Cop a gander of Nicki Minaj!
The Rap royal makes for an arresting sight on the cover of Interview Magazine‘s Fall 2022 issue.
This year has been a roller coaster for the femcee, who has unleashed a wave of new music and continued to climb to higher heights in her career. Case in point landing her first solo #1 on the Hot 100 with this summer’s ‘Super Freaky Girl.’
True to the publication’s format, Minaj sat down with another notable name in the form of Jada Pinkett Smith. And during their candid discussion, she revealed that the success of ‘Super Freaky’ will likely “expedite” the release of her long-awaited new album.
Elsewhere, Onika mused on the new crop of stars, many of whom she feels are eschewing originality and are instead trying to emulate “those they look up to.”
Head below for pics and quotes…
On The Success of ‘Super Freaky Girl’ & Her Upcoming Album
“It feels so, so, so, so good because everything happened so fast, like the pregnancy and COVID. I wasn’t sure how I was even feeling about having to put out an album this year, but that song happening and people liking it, that made me happy. People have gone through so much recently that they want to have fun. It’ll probably expedite the album to come out this year.”
On The State of Hip-Hop Today
“What I’m seeing now is that so many new artists are trying to become the person they looked up to instead of giving us a new flavor! And it’s irking the crap out of me! I know I could see so much talent in some of the new artists, females, males, whatever. But they lose me when I’m seeing the person who they are trying to be like or sound like more than I’m seeing who they are.
And so if I’m hearing too much of that artist who already has hits out, when I’m finished listening to your song or watching your performance, I’m going to go and play that artist. I’m not going to go and look more into you, because you’ve just reminded me so much of the other person. Now you just woke up all the other hits that they had in my head, and it’s later for you. “
Continued:
“When I started falling in love with rap, I felt like everybody was their own unique thing. Whether it was the Jay-Zs and the DMXs or the Wu-Tang Clans or the Nases or the Pacs or the Biggies. Even the female rappers, whether it was Eve, MC Lyte, who I’ve always loved, even Left Eye’s voice was so unique, to Salt-N-Pepa. [Lil] Kim and Foxy [Brown] never even sounded alike to me. Everyone had their own thing.”
On Her Message to Fans
“I want to tell people out there, no matter how long you might have had a particular dream, look at what happened to me right now. Please have faith in yourself. Believe that anything is possible. Just be optimistic and have gratitude in life. And so many things can come from it because this is a dream come true for me. I love you dearly. I can’t wait to see you. I’m definitely going to come to the “Red Table [Talk],” because we’ve got to get into some things.”
Your thoughts?
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