Nicki Minaj is not taking what she views as disrespect towards Lil Wayne in silence — even if it comes from JAY-Z.
Amid the news that Kendrick Lamar will be performing during the halftime show at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans, many felt that the choice was a snub to Wayne, a New Orleans native — and some of those people blamed JAY-Z, whose company Roc Nation is the NFL’s Live Music Entertainment Strategist.
Among that crowd of Hov-blamers is Nicki, who unleashed a string of posts on X on Monday (September 9).
“I love watching the whole industry play dumb time after time,” she began. Then, in a message presumably directed at JAY, she wrote, “Go & enjoy your fkng money b4 it’s too late.”
In a direct reference to criticism that JAY and Roc Nation took when they began their partnership with the NFL — that they were undermining the struggle for racial justice in the league that burst into public consciousness with Colin Kaepernick — she wrote: “One n-gga took a knee. The other n-gga took the bag. He gon get you ‘n-ggers’ in line every fkng time.”
She continued taking shots, saying that JAY was in business with “the Politicians and the police”: “Got everything in the world. Still spiteful & evil,” she wrote. “Disgusting.”
She then directly addressed what she viewed as the root of the issue: that what she called JAY’s “hatred” of her, Drake, and Birdman led to him denying Wayne a showcase he deserved.
“Denying a young black man what he rightfully put into this game for no other reason but your ego,” she wrote. “Your hatred for BIRDMAN, Drake & Nicki got you punishing Lil Wayne?!?!!!”
Check the messages below.
I love watching the whole industry play dumb time after time. lol. The truth is the truth no matter who tells it. Picking & choosing who yall accept truth from then BAM! Pow! 💥 might tell you a joke but won’t tell you a lie. Bwahahahaaha. #DTLR
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) September 9, 2024
Yup. And I never care by the time they figure it out. LMFAO. It’s good for them. #GagCityDC yall Rdy?!?!! Yall know his next move is going to be to tell yall a “certain someone” is being treated soooooo unfairly so that yall can go back into that trance. 🎀 #DTLRhttps://t.co/O96SDuCEB1
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) September 9, 2024
Go & enjoy your fkng money b4 it’s too late. #GagCityDC#DTLR
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) September 9, 2024
One nigga took a knee
The other nigga took the bag.
He gon get you “niggers” in line every fkng time. #GagCityDC#DTLR
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) September 9, 2024
Got everything in the world.
Still spiteful & evil. Disgusting. Be happy Abeg. Go be fkng happy n!gg@!!!!!!!! In rap business. In women business. When you got the Politicians & the police you good tho. Plus dat ugly laughy taffy alien #GagCityDC#DTLR LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOO— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) September 9, 2024
Yup. Everyone’s aware. Clearly they don’t care. So why should I? What ima do chi? #GagCityDC#DTLRhttps://t.co/I4i3vlcy8R
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) September 9, 2024
Tried to tell yall but yall wanted brunch LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOO
IM ON A FKNG ROLL. WAIT. HACKED. HACKED. #GagCityDC#DTLR— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) September 9, 2024
Oh you think speaking up on injustice within your work place should only be done if it’s for a person who would do it for you? Im rlly the realest n!gg@. Wow. #GagCityDC TONIGHT. #DTLRhttps://t.co/oQX5eVCtIC
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) September 9, 2024
Denying a young black man what he rightfully put into this game for no other reason but your ego. Your hatred for BIRDMAN, Drake & Nicki got you punishing Lil Wayne?!?!!! LIL WAYNE!!!!!!!!!! THE GOAT?!!!!!!!!!!! Nola what’s good?!!!!!! Eminem stood firm on having 50Cent come out.…
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) September 9, 2024
And btw, you don’t know the half of what lil Wayne has done for me & others. Wayne had drake & I on his tour w/no papers signed. He was on all of my mixtapes w/no papers signed. This man has literally changed the FACE of hip hop. The hair too. IYKYK. He inspired so many to tat…
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) September 9, 2024
Nicki was not the only Hip Hop figure to feel like Wayne was snubbed. Cam’ron felt the same way.
Speaking on his sports talk show It Is What It Is on Monday (September 9), the Dipset rapper shared his unfiltered thoughts on the NFL’s decision to book Kendrick to perform at Super Bowl LIX.
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He began by singing K.Dot’s praises, saying: “Listen, I love Kendrick Lamar, I love the Pop Out. I think he’s one of the top artist of this generation, period,” before bluntly admitting: “Hate the selection.”
“It’s in New Orleans and you don’t get Lil Wayne? That’s what we doing? You don’t get Lil Wayne in New Orleans for the Super Bowl? It’s no reason why Lil Wayne should not be performing at the Super Bowl,” Cam added.
The Harlem native then pointed the finger at his former Roc-A-Fella boss JAY-Z, who has helped organize the Super Bowl since 2020 as the NFL’s live music entertainment strategist.
“It’s one person who’s stopping this. It’s not really a secret,” he continued, albeit without naming names. “Lil Wayne had a problem with somebody before who’s kinda part of the organization running it. This is payback. Who’s Lil Wayne’s artist? Drake. This is crazy, bro. It’s ridiculous.”
