Appearing on 'Queen Radio', the 'Anaconda' hitmaker vents her frustration over the 'Antidote' rapper's 'unfair' methods for selling his new album 'Astroworld'.
- Aug 22, 2018
AceShowbiz - Nicki Minaj is clearly still bitter about Travis Scott (II) taking the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 200 chart with his new album "Astroworld". After lashing out at the rapper on Twitter for using his girlfriend Kylie Jenner to help promote his album, the 35-year-old femcee put Travis and Kylie on a blast again on Tuesday's (August 21) episode of "Queen Radio" on Apple Music's Beats 1.
The "Starships" hitmaker took issue with Travis' methods in promoting his new album which she deemed "unfair." She said, "When [Scott] realized that Queen was about to [be] the No. 1 album in America, he and his label decided to have Kylie and baby Stormi put up a tour pass... He had her post and say, 'Hey, me and Stormi can't wait to see y'all.' How are you selling something that does not have anything to do with your album but it is being counted on Billboard as album sales?"
Nicki continued her rant, "What we're not gonna do is have that auto-tune man selling f**king sweaters telling you he sold half a million albums, because he f**king didn't." She added, "When [Travis] comes along and sells a tour pass that has nothing to do with his f**king music and says he's sold more than Kanye West and Nas-no you f**king didn't, keep it the f**k real. I know I'm that b**ch, I know I'm number one." She also called Travis the "Ho N***a of the Week."
She added of Kylie, "You stupid f**k. You got your f**king homeboy talking for you and you got your girlfriend selling tour passes. Stop it. Knock it the f**k off."
Nicki went on comparing herself to Harriet Tubman and Rosa Parks, claiming that like the historic figures, she is a champion for the people. She said, "You motherf**kers is getting streaming because somebody took that bullet, because somebody was brave enough. Somebody had a big f**king d**k enough, somebody had balls enough, to say, 'We are tired of having you steal our music and we're not getting credited!' "
"Harriet Tubman had to shake s**t up; Rosa Parks had to shake s**t up. Rosa Parks probably had the worst day of her life when she said, 'no, enough is enough,' " she continued.
She realized that people would "laugh" at her for comparing herself to Harriet Tubman, but she didn't seem to care. "Man, f**k you-I am going to compare myself to strong, black queens," she said.
Despite her rant, Nicki claimed she's not as mad as she may seem. "Having said that, none of this is some serious anger s**t. No, we are in a time right now where black music is prospering," she claimed, referencing the fact that she and Scott hold the top spots on the album chart. "And I am one of the people who, I'm so excited to see where rap has come from and where we are. But right is right and wrong is wrong."
