B awards).Rihanna aint R&B,never has been.

    So Nicki may win couple of hip-hop awards,some Rap awards here and there,she aint RAP.She is #winning because today,it’s easy to become a HUGE POPSTAR if you have a lil bit of buzz,style,twitter followers.

    Nowadays,singers arent stars anymore,they are celebrities.

  8. DanityKiWi February 22, 2012

    @:L
    Amen! Preach!

  9. Kingphoenix February 22, 2012

    I thought she was a pop star…

  10. KAT DELUNA FAN February 22, 2012

    l wanted to add that she is popstar,she is winning like any other IN popstars her generation.

    Times come and Go.

    It was a time were Gwen stefani,Britney,Aguilera were hot,Now it’s perry,Gaga,Nicki,lana…Tommorow other b****** will come.Dont ask the one who were there for you to proove themselves.Foxy Brown doest have Justin Bieber stats on her sides but she has accomplished alot,so leave them he f*** alone

  11. Chile Please!! February 22, 2012

    LIES & F****** LESBIAN TALES DARLING KITTY POO POO DRAWS! THIS B**** IS A F****** JOKE WITH HER WIERD ASS ALL AROUND! I CAN’T WITH THIS CHICK…..NEXT!!!

  12. Aishaaguilerakeys February 22, 2012

    I agree w/ BB.

  13. #WHoTheFuckWantWar February 22, 2012

    I think everyone who has something to say about Nicki Minaj not being able to rap is foolish. Nicki had mixtapes with the most ridiculous flow any female could ever have (not even Kim could match her lyrically). She crossed over and now, any female that wants to rap can do so in a time where Nicki has made it relevant again. Who else would’ve done it?

    Congrats Nicki, keep em talkin….

  14. Morgan February 22, 2012

    Now we cant like and say she didnt bring female mcs back but when can say she is making female mcs not look good right now. All this pop music shes making isnt what a mc does. She needs to go back to her roots and stop with the pop.

  15. NICK February 22, 2012

    I love it, MISSY & NICKI would be a GREAT COLLABO, BUT IDK how MISS Y feels about NICKI, since I have not seen nor heard from her in years & KIM MIGHT NOT LIKE THAT, soooooo IDK…….I THINK MISSY & NICKI ARE BOTH CREATIVE, DIFFERENT, STRANGE, UNIQUE & THAT IS Y I LOVE THEM BOTH SO MUCH

  16. :l February 22, 2012

    KAT DELUNA FAN for you naive ignorant a,ss if it was that easy wouldn’t everyone be winning and going hard on other endeavours,no matter what you and others will continue to discredit nicki,s accomplishments that she put in work for,you ignorant a/ss will forever think this sh/t is easy,man you people try so hard to constantly put this woman in a negative light,anyways keep doing you thing nicki minaj,and how the fck can female rappers before nicki have Justin Bieber stats as you call it[obviusly shades from you part] when back in the day if a female rapper tries to do a pop song they were shone labeled as a sellout and that they an’t doing black music no more[same sh/t they are pulling on nicki now but she don’t give a sh/t],and had to go back in to the box…on like nicki who isn’t going to let none of them box her in she is going to keep doing nicki minaj rap,rap-pop,pop,R&B and others,you think she is going to let yall box her in like how you all did the rest.

  17. Phillyboy February 22, 2012

    Put female rap back on the map?? I dont think so,she is the most overated artist of our time!! The b**** is annoying. Yuck mouth said goodbye to hiphop and hello to pop cause she cant rap or freestyle to save her life!! Lol this site is fixed wit out a doubt,the other day I read the top mcs she was ahead of jayz!! There aint no way in the world she better then jay and wayne and drake are better to? Ym must own this busted ass site!!

  18. KAT DELUNA FAN February 22, 2012

    Dumbass re-read what l said.

    l like Nicki,she works hard to be seen (main talent in today industry) in the media and to every audience.But How can she put anything on any map if she is herself all over the place musically???

    The other girls are struggling because they want to be in a RAP box,not look like Gaga’s clone.

  19. fays115 February 22, 2012

    Nicki as a rapper is AMAZING.. when shes a featured artist she always do a good job but when she does her solo projects she sounds like a pop star rapping + she lypsinch live when she raps! WTF? I see her in the same leavel of Katy Perry & Rihanna (and thats not a good thing)

  20. fays115 February 22, 2012

    Nicki is not even a rapper.. shes a pop star who rapes in her pop songs.

  21. ThatLATEJuice February 22, 2012

    @ :L
    Funny you should say that….because don’t Nicki stans DISCREDIT Lil Kim and other female rappers’ acomplishments, accolades, and the impact they had on Hip Hop as a whole? Yes, Nicki was BLAZIN in her mixtape days. Those days are over. If you are going to discredit what others have done in the past, then don’t get mad when someone does the same to your fave. Learn something….

  22. nikoyuki February 22, 2012

    here they go again with this billshit. how could she when she is begin called the biggest sell out in hiphop history. the streets dont want her anymore.

  23. Mari (RIP Dwayne McDuffie + Amy Winehouse +Whitney Houston) February 22, 2012

    “As harsh as this may sound, most Femcees just aren’t that intelligent.

    Indeed, though it remains a tough pill to swallow, the reason most female Rappers fall short of the glory oft enjoyed by their male counterparts has very little to do with ‘industry politics’ , but a universal flaw that stops them in their tracks even if they do catch label interest.

    Shortsightedness.

    For, whether it’s their inability to see beyond trivial feuds with fellow Femcees or just plain laziness, most lady lyricists don’t realize that they are a minority, and that as a minority their work ethic, business acumen and ambition has to be head and shoulders above the rest if they are to truly succeed.”
    _______________________________________________________

    @TGJ FUCKTARD STAFF

    WHO THE F*** IS WRITING THIS SEXIST B*******!?!?

    So, let me get this straight. Femcees are the only ones who beef with one another?

    Lady rappers don’t succeed because they’re too stupid to realize that they’re minorities?

    and you’re basing this all on the success of one, flash in the pan, anomaly?

    FAIL FAIL FAIL FAIL F****** FAIL!

    It better have been an unpaid, white man intern who wrote this s*** because any paid, person of color who thinks its cute to call women lazy for not working five times harder than men to get put on, and then try to play it off as if the lack of femcees has nothing to do with industry politics is a clueless moron.

    Unbelievable!

  24. nikoyuki February 22, 2012

    and nicki in her mixtape days didnt do anything but change kims lyrics around . so dont say nicki has better lyrics then kim. kim is a hiphop icon. something nicki will never be

  25. xoxo February 22, 2012

    she is a sellout, but she did put female rap back on the map. dont act as if you were bumping rasheedas mixtape.

  26. Kim career DEAD ghostbuster February 22, 2012

    Yall mad cus Nicki emerged from the sky and made a loud crash bang landing in the rap game and woke the other female rappers up and now their running out like roaches to watch the Queen Minaj make her entrance. LMAO! HA HA THEY WAS SLEEPIN ON HER Z.. ZZ.. Z Z….Anyone who says Nicki did’nt bring the dying female rap back to life is just delusional. Nicki is POP, HIP HOP, RAP, ROCK etc.. just call her a tripple threat and deal with it HATERS. Kim is never doing it like Nicki. Starships debute at #9 on hot 100 billboard no features, where is Kim and nem?

  27. nikoyuki February 22, 2012

    tgj knows nothing about hiphop. nicki is not smart , that b**** team is smart. they are doing all the work all she is doing is putting out half ass songs and features. looking up kim and missy work to copy and jack dosent make her smart.

  28. PIECE OF WEAVE February 22, 2012

    You people all say that MCS don’t do pop…..that’s why they disappear quickly! They are not versatile.

    You may not like Nicki but you cannot deny she has brought interest back in to female rap. There is no point arguing about it- it’s fact.

    You’re saying Nicki’s 15 minutes are nearly up?..remember when you thought Katy Perry was a one hit wonder with ‘I kissed a girl’?….look at her now.

  29. nikoyuki February 22, 2012

    how the f*** did she, when she got hot she only rapped on features. when it come to her own s*** this ho get n her s*** she sing like shes f****** beyonce . f*** out here with that s***. they dont even post her s*** on hiphop sites nomore. fuckthat ho

  30. PIECE OF WEAVE February 22, 2012

    Niko…Nicki does her own work.

    You’re saying her doing features isn’t smart? Is it keeping er relevant? Yes. So it’s smart.

    You say she copies? I’m not saying she does but even f she did…is it keeping her relevant? Yes. So it’s smart.

    And before you even bring up ‘Stupid H**’, it might be disliked by many, but has it made people take notice of her and kept them interested? Yes. So it’s smart.

    She is smart. You may not like her, but there are somethings you can’t deny.

  31. nikoyuki February 22, 2012

    f*** it you hos love that ho so yall can have her

  32. ThatLATEJuice February 22, 2012

    @ KIM CAREER

    Stating facts means someone is mad? Oh. Ok. Speaking of that song “Starships”, is that song Rap? Hip Hop? No? Point proven. No one is mad at the fact that Nicki is getting the fame and fortune she once craved so bad. People have an issue with her completely abandoning her rap roots for Pop music and still tote the title of a “Rapper” when she is nowhere near that and hasn’t been that for the better part of 2 years. People also have an issue with the fact that she makes it to be that you have to completely forget who you are and resort to cheap gimmicks in order to obtain success. Did she bring Female Hip Hop back? The only reason I can see that she did was because REAL female rappers felt like “If this clown can go far doing THIS BS, then I without a doubt can make it.” Clearly record labels felt the same since they getting signed now. So yea…..Congrats to Nicki. See ya at the NICKOLODEN AWARDS 😉

  33. PIECE OF WEAVE February 22, 2012

    Niko..Missy Elliot sings and you say she’s a real rapper.

    You can’t have it both ways.
    Either a rapper doesn’t sing….which makes Missy not a rapper.
    Or Rappers can sing….which means they are versatile.

  34. PIECE OF WEAVE February 22, 2012

    Niko…And now you have no valid points to come back with so you’re lashing out.
    Shame on you.

    Piece Of Weave has spoken! Perming these b******.

  35. RDK February 22, 2012

    THATLATEJUICE i an’t talking about that both sides do the same i admit that thats fact,but what i am talking about is nicki bought female rap back thats a fact eve if you go around that fact are try to fabricate stuff to discredit that fact no matter what it,s still a fact,that is what i am talking about i an,t talking about that dog sh-t beef she and that other female rapper is in..on another not you NIKOYUKI you are so press man you are on mission wdf you are trying to convince with your fabrications and lies shout da f-ck up because no matter how much you cry that facts of the matter is nicki is doing nicki.

  36. MisDememeanor on the mic February 22, 2012

    Mari. THATS EXACTLY THE POINT.
    females do have to work five times harder to get put on, and the girls that think like you do are the ones stuck spitting on street corners for the rest of their lives.

    Were tgj harsh? yeah they were a bit. but it was damn honest.

  37. LOLOLOL February 22, 2012

    @NIKOYUKI
    Someone sounds like a hater….While u hatin on her, she cashin the check that couldv been kims or missy’s…lmao

  38. nikoyuki February 22, 2012

    missy is a real rapper, she has stay true to her self. she was always a singer , watch her behind the music. she made it ok for other female rappers to be different and she didnt have to sell out to do it. she made fun light heart songs, stay true to rap. she made srs songs and stay true. even eve when she was working with gwen she didnt sell out. like a said f*** her and her fans, hiphop doenst claim that b****, f*** her. her kim money has nothing to do with me or you @lololol . i could care less how much they are making , its their money so you can miss me with that s***. i dont stan for artist because of their money , but for their music. you new grade of fans kill me with this money talk like yall getting paid too. f*** out of here.

  39. Kim career DEAD ghostbuster February 22, 2012

    Just reading comments saying Nicki is… wack? Well her wackest songs are charting and Kim’s ain’t so I guess Kim is wiggety wiggety wack and a fliggety fligetty FLOP!!…I can’t wit yall. poor Kim every time she drops a song on itunes it does a belly flop. Thats because her fans are more concerned with what Nicki is doing. Kim has almost 500,000 followers and can’t even sell 100,000 units to get on billboard? Now thats a ki fukin ki…LMMFAOooooooooooooooooo!! At the end of the day The Queen Nicki Minaj Is WINNING!!!!

  40. Sterling Infinity February 22, 2012

    I’m proud of her!
    No she’s not hard core rap but like every other genre its good to see that rap
    can cross all borders. Hard core, pop, poetry style its all rap!

    http://soundcloud.com/sterling8music

  41. Always love you, whitney (RIP) February 22, 2012

    That’s a nice picture. I’m not even gonna get into that topic though since I discussed it so many times before. Opinions are like a holes.

  42. hgyy February 22, 2012

    @Kim career DEAD ghostbuster
    I am NOT much of a Kim fan but when Kim was on her Sophomore album she was SLAYING. Something Nicki is NOT doing. Shouldn’t throw stones at any other female rapper when most of them stayed true to their roots and SLAYED even doing Rap music and not Pop mediocre bullsh*t. Don’t shade Kim when Kim was Nicki blueprint. Idc what Kim said 2 years ago, the fact is Nicki patterned herself from Kim. When it comes to rapping in a wig, being a Barbie, and even similar photoshoots and outfits.

    Nicki is the only female “rapper” the MEDIA is promoting right now. That’s why people think she’s the best. The female rappers in the past would slay her if they were till in their prime. Nicki is only one album in, no Grammy, and she already falling off and getting on people nerves? Ch….

  43. MICHAEL February 22, 2012

    WTF!!! THESE PEOPLE ON BILLBOARD MUST BE ON DRUNGS!!!

  44. PIECE OF WEAVE February 22, 2012

    Niko…once again you are saying Missy is a real rapper but sings and also that Nicki isn’t a real rapper because she sings.
    You can’t have it both ways.

  45. nikoyuki February 22, 2012

    Michael Jackson: “Heal The World, Make It A Better Place. For you and for me and the entire human race. There are people dying , if you care enough for the living. Make a better place for you and for me.”
    Nicki Minaj: “You a stupid h**, you a you a stupid h**, you a stupid h**” notice any thing. oh yeah complete lack of substance. i would feel like s*** if that what i had to listen to

  46. MISHKA February 22, 2012

    BillBoard, don’t go overbroad people…

    No offense to Nicki because I do believe she tried very hard to break into the music industry, but she might be the poorest representation of female rap ever. She’s more of a ‘Pop Rap’ artist to me.

    Female rap is about female empowerment, social consciousness and sisterhood.

    This is Female Rap:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSU73awbZUw

    This too

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm3wsHstlAc

    And this

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz8_aQY27dc

  47. nikoyuki February 22, 2012

    @PIECE OF WEAVE your a dumb b****, missy and lauryn hill sing but they still keep it hiphop . their not on tracks made katy and ke$sha . you can sing and rap. kid kudi does it and others. its when you do pop tracks that you lose your roots. plus the b**** cant sing. i would rather listen to rihanna , who i love dearly, sing ever song of hers live then nicki to sing super bass. give me nicki singing still i rise , maybe i will listen. but untill then f*** off. i love trolling you nicki fans, so young and dumb

  48. PIECE OF WEAVE February 22, 2012

    Niko…who said I was a Nicki fan?

    I’m stating facts and only retelling you what you told me so you can comprehend how stupid you sound.

    Now, Kim is keeping it ‘Hip-Hop’…ask yourself how she’s doing in today’s market.
    That’s all.

  49. NickiLuv February 22, 2012

    Oh so u saying that a female rapper can’t sing a pop song cause that would make her a sellout? Didn’t Kim win a shared emmy for a pop song?

  50. nikoyuki February 22, 2012

    i said nothing about kim, but i dont care how she is doing in the market as long as she gives me some hot s*** to bang. stupid yeah right b****, nicki can sing untill her little heart turns blue, its when she starts making pop songs that i dont like. b/c nicki was so much better then making pop song to make it big. like a said i dont care about her money its her money , its the music i wont. bye bye b****

  51. RHI RHI IS QUEEN February 22, 2012

    PF:ROMAN RELOADED 2012. LEGGO

  52. HipHop February 22, 2012

    Nicki Minaj has a lot of haters out there. Why knock her hustle? She is a female rapper. She has a nasty flow. Listen to her mixtapes and a few songs on pink Friday. Also you fools are acting like Lil Kim never went pop. A lot of Lil Kim and Missy E songs were pop. What are you guys complaining about? I swear our people are so sometimey when it comes to supporting our own. Kinda force folks to go pop.

  53. commanderofthedancefloor February 22, 2012

    @kat de luna fan

    you need to stop obsessing over rihanna, nobody except you even mentioned her!!!!!!!! and rihanna earned her awards by the way!! and just because you THINK she bought the awards doesn’t make it so. if that is the case then beyonce bought her grammys, gaga bought her awards, and then that means that any and or every artist bought their awards!!

    oh and if rihanna was to actually buy her awards she would have alot more than she does! so stop because you look ignorant OK

  54. BitchIcantevenspellwelfare February 22, 2012

    I love Nicki, lawd knows I do, but Nicki is Hip POP. I’m not saying that this is a bad thing at all. It’s her career & she should run it as she sees fit.

    But until Nicki gives me a CLASSIC album (no kiddies, Pink Friday is NOT a classic), I cannot see placing her in the pantheon of great artists, regardless of how many Vogue interviews she has done or will do.

    Sam, you rave so much about Nicki’s business acumen but you say very little about her music. I wonder why…

    * blasts Foxy Brown’s classic album ‘Broken Silence’ *

  55. RDK February 22, 2012

    NIKOYUKI so you are looking down on pop music,the greatest artist the would ever seen was micheal jackson and he was pop,and nicki did made is as a rapper way before she drop her album she used to sing back in the day like how she is doing now even back then she had some pop influence songs,like i said before you can cry and cry until you eyes fall out,nicki is doing her she is a artist she can rap,rap-pop,r&b,pop,rock and others she kill anything she catches no problem,you bin fighting crying having tantrums all type of sh-t,get a grip you might not like who is wearing the crown now are like her methods but it is what it is,she brought back female rap and no matter how much you cry she already did it.

  56. YouDontKnowMe February 22, 2012

    You guys are on that s*** if u think Lil Kim and Missy E, Eve….etc…never went pop. I can name a few pop songs from each of them.

  57. :l February 22, 2012

    YOUDONTKNOWME they did but the people shone them ,so they had to go back to rap only to be box up[now they are acting like those artist didn’t do pop they are a set of bias hypocrites],just like the same sh-t they are pulling with nicki minaj now,but nicki is doing her thing being an artist that can go on any track and kill it,because no matter what there is always a hater out there who is going to try to discredit her and other sh-t,but the facts are there no matter how they try to twist it.

  58. JohnVidal (RIPWhitney-true great) February 22, 2012

    It´s ridiculous that they put this in a “29 black music milestones” article when the other ones are truly epic moments. Like Whitney Houston being the first act to sell more than a million albums in one week or how the Motown started!!! I mean pretty please! I´m tired of all this pure garbage

  59. KAT DELUNA FAN February 22, 2012

    Insecure lil b****
    l am not obsessed with Mrs victim,it was an example.l was the h** because of the people choice debacle.Miss me with the fuckery,we all know bey always get BET awards and why gaga got this “video with a message” moonman.

    now sit coz you dont have s*** to teach to me.

  60. shion February 22, 2012

    It seems to me that no one’s trying to “hate”on Nicki for doing what she is doing. Its just that alot of ppl don’t consider her hip hop n the don’t feel she has warrant this much hype. Like come on?? Black music milestones? There r plenty of black music milestones way more relevant to a milestone than Nicki. And honestly I don’t really see many music labels scavenging left and right to sign female rappers. So her presence hasn’t done much

  61. BeyonceStan February 22, 2012

    Her biggest hit is POP(super bass). She will never be on ..say Missys level.

  62. butexcuseme February 22, 2012

    excuse me, who is to say what is and isnt female rap? Who died and made YOU the judge. Kreayshawns music is just as real as lauryn hills if it comes from an honest place.
    Hardcore punchlines, an angry face and a hood context doesnt suddenly make you an authentic rapper because as we all know many of the MCs are shameless posers.

    Nicki polished up and is doing what she likes and YES it is POP MUSIC, and if her music is real to she and her fans than thats her job done. Keep supporting these narrowminded view of what an artist should be and see where it gets you.

  63. Hahahaha February 22, 2012

    Missy’s music was pop. She writes and produced pop records for others also. Is she a sell out? Why didn’t she get a hard time like Nicki is? You guys are running out forreal. This is a milestone in the female rap game. Nicki has made a HUGE impact in hip hop. Just give her the credit she deserves. This crabs in a bucket s*** is tired and late.

  64. Hahahaha February 22, 2012

    The difference between the “Queens” Missy and Kim V.S. Nicki Is They Have Made CLASSICS Unlike Nicki. Nicki’s biggests hits are poorly written Hip-“POP” songs and the ONLY reason Super Bass was BIG was because 1) Taylor Swift / Selena Gomez promoting it to the POP crowd because no NICKI fans were CHECKING for it before it got big 2) Ester Dean writing and practically SINGING the whole damn song. 3) Young Money’s GRIP on the Game, they might be a gang of TALENTLESS Gimmicks but everyone is on they’re CLITS

  65. Stop February 22, 2012

    This difference is that Kim and Missy made classic? Ridiculous to say this because none of us knew they were going to be considered classics when they were out. No one! We don’t know that Nicki music in 20 yrs will be considered classics. I’m sure the folks who loves this song will consider it a classic. Also Nicki was huge before Super Bass. Super Bass just helped out. And it doesnt matter how it became popular anyways. Her album is selling very well.

  66. mobwife February 22, 2012

    NICKI IS A JOKE! I tried to give her the benefit of the doubt but after “Stupid H**” amd that God awful Grammy performance just did it for me. I just her her new nursery rhymes..*cough* i mean song! side-eye

    I miss you Lauryn Hill, Missy & Lil Kim! Ladies step it up!

  67. Mari (RIP Dwayne McDuffie + Amy Winehouse +Whitney Houston) February 22, 2012

    “Mari. THATS EXACTLY THE POINT.
    females do have to work five times harder to get put on, and the girls that think like you do are the ones stuck spitting on street corners for the rest of their lives.

    Were tgj harsh? yeah they were a bit. but it was damn honest.”
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    @misdememenor

    Look, I’m not here for idiocy. Don’t insult my intelligence and suggest that industry politics aren’t at play when the vast majority of A&R’s at major labels who sign artists are men. Don’t insult my intelligence by saying that the only reason why Nicki is where she is today as opposed to the “unsigned hype” is because she works harder than everyone else. What you and the dumbfuck writer of this piece seem to have is what’s called a zero sum mentallity. So, if you don’t see something, then it must not exist. To you and others who share your lame, logic failing mentality,Since Nicki is the only mainstream femcee right now that you actually see, then that means that all others must be lazy and inept. Yeah, that’s why there aren’t any Asian rappers, cuz you know how lazy and stupid, dey be.

    Ask yourself, how did Lauryn, Eve, Lil Kim, Foxy, Rah Digga, Amil, and Roxanne Shaunte get put on? They all came up through cliques headed by successful male artists. How many mainstream cliques have been making noise within the past few years? Oh, that’s right, one. Young Money. Two, if you count Odd Future. Oh, but Nicki’s just so damn original, cuz just like Nicki, all these other chicks have the luxury of being backed by Wayne, or Baby, Biggie, Jigga, Busta, DMX, Wyclef, etc. and what separates Nicki from the pack is her work ethic. GTFOHWTBS

    Oh, If only these other chicks weren’t so f****** lazy. If only they knew that they were minorities. If only they weren’t so caught up with A&R’s who won’t sign them cause they don’t have d**** and beefing with other femcees (As if Nicki doesn’t stay beefing with Kim). Oh the possibilities . . .

    LOL, thanks for the laugh . . .

  68. Guess What February 23, 2012

    Billboard is a joke. I’m sick of ppl gassing this fraud up. How the hell did she bring female hip hop back when she’s not repping real female hip hop at all. She disrespected all the female rappers in the industry & tried to act like nobody caught it. All of the female rappers had huge success & they didn’t “sell out” like Nicki did. Nicki would have never made it in the 90’s era of hip hop. All the females would have ran circles around her. Lyrically she will never see Kim. Nicki doesn’t even know who she is anymore, she has sold her soul to the devil for a dollar & fame. Bubble gum pop records are not hip hop, she has no substance, ex: stupid h**, Roman in Moscow, etc, etc.

    Real female rappers don’t need so called alter egos & rap like they have tourette syndrome with mental issues. Nicki has alot to do in the industry if she wants to be taken seriously. Once the veteran female rappers come back on the scene, things will be real different. A couple of singles & 1 album don’t make you permanent in the industry Nicki.

  69. yass February 23, 2012

    YAYYY

  70. Tbozfan10 February 23, 2012

    I love nicki minaj and i do think she has put female rap back on the map for this decade undoubtably, but this article written by grape juice is quite honestly just flat out sexist. The reason it’s been harder for females to make it as rappers and to continue a long career has everything to do with sexism in the industry and with the double standards held with female rap artists. You are just plain ignorant if you think it’s just because female rap artists “aren’t intelligent.”

  71. Texas Cowgirl February 23, 2012

    This website love Nicki. They do a story on her EVERY DAY!!!

  72. Last King. February 23, 2012

    I mean Nicki might be doing pop music but she’s still rapping you f****** idiots lol wtf?

  73. ree February 23, 2012

    THAT DID IT I MORE CONVINCED THAN EVER THAT NICKI IS THE GHOSTWRITER BEHIND THIS B******* ASS BLOG. THAT DID IT FOR ME PUT FEMALE RAP ON BACK ON THE MAP BI@&H PLEASE YOUR A SING/RAPPER

  74. ree February 23, 2012

    NICK IS GRAPEJUICE ENOUGH SAID/ PLUS SHE IS RAP/SINGER AND WERE DID FEMALE RAP GO LET THE MEDIA TELL IT ALL RAP IS OVA SO NICKI STOPP BLOGGING ABOUT YOUR SELF WASTE OF TIME

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