Written by Brandy Smith
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010
Recently rapper Nicki Minaj did an interview with Honey Magazine to talk about her new album Pink Friday, scheduled to hit stores Nov. 23rd. In the interview she explains that she thought about pushing her album release date because she didn’t think that she had a big enough fan base.
Hmmm… let’s calculate this:
Over A Million Twitter Fans + Featured On 11 Records That Made It To The Billboard Charts+ BET and MTV Award Nominations = A Big Enough Fan Base. Not to mention, she did all of this with no album released.
Here’s what she had to say:
“People act like I have this really big buzz but I don’t really see it. To be honest, it’s not as big to me as people act like it is. I have to do so much work to promote – more work than other people because people expect me to lose. They think I’m one-dimensional a lot of times…I don’t think people see me as a musician, they see me more as a character and sometimes that is not a good thing. A lot of artists say they want my buzz but I don’t think that buzz is directly related to my music. I think once that album comes out, you guys will understand me as a musician”.
Well, I can honestly say that I am a huge Nicki Minaj fan and I haven’t come across many people that don’t like her music. Even some of the hardcore Lil’ Kim fans can’t help but give her props, despite the so-called “beef” between the two. I don’t know how she can’t see that she’s a big deal but I’m pretty sure that any doubts will be gone after her album drops in November.
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