{"id":803921,"date":"2020-02-06T20:29:31","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T03:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=948549"},"modified":"2020-02-06T20:29:31","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T03:29:31","slug":"nicki-minaj-sounds-off-on-trump-regrets-and-fake-retirement-in-wild-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/nicki-minaj-sounds-off-on-trump-regrets-and-fake-retirement-in-wild-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicki Minaj Sounds Off on Trump, Regrets and Fake Retirement in Wild Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"
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After a long day of panels, discussions and demos highlighting touring business trends at the Pollstar Live 2020 conference in Los Angeles, a keynote conversation between mega-mogul\/manager Irving Azoff and the notoriously unabashed Nicki Minaj<\/a> felt radical, refreshing and carefree.<\/p>\n

Plenty of previous guests talked in circles, providing fluffy, media-trained responses rooted in carefully curated self-promotion. Not so for Azoff, known for his in-your-face attitude, and Minaj, who he dubbed the \u201cHoward Stern of Beats Radio.\u201d The duo covered a wide array of topics \u2013 The Grammys debacle, \u201cretirement\u201d and Trump were all discussed. And while she fanned away tears from her perfectly made-up face at the mention of Kobe Bryant, the pair mostly engaged in a tongue-in-cheek, \u201cgive the people what they want\u201d approach. Here are nine things we learned about the rapper.<\/p>\n

1. New Music Is Coming <\/strong>
Minaj strutted onstage to a snippet of new material as Azoff yelled to the crowd, \u201cShould we drop that record?\u201d \u201cNow they want me to put it out,\u201d replies Minaj. \u201cSo maybe I\u2019ll put it out\u2026\u201d She snickers to a cheering crowd, asking once more, \u201cShould I put it out?\u201d Azoff responds with glee, \u201cIt\u2019s national leak day!\u201d Later in the talk he says, \u201cI\u2019m sure [Republic Records CEO] Monte Lipman is gonna have a heart attack when he finds out we\u2019re gonna leak the set-up track later tonight or tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Minaj said that if they dropped the record on, say, Friday, they might do a new episode of her Queen radio show on Friday or Saturday as well. Fans can expect to hear that she\u2019s in a good place on this album, with Azoff adding that he\u2019s encouraging her to start her own label. The rapper also expresses that she\u2019s \u201cexcited to go back on the road,\u201d though she provided no details on timing.<\/p>\n

2. She Supports Ousted Grammy CEO Deborah Dugan in Her Fight Against the Recording Academy<\/strong>
\u201cWhat do you think about the Grammys, Nicki?\u201d Azoff asks. \u201cYou\u2019re asking me of all fucking people what I think about the Grammys?,\u201d Minaj says. \u201cWho was that lady that left them and started talking shit about the real deal, about what\u2019s going on over there? What\u2019s her name?\u201d After some assistance from the crowd, she continues, \u201cWell, shout out to [Deborah Dugan]. We need strong women that are willing to say what they have to say, even when they\u2019re getting backlash for it. And every strong woman in here knows exactly what I\u2019m talking about. But, you know what? I\u2019ve got respect. Anybody who\u2019s won a Grammy, I feel you oughta be proud of that. That\u2019s a great achievement. But think the way we judge talent has changed. And that\u2019s all I\u2019ll say about that.\u201d<\/p>\n

3. She Regrets Some of Her Social Media Posts\u2026<\/strong>
Azoff pokes fun at Minaj, asking her if she\u2019d \u201cbeen on Twitter at all today?\u201d The question comes as a result of reinvigorated beef between the star and her ex, rapper Meek Mill, who accused her of condoning sexual assault allegedly committed by her brother against a minor. Minaj accused him of abusing women, including herself. \u201cI was hacked! I got hacked this morning, you guys,\u201d Minaj jokes. \u201cDon\u2019t believe anything you saw\u2026 the good old \u2018hacked\u2019 excuse.\u201d Irving questions, \u201cNow, is that shit premeditated or does it just happen?\u201d \u201cIt just happens,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd listen, it never fails. Every time I do it, five minutes later, I\u2019m like, \u2018Why the fuck do I do that?\u2019 You know what I mean? Every single time! But it\u2019s a good lesson in knowing how to master your anger and emotions. So, every time I do that, I give myself a talking to in my head. Like\u2026 \u2018Okay, you played yourself. You shouldn\u2019t have did that. You learned your lesson again. Now, you kinda gotta learn that lesson!\u2019 So, I gave myself that talk today, sir!\u201d \u201cI do the same shit, and then I just do the same fucking shit the next time,\u201d Azoff says.<\/p>\n

4. \u2026Especially That \u201cRetirement\u201d One<\/strong>
They also discuss Minaj\u2019s short-lived \u201cretirement,\u201d in which she tweeted (then deleted) last year, \u201cI\u2019ve decided to retire & have my family. I know you guys are happy now.\u201d \u201cAnother time where I shouldn\u2019t have had social media on my phone,\u201d she says. \u201cThat\u2019s why for the last three months I haven\u2019t had social media on my phone. I just recently put it back on my phone and I\u2019m about to take it back off\u2026 I don\u2019t know how many of you guys have done this. But do you notice that when you take social media off your phone, you as a person feels happier? Or more at peace? You guys really should try it. I promise you. Because it\u2019s too much of nonsense and nothingness, and looking at what everyone else is doing and comparing yourself to other people\u2026 when you\u2019re having a great life. You are having a great freakin\u2019 life! People didn\u2019t wake up this morning. We\u2019re good! And then we go on social media and make ourselves depressed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t ever think to myself, \u2018What\u2019s gonna keep me relevant?\u2019\u201d she added. \u201cIn fact, when I posted the retirement tweet, I did think to myself for a while, \u2018Lemme just retire.\u2019 I really felt that was a good idea at that time, but now I don\u2019t. Social media is a tool. It can be your best friend or your worst nightmare. And if you don\u2019t have that mental strength to navigate through it, it can cost you everything. You gotta be so careful with it. It\u2019s only for the tough ones, really. It\u2019s not for the faint of heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

5. The \u201cC\u2014sucker of the Day\u201d Award<\/strong>
Azoff recalled when client Travis Scott and Minaj, who was not his client at the time, were in a battle for the Number One album. Scott took the top spot, but according to Azoff, plenty of people believed that Scott \u201ccreated some new ways\u201d (i.e. manipulated) around the chart system with bundles that lumped album sales\/downloads in with \u201ceverything from Coca-Cola cans to merch, to posters, to backstage passes.\u201d \u201cHe really cared about Number One and she really cared about Number One,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I think she ended up Number Two. So, I got this great award, and I got really fascinated and started listening to the radio show. And then I heard one day that she and her management had parted company. And we\u2019d never met, so I just called the bitch up, and here we are!\u201d The \u201caward\u201d he\u2019s referring to is \u201cthe cocksucker of the day\u201d honor<\/a>, which Minaj bestowed upon him in a heated episode of her radio show, in which she accused Azoff of allegedly launching a smear campaign against her NICKIHNDRXX tour.<\/p>\n

6. She Regrets Some of Her Past Work<\/strong>
Azoff asked if there are any hits she wishes she didn\u2019t release because she now has to play them live every night and she\u2019s sick of it. \u201cI wish I had never recorded \u2018Anaconda,\u2019 she says of her Sir Mix-A-Lot-sampling hit. \u201cI like the video, but ick. My first-ever solo song on Billboard was \u2018Your Love.\u2019 To this day, I like the video but I hate the song. I could go on and on. I hate \u2018Starships.\u2019 I mean, ew\u2026 \u2018Starships are meant to fly?\u2019 Why did I do that?\u201d When talking about records she wishes she wrote or had involvement in, she brings up Beyonc\u00e9. \u201cWhen I heard Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s album and she did a song called \u2018Sorry,\u2019 I was like, \u2018Girl! Why you didn\u2019t let me do 12 bars on that?!\u2019 I was thinking that in my head, because I love that song.\u201d<\/p>\n

7. She Has Mixed Feelings About President Trump<\/strong>
\u201cI\u2019m not gonna jump on the Donald Trump bandwagon,\u201d she said when asked about the president. \u201cI don\u2019t like that. I get that a lot of people don\u2019t like him for obvious reasons. But, what stuck with me was the children being taken away from their parents when they came into this country. That really bothered me because I was one of those immigrant children coming to America to flee poverty. And I couldn\u2019t imagine a little child going through all of that, trying to get to another country because they didn\u2019t have money in their country, or whether you\u2019re fleeing from war \u2026 and then being taken away from the one person that makes you feel comfort. That is what really raised my eyebrows. That is what made me go, \u2018Something about this doesn\u2019t sit right in my spirit.\u2019 But! On Celebrity Apprentice, I think he was funny as hell.\u201d<\/p>\n

8. She Has a 10-Year Timeline That Involves Having Children <\/strong>
Minaj beams when she tells the audience what she expects her future to bring? \u201cA lot of babies!\u201d she says as her husband claps in the audience. \u201cEveryone is always on pregnant belly alert with me. That\u2019s another reason why I had to lose that damn weight. I\u2019m like, \u2018wait a minute!\u2019 I wanna really enjoy when the pregnant belly is there. I don\u2019t wanna be fat and have y\u2019all thinking I\u2019m pregnant all the damn time. God! But, you know what? What I see in 10 years\u2026 Before I had a dime, I always said I\u2019d try to watch what Jay-Z did and how he handled hip-hop and entrepreneurship. I always look at him; I take my notes from him. So where you see Jay is right now, that\u2019s what I want to be in the Nicki Minaj way. I wanna still be a staple, but giving open doors for new people to not only rap, but to do things in the tech space, putting on concerts and stuff like that. I think I\u2019ll always be in music in some way.\u201d<\/p>\n

9. She Has a Special Affinity Towards Jews<\/strong>
\u201cI think Jewish people are like black people. They say whatever the fuck they want to say,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m always like, \u2018Why do I like Larry David and Judge Judy so much?\u2019 It must be a Jewish thing.\u201d Azoff then tells his son, Jeffrey, to \u201ccall Larry and get her on [Curb Your Enthusiasm].\u201d \u201cPlease do that,\u201d she enthuses. \u201cI\u2019d love that.\u201d<\/p>\n

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