Nicki Minaj denied Kanye West's request to erase his use of her verse from their 2018 song New Body on his new album Vultures.
Despite the 46-year-old rapper's public appeal to 41-year-old Minaj, she ultimately shut down the idea on her Instagram Live, pointing out that she didn't want to divert any momentum from her record, Pink Friday 2, to his latest release. , an upcoming joint project with Ty Dolla $ign.
“As for Kanye, that train has left the station, okay?” she said in the video. “Not disrespectful in any way. I just released a brand new album. Why would I release a song that's been out for three years? Come on guys.'
Her statement came shortly after he tweeted a screenshot of a text between him and Minaj, in which he asks, “Hello you are, can I call you about releasing new body on the new album.”
Apparently there was no response to the text.
Not Today: Nicki Minaj has denied Kanye West's request to remove his use of her verse from their 2018 song, New Body, on his new album Vultures (out in 2019).
Denied: Despite the 46-year-old rapper's public appeal to Minaj, 41, she ultimately shut down the idea on her Instagram Live, pointing out that she didn't want to divert any momentum from her record, Pink Friday 2, to his latest release, an upcoming joint project with Ty Dolla $ign; in the photo in 2015
West doesn't seem to take kindly to being rejected by Minaj.
In video obtained by The shadow room In the midst of his insulting, anti-Semitic tirade at a party in Las Vegas on Thursday evening, he appeared furious as he addressed the crowd.
“I made that girl rewrite her verse for Monster three times,” he said, referring to the critically acclaimed song on his 2010 album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
“I supported her career,” he continued. “So I don't know what it is.”
The rapper said he would “get this,” and suggested he would just “release” the song, apparently without permission, if he had to.
He went on to say that Minaj's failure to clean up her verse was part of the proof that “no one was with me,” including Adidas dropping him for anti-Semitic statements he had previously made.
'No one says anything! No one is outraged,” he continued, referring to the alleged plot against him.
West, Minaj and Ty Dolla $ign first recorded New Body five years ago, but it was ultimately scrapped.
After Minaj's verse on New Body leaked and went viral on TikTok in 2020, West began to reconsider his decision not to include it on his album.
“As for Kanye, that train has left the station, okay?” she said in the video. “Not disrespectful in any way. I just released a brand new album. Why would I release a song that's been out for three years? Come on guys
In a rant obtained by the Shade Room on Thursday night, West talked about how he made Minaj rewrite her 2010 Monster verse “three times” to make it better, and said he “supported her career” because he seemed shocked that she did' do not approve of her verse; seen in 2021 in LA
“The crowd loved New Body,” Minaj said Hot 106 last year. 'New Body is the biggest hit that was never released. … Everyone knows this is the hit that got away.”
Although he never publicly responded to her, saying their song was a hit that slipped through their fingers, rumors began to circulate that it would appear on Vultures after “what sounded like the 2018 version of the song” was played on a listening party at According to Miami Page six.
Earlier this week, West and Ty Dolla $ign announced their Vultures album rave in Las Vegas, which took place at midnight on Thursday along S Decatur Boulevard.
“Tickets to attend the in-person event and the livestream” cost $2,000, according to the newspaper. Hype beast.
At a similar event, held in Miami, the rappers received support from Freddie Gibbs, Offset and Lil Durk.
West was spotted at the event Cuddling Kid Cudiwhich appeared to be the father of four's new record.
Their friendly embrace came as a surprise to some fans when Cudi snubbed West last year, explicitly saying they were not on good terms.
In response to footage of them hugging, one fan tweeted: “Kanye West x Kid Cudi are officially back. I'm crying now. I really can't believe this is happening.'
His best effort: Her statement came shortly after he tweeted a screenshot of a text between him and Minaj, in which he asks, “Hello you are, can I call you about releasing new body on the new album”
During the event, West was seen hugging Kid Cudi, who appeared to be featured on the father of four's new album.
After the release of their song Rock N Roll with Pusha T, Cudi tweeted: “I made this song a year ago when I was still cool with Kanye.”
“I'm not cool with that guy. He's not my boyfriend and I only approved the song for Pusha because he's my husband. This is the last song you'll hear me on with Kanye,” he fired.
Cudi bonded so closely with his 45-year-old ex-mentor that they co-headlined the Glow in the Dark Tour in 2008 and released an album together as Kids See Ghosts in 2018.
'I've been on every album of that man. He's only used two of mine. That should tell you something,” the Day 'N' Nite shared Esquire in August 2022. “And don't think I didn't ask.”
