Nicki Minaj flipped the script on her personal exit announcement and instructed her supporters that she’s not strolling away from music or shelving her 2026 album.
Throughout an impromptu Twitter Areas session late Wednesday night time (October 15), the Queens-born rapper dismissed her earlier declare that she was quitting and reassured her loyal base that she’s nonetheless in full management of her profession.
“I’m the conductor of this prepare,” she started. “Okay? After I need it to decelerate, I sluggish it down. After I want it to hurry as much as give everybody a coronary heart assault, I velocity it up. However proper earlier than everybody thinks they’re about to go ‘Poof!’, I press the brakes. Why? Properly, I don’t clarify myself to c####, however I’ll clarify myself to you. Why is as a result of I can.”
The declaration got here simply 24 hours after Minaj shocked her followers with a submit, claiming she was executed with music and canceling her subsequent album. “Okay I’m not going to place out the album anymore, she wrote. “No extra music. Hope you’re completely happy now [JAY-Z]. Bye, Barbz. Love you for all times.”
That submit adopted a string of accusations geared toward JAY-Z and Roc Nation, with Minaj alleging they tried to govern her into touring and releasing new music.
“They got here BEGGING the QUEEN for a tour & album,’ she claimed. “I stated NOPE!!!!! Needed to patch it up. They wanted assist from the QUEEN & the BARBZ.”
She additionally mocked JAY-Z’s failed Occasions Sq. on line casino bid, writing, “It was a powerful NOOOOOOOO… identical to the casinooooooooo.”
However by Wednesday night time, the tone had shifted. Minaj stated she had simply written a “lovely new music” and teased that her subsequent challenge can be certainly one of her greatest.
“Simply know that I’m very proud of you guys and with the subsequent chapter,” she added. “Nothing goes to cease that. We’re in the perfect musical place I’ve ever been in, ever in my life. And simply full musical readability.”
She added that the album would rank within the “high two” of her profession and described her present inventive state as a private reintroduction.
“I don’t need to say rebirth, however like virtually like an introduction to myself after I began. However not speaking in regards to the sound, which is generally what folks discuss, however the individual.”
Minaj additionally hinted {that a} world tour remains to be on the desk. When a South African fan joined the Areas chat and requested a few present in Johannesburg, she replied she’d have her group look into it.
Her remarks come amid a long-running feud with Roc Nation, which she has accused of blacklisting her, utilizing bots in opposition to her, and making the most of the TIDAL sale with out sharing income.
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