Nicki Minaj clearly felt comfortable with the interviewer when she sat for an hour-long Q&A Wednesday as part of the Pollstar Live conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Her interrogator was h…
, who she’s just as frank with — and about — now that they’re enjoying a professional partnership as she was when she considered him an adversary not so many years ago. Since Azoff has never been known to play it safe conversationally, either, their public interchange was bound to produce sparks, and did.
“Yeah,” added Minaj, “let me make that clear… It’s not my single, because the single will be launched with the visual. This is a setup song with no video. Please don’t kill me, y’all. You guys asked me to put it out — don’t forget!” Later, she said, “If we drop a track on Friday, maybe we’ll do a ‘Queen Radio’ on Friday or Saturday.”
“You’re asking me of all f—ing people what I think about the Grammys?” said Minaj, who’s previously taken public issue with the show and its producers. “Well… who was that lady that left them and started talking s— about the real deal, about what’s going on over there — what’s her name? Well, shout out to Deb. We need strong women that are willing to say what they have to say, even when they’re getting backlash for it. And every strong woman in here knows exactly what I’m talking about.
“We went to the club in Miami and I would’ve never known there was that many Spanish-speaking people in this club until ‘Tusa’ came on and they knew it word for word. I’m just sitting there and I’m like: Oh my God, we in a regular hood club in Miami and they are screaming out the words to ‘Tusa.’ Shout out to Karol G. — it’s No. 4 on global Spotify today. It is a monster song, and it hasn’t been sent to radio in this country yet.
There was considerable knowing laughter from the audience. “I was hacked. I got hacked this morning, you guys! Don’t believe anything you saw. The good old hack excuse.” She was kidding, and owned up to her social media rage earlier in the day. “Listen, it never fails. Every time I do it, five minutes later, I’m like, why the f— did I…? Every single time. But it’s a good lesson in knowing how to master your anger and emotions.
“It was called C—s—er of the Day Award.” She laughed with delight. “Imagine how many people have wanted to say that to“Let me tell you something. I love it when artists care,” Azoff responded, recalling the origins of the feud that became a business love affair. “She was in a battle withfor No. 1.
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