As the world’s highest-selling female rapper much is made of Nicki Minaj‘s ability to compete with a new wave of Hip-Hop starlets hoping to soar in a lane she carved out for herself.
Now, after Cardi B urged fans not to buy into claims that the ladies are feuding, Minaj has received praise from music lovers after a report published by the platform ‘MNR’ (and substantiated by TGJ’s sources with ties to both ladies) revealed that she delayed the new release of new material to support Cardi’s.
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The release of her new commercial with Karl Benz‘ Mercedes and activity detected by her fans on her VEVO page this month gave Minaj’s fans good reason to believe her new material had nabbed an April due date.
Nicki is trending on iTunes and her vevo account on YouTube was active ? Uhhh sis @NICKIMINAJ wyd?
— Khaii?? (@Ayokhaii) April 7, 2018
Yesterday, said fans learned that they may not have been entirely wrong.
For, according to well-placed sources, Minaj had considered releasing new music at the top of the month but changed her mind after learning Cardi’s well-received set ‘Invasion of Privacy’ was to impact retailers on April 6th.
Industry sources tell us that Nicki Minaj planned to release new music at the beginning of April. Several label staffers wanted her to do so, but she refused as not to overshadow Cardi B’s ‘Invasion of Privacy.’ pic.twitter.com/0LScDy152X
— Music News & Rumors (@MusicNewsRumor) April 7, 2018
The report alleges that Minaj was encouraged to unlock her new sounds in the same period as Cardi but, realising that her pure sales would eclipse the newcomer’s, stepped out of the way to avoid a chart war she is likely to have won.
How Cardi’s opening week numbers are to set fare when compared to her contemporaries? Very well.
The album is set to open around the 170,000 units mark (45,000 of this stemming from pure sales) and outperform the first week figures nabbed by Iggy Azalea‘s ‘The New Classic’, Azealia Banks‘ ‘Broke with Expensive Taste’ and Remy Ma‘s ‘Plata o Plomo.’
No. Nicki was shook. Thats why she didnt release! Woulda been a Shether Part 2!
Nicki’s Lowest number is FOUR times as big as Cardi’s number. Please bare that in mind Friend.
Stink Friday was never gold on the day it was released. ☕️ For an artist not to wear clown suits, do full out EDM records, or disrespect other legendary female rappers like Lil Kim, Cardi’s doing AMAZING filling the void of 8 years. ??
Number 1. Invasion is not actually gold. If it was it’s first week sales would be half a million not 100k. 2. Pink Friday was EDM?
Nicki has NEVER pushed 500,000 copies of anything in one week!! Are you Dumb????
you need to read the news more often because carti new album went gold on its first day out a record that Nicki will never do and it’s almost Platinum as I’m leaving you this message as to where Nicki Minaj album is still sitting at the status of gold…#FACTS
Good job Sis! thats support, Nicki will respect anybody as long as they respect her grind, social media just want a battle between them.
She’s mighty confident in those sales numbers isn’t she? Arrogant much?
Nicki will never win in some of you peoples eyes.
Truth ??
Nicki s*** gone flop, that’s why,NEXT
LMAO Cardi would have still slayed I mean didn’t Nicki release three singles that flopped and only two out of the 234132556 singles she released last year had any impact
To put this FLOP in perspective, back in 2003 Solange debut Solo Star… yes SOLANGE sold 112,000 copies first week according to Nielsen SoundScan. No Hits whatsoever , no popularity whatsoever yet sold a significant portion of what ALIYAH used to sell. It baffles me to this day cuz her music was awful back then. But I will say Cardi B has HEAT on this album and the better songs after Bodak Yellow (10, Money Bag, Thru yur Phone & i like It) have not been released yet. This will be a SLOW & STEADY seller mark my words. And Nikki is PLAYED OUT, Pink Print FLOPPED and only proved the Legends RIGHT, “ALL Female Artist that Collaborate with BEYONCE do not live to tell about it” (Missy, Shakira, Alicia Keys, Gaga, and now NIKKI) Nikki was no exception. I see Cardi atleast going GOLD, Migos doesnt do much better, nor does Rihanna for that matter LOL and outside of that Nikkis Music Sucks Cardi is Way better Musically and Talent Wise, to me Cardi even looks better than Nikki overall.
The Pinkrpint is multi-plat and outsold a lot of albums that came out the same yr. Its first week’s sales were higher than Cardi’s too. Ure delusional
Pink P*iss which was a COPY of jayz BLUEPRINT lol, a FAILED one at that. I hope you know that SOUNDSCAN and RIAA are 2 different subjects entirely. As of December 2015, the FLOP PRINT has sold 682,000 copies in the United States. It probably hasnt even sold 700k yet. We talking REAL platinum not Rihanna Platinum LOL
Ure clearly stuck in the 90’s/early 2000s. How can u downplay streaming?? In 2018!! Especially when its saving the music industry ?? I CAN’T. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/apr/25/2016-marks-tipping-point-for-music-industry-with-revenues-of-15bn
Missy worked with Beyoncé first on “crazy feelings” in 1997 on her first album. She blew the hell up after that and worked with her a multitude of times whilst winking Grammys and selling millions. Your theory is debunked with that one false comment
@Jasmine, how old are you and where do you get your info from? Missy’s 1st album was “Supa Dupa Fly” and she was poppin wayyyyyy before she worked with Bey. Missy worked with Bey on her 2nd album “Da Real World” and it wasn’t even a released single. Missy released about 5 singles on her 2nd album (that were HITS) and “Crazy Feelings” wasn’t one of them. Missy’s first album sold more than her 2nd so let’s not act like Bey’s feature on the second one benefited Missy’s sales. On the contrary, Missy benefited Bey’s popularity & sales by writing and producing on Destiny’s Child’s “The Writings On The Wall” on the song Confessions, featuring on the “Bootylicious” remix and video, writing and producing on Bey’s 1st album on the song “Signs”, letting Bey feature on Missy’s highest selling album “Under Construction” (still before Bey was a solo artist & majorly popping), and “Free”, a song that Missy, Bey, MC Lyte, and Free (from the original 106 & Park) collabed on in the early 00’s.
Just needed to clarify your statement b/c I cannot stand when some people make it seem as if artists weren’t already popping before they worked with Bey as if she birthed everyone’s careers.
@Diabetes Unbothered Missy and Lady Gaga did survive after working with Bey. Missy dropped cookbook with lose control and it charted pretty well. I think her health had something to do with her slowing down on music. Gaga on the other hand dropped 4 albums after working with Bey, all of which fall in the range of gold or platinum. She also headlined the Super Bowl and had a world tour. She’s still on it.
I think that was a good idea we need to stop comparing them dam! We gon can say nicki is a flop but I do believe nicki would of out sold cardi by pure sales cardi is suppose to bring in about 45 thousand opening week pure sales with streaming 170 let’s be honest I not a big nicki fan but she would have out sold cardi!
I agree Nicki would’ve been #1 ahead of Cardi but I’m glad there not going head to head on this. Shows there’s no beef.
Can someone tells me how many times 45k goes into 197k? Asking for a friend.
4 times atleast and yur friend dumb asf 4 not knowing basic math
BS!! Nicki is a lame!!
Slow news day. Who’s your source, twitter trolls lol
Smh, Nicki could cure cancer, end hunger and bring peace to the world and you bitter PRESSED h*** would still try and trash this woman. Sad
No shade but when Nicki sold +240k first week EVERYBODY here called it a flop,, but Cardi’s numbers are supposed to be impressive ? Nicki is going to DESTROY those numbers.
*240k SPS with TPP, her 3rd album. Cardi is expected to sell less with her DEBUT despite streaming being much bigger now, tragic
Sweetie. 240k sps but 197,000 pure. Four times as much as Cardi and that’s her lowest number .
this is 2018… Nikki will Struggle all the same. Bodak Yellow wrecked Nikkis career the same way Crazy In Love wrecked Ashantis career. Nikkis last #1 hit was WHEN? exactly!
Nicki has been in the game for 10 yrs and is honestly wayyyyy more talented than her.#1s dont mean s***, ask Missy,Lil Kim, Eve etc.
Uve been hating on Nicki for YEARS, TF ?
Missy eve and Kim have number 1’s tho lol
You bringing up “it’s 2018” after you just brought up Solange’s album sales from 2003 to try to make a point under 3 different posts lmfao
Hasn’t heard of Tricki Garbagh #1 anything TBH!!
Dear Nicki,
This isn’t a good look. I believe that these labels have conspired to use Cardi as an attack on your position but that should only matter if you believe your blessing comes from ppl. It is what it is and Cardi is now the next major female rap artist. And despite HOW this happened, she’s earning her position. Be a biz woman but embrace this. After being co-signed by Rihanna and Beyonce, Nicki you to move like the big dogs and that means don’t you dare acknowledge that your work decisions are being, in any way, influenced by the competition. Even if it is, that’s not public knowledge nor is it good for brand imaging.
Work on your music, stay sweet, figure out how your Brand can benefit from this and move forward to creating your next album that needs to be a balance of raw hip hop and Urban rap pop. ( plz make sure it’s congruent though. Pink Print was disjointed,Nick),
That’s who you are and how you are different from the others.
Signed.. a supporter
Girl shut up.
Nice of Nicki as numbers dont lie and Cardi understandbly doesnt sell like Niki but so nice of niki to allow her to shine remember what nicki did for ms banks niki cannot be that bad
STFU Tricki Garbagh pop-rap SUCKS AS WELL!! ✌??
She didn’t allow her to shine when she all the sudden came out of hiding on Cardi’s debut weekend and posted the countdown to her new album & 2 new singles, which are being released less than a week after Cardi’s debut. LOL
I would want to show that I’m talented enough to battle anyone on the charts. Nicki took away that opportunity, so really it’s not a favor, and she knows that. Now Nicki can say, “I let her win,” instead of giving her the chance to earn it on her own terms.
I really think Nikki is confident and yes she did it to support cardib .. now we all should take a example from that on how to live with love. support each other and not live like drag queens and their behavior
It’s so funny how her team working over time to direct a narrative. Nobody cares about nicki music except her core fans… the rest of us will catch it when we catch it.
You Card I fans are insane. Her album is unoriginal trash and will never be considered a staple of her career.
I dont believe this not one bit. Who cares when you release music release it. After all it couldve been a buzz single. Nicki is playing she knows her album better push numbers in 2018.
This is so f****** condescending, shady and a way to belittle what Cardi’s done. Fake b****
Everyone here saying something negative would’ve still had something negative to say if Nicki did drop something. It’s even people saying Nicki told Drake to drop because of Cardi. How y’all hate Nicki that damn much. She has proven time and time again she’s the current Queen of the game but she was once in Cardi’s shoes when everything was counting against her with her debut album so if this is true it proves she’s not the bitter angry b*tch y’all try to paint her as.
OH please she isn’t waiting for anyone to do anything she’s so used to “All these b****** is my son’s” FOOLISHNESS!! Tricki Garbagh SUCKS!!
haha the lies…
Lies! if Nicki wanted to support she would have supported! simple she know we dont care stop making up stuff people~!