Nicki Minaj Accused Of Stealing ‘Barbie World’ Idea From Saweetie
Fans can’t hold their excitement as a new Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice collab is on the horizon. In the meantime, Nicki has been accused of stealing the “Barbie World” idea from fellow rapper Saweetie. Compton rapper JasonMartin, formerly known as Problem, aired out his grievances towards Minaj on social media Sunday (June 18).
“Y’all gon’ give me what I deserve,” Martin said on Instagram Live. “Now, if Saweetie don’t wanna trip, that’s on her … But we crafted a record that was sent over to Nicki to hop on to submit to the Barbie soundtrack.
“She said she was gonna do it … Then all of a sudden, a new version was created. Yes, it’s a sample, you can do what you want. But n—-, you can’t hear one thing, say you’re gonna do this, then go do your version. It ain’t happening like that.”
He added: “Anybody that’s in this business knows that that’s not how this works.”
Instagram wasn’t the only place where JasonMartin blasted the “Super Freaky Girl” rapper. The Compton rapper took to Twitter as he went into more detail about the situation.
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“As a writer on this, I can confirm this song and idea was sent to her last year to submit for the Barbie movie,” he wrote. “It’s sad to see that the original artist has been pushed off a song that was her idea and was meant for both of them. I have no side in this, but I will be compensated.”
He added: “If or when I need to detail the whole way it went down in regards to this Barbie s—, you will understand why all writers need to be compensated with day rates and contracts protecting their intellectual properties the day of. Hopefully this gets sorted out quietly. But please no I don’t scare easy.”
Nicki and Ice Spice’s “Barbie World” collab is expected to be released on Friday (June 23). The track will also include a sample Aqua’s 1997 hit of the same name. This is the second time the duo has worked together as Nicki hopped on Ice Spice’s “Princess Diana” back in April.
The song will be a part of the Barbie film soundtrack. The rappers will be joined by fellow musicians such as Lizzo, The Kid LAROI, Khalid, PinkPantheress, and many others. The Barbie soundtrack is set to be released on July 21. This is the same day that the Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling-starring film hits theaters.
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