Nicki Minaj believes she “reintroduced” successful female rappers into the music industry.
The 34-year-old rapper has taken to social media to clarify the comment made in a recent interview on ‘XXL’ – where she credited herself for making “female rappers mainstream” – and she has revealed what she meant was she played a part in encouraging women to make rap music again, and compete with their male rivals, because she felt there was a “drought” of successful female rap albums when she started her music career.
In a lengthy post shared on her Instagram account, the ‘Anaconda’ hitmaker – who made her breakthrough with the release of her debut album ‘Massive Attack’ in 2010 had lots to say.
And the artist – whose real name is Onika Tanya Maraj – has hailed Lauryn Hill, Eve, and Queen Latifah for breaking boundaries in the entertainment industry and for inspiring budding artists like her.
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Nicki continued: “Lauryn sold 10 million off one album, Eve had platinum singles w/Alicia, Gwen Stefani, her own tv show & clothing line. It doesn’t get more mainstream/pop than Missy’s biggest singles. Foxy & Kim had platinum albums & shaped the sound of NY female rappers, Latifah had her own sitcom, Trina was on a billboard with hits, etc- I appreciate the love but I never said that.”
We could say that Nicki has buried the hatchet, for now at least.
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