How Nicki Minaj became the Queen of the chaotic album campaign
From rap feuds to delays and odd allegiances – the rapper joins the likes of U2, Katy Perry and Rita Ora in the pantheon of buzz-killing album launchesNicki Minaj’s fourth album, Queen, is due this month, but it has been a right old slog getting there. It was first announced in May, got pushed back to June, and the campaign since has been one misstep after another: there was a row with Cardi B over “hurt feelingsâ€. Then Nicki upset LBGQT fans by being on the cover of Ru...
Stereogum — The release date for Nicki Minaj’s new album Queen has been a little shaky, but now it looks like things are on course. After pushing back the release date for a second... more info
Guardian Music — From rap feuds to delays and odd allegiances – the rapper joins the likes of U2, Katy Perry and Rita Ora in the pantheon of buzz-killing album launchesNicki Minaj... more info
Stereogum — A couple of weeks ago, before the release of her new album
Queen
, Nicki Minaj took to Twitter to publicly ask Tracy Chapman to clear a sample. "So there's a record on #... more info
Perez Hilton — Nicki Minaj surprised fans by dropping her new album Queen a week early — but it turns out it was SUCKER PUNCH!
While throwing shoutouts to her fellow females Britney S... more info
Time — In the nearly four years since Nicki Minaj released her third album The Pinkprint, a lot has happened: the U.S. elected a chaos-inducing president, the #MeToo movement to... more info
E! Online — The Queen has arrived.
After four years of keeping fans on their toes, Nicki Minaj has officially released her long-awaited fourth studio album, titled Queen, and the s... more info
E! Online — Did you hear that? With the surprise release of Nicki Minaj's fourth studio album, Queen, that's what we call shots fired.
The undisputed current queen of rap has had th... more info