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Nicki Minaj Debunks Retirement Rumour …Releases New Song, Fendi
Nicki Minaj has dropped new music despite declaring her retirement weeks ago: She’s teamed up with Philadelphia rapper PnB Rock on a new song ‘Fendi’, which is produced by Murda Beatz.
Minaj teased the joint effort on Instagram late last night (September 25) with the single’s cover art which features a fashion sketch of the trio decked out in – what else? – Fendi. At the top of the track, she shouts out her collaborators before proudly declaring: ”Yo, this is actually – I swear, like, this is really my favourite song.” Listen to ‘Fendi’ here:
The collaboration arrived just weeks after Minaj abruptly announced that she was hanging up the mic. On September 5, the rapper wrote on Twitter that she was planning to step away from the spotlight and have a family”.
“I know you guys are happy now,” she tweeted. “To my fans, keep reppin me, do it til da death of me, in the box- cuz ain’t nobody checkin me. Love you for LIFE.”
Shortly after breaking the news, Minaj promised she would discuss her decision on her Apple Music Beats 1 show Queen Radio. ”No guests, just us talking about everything. The tweet was abrupt and insensitive, I apologise babe,” the rapper said in a reply to a fan.
In an Elle interview conducted for before her retirement announcement, Minaj had said she plans on releasing a follow-up to her 2018 album ‘Queen’. The rapper described her next record as ”fierce, fun and unapologetic” and will “include all the things people love about Nicki, but it also just has a way bigger sound.”
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.
