A week after Nicki Minaj was dismissed from a harassment lawsuit filed by her husband’s rape accuser, a lawyer for plaintiff Jennifer Hough says the “Beam Me Up Scotty” rapper isn’t off the hook yet. Speaking to a federal magistrate judge at a hearing Thursday, the lawyer claimed the only …
Read More »RS Charts: Justin Bieber Debuts in Top Five as Roddy Ricch Holds On to Number One
Roddy Ricch and Drake and Future continued to dominate the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart this week. Ricch’s “The Box” held at Number One, easily out-streaming all the competition by an impressive margin — more than 15 million streams. Drake and Future’s “Life Is Good” held at Number Two …
Read More »Hear PnB Rock, Nicki Minaj, Murda Beatz Team Up for New Song 'Fendi'
PnB Rock, Nicki Minaj and Murda Beatz have teamed up for a new song named after the famed Italian brand, “Fendi.” The song’s release closely coincides with the launch of Minaj’s Fendi Prints On Collection, which launches in October, as Elle reports. The Fendi love comes as no surprise to …
Read More »Watch Elders Learn About Cardi B, Nicki Minaj Feud on 'Kimmel'
Jimmy Kimmel had older patrons at a local farmers market weigh in on Cardi B and Nicki Minaj‘s recently reignited feud. At the beginning of the segment, the late-night host briefly recapped the most recent installment of the rappers’ long-running, beef. He played one of the 11 videos Cardi B …
Read More »Nicki Minaj Teams With Puppets for Colorful 'Barbie Dreams' Video
Nicki Minaj hangs with puppets and teases her fellow rappers in her new video for “Barbie Dreams,” the Notorious B.I.G.-sampling highlight off the rapper’s latest album Queen. The colorful, Hype Williams-directed video opens with a puppet nonchalantly introducing the proceedings before Minaj takes over, delivering a barrage of taunts and …
Read More »New Study: Music Industry's Greatest Gender Disparity Is Behind the Scenes
A new study by theUSC Annenberg Inclusion Initiativefinds that over the last six years, women have been vastly underrepresented in popular music. The study analyzed 600 songs from the Billboard Hot 100 released between 2012 and 2017 and found only 22 percent of those songs were by female artists. Even …
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