Nicki Minaj continues to make music because of her fans. The rap star admits that making music remains her “true passion” in life – but her fans — known as Barbz — are the real reason why she hasn’t ...

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Nicki Minaj dropped a bombshell via X on Wednesday (Oct. 15), announcing that she’s “not going to put out” her upcoming 2026 album NM6. “Ok I’m not going to put out the album anymore. No more music.

Nicki Minaj’s superstar run comes into focus through ten songs that forged her legacy, capturing the ambition and fire that ...

Nicki Minaj married her former high school sweetheart Kenneth Petty in 2019. The couple welcomed their firstborn son Papa Bear on September 30, 2020. The "Anaconda" rapper changed his name "at the ...

Nicki Minaj gave birth to her son in 2020. She noticed a major change in her creative life after having a child.

"I'd never condone Nazism in my art" By Lorena O'Neil Nicki Minaj is very sorry about the Nazi imagery controversy surrounding her new music video for “Only.” The singer’s video upset many fans, as ...

Nicki Minaj is seemingly ending her war of words with Jay-Z—at least regarding new music. On Wednesday (Oct. 15), the Pink Friday rapper took to Twitter to inform her Barbz fan army that they would ...

Nicki Minaj and SZA are struggling to see eye to eye. Minaj, 42, took to X on Tuesday, July 15, to describe SZA (real name Solána Imani Rowe) as a far less-successful artist than herself. “SZA if ...