Nicki Minaj Appears To Criticize Kanye West During Her Performance At The Essence Festival

Nicki Minaj Appears To Criticize Kanye West During Her Performance At The Essence Festival

Nicki Minaj abruptly ended her “Monster” performance at the Essence Festival on Friday, saying she doesn’t “fuck with clowns.” Numerous fans consider Minaj’s guest verse on the Kanye West song to be her greatest.

She performed a number of her biggest songs, including “Do We Have A Problem,” “We Go Up,” “Did It On ’em,” and “Beez in the Trap,” until her DJ started playing “Monster” and Minaj abruptly stopped it.

“A monster though!” Minaj started. “A monster though! But we don’t fuck with clowns.”

She then presented Lil Wayne and Birdman as her special guests for the set, along with Cash Money Records co-founder Birdman. They gave the act “#1 Stunna, “Seeing Green, High School, Truffle Butter, and A Milli are few examples.

It’s unclear what caused the relationship between the two musicians to deteriorate, if Minaj’s remarks were meant as an insult. Online haters speculated that West’s recent duet with Cardi B on “Hot Shit” was perhaps the reason.

After Minaj’s Performance, West Has Not Yet Commented

2010 saw the debut of “Monster,” which was a tune on Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, his fifth studio album. The song also includes Jay-Z, Rick Ross, and Bon Iver in addition to Minaj.

On Sunday, Summer Walker, The Roots and Friends, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, and other artists are expected to perform at the Essence Festival’s continuing stage.

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