Nicki Minaj Launches Sneaker Line

Nicki Minaj will be with you every step of the way now that the rap star is coming out with her own sneaker line. The Pink Friday 2 creator took to Instagram to announce the upcoming collab with LØCi.

"4/12 = 11 new pairs of my OWN sneaker," she wrote in the caption of the video showing off a pink and red designed shoe. "11 completely different designs for you to choose from. An absolute dream come true. I can’t WAIT for you guys to see my 1st collection!!!! Link in bio to SIGN UP NOW."

“Thank you to my team for helping me make this dream come to fruition. This isn’t a sponsorship. I’m an owner & partner & we will be showing you the first complete collection on 4/12. Love you BARBZ. THANK YOU," she concluded.

Fans who are interested in the sneakers can sign up in the rapper's bio for updates on the collection. The sneakers will be in full on April 12.

This is not the first expansion of Nicki's brand this year. Last month, Nicki's press-on nails launched March 15. The brand is dubbed Pink Friday Nails after her debut album. The nail collection offers several shapes, such as stiletto, coffin, square, and almond, as well as sizes short to XXL. The Queens native linked up with Yvett G, who is a celebrity nail artist who also serves as the creative director of Pink Friday Nails.

"I couldn’t spend as much time getting my nails done as when I only had to worry about me, so it became a necessity to create fly, quaility press-on nails,” said Minaj in a press statement. "Pink Friday Nails are the actual nails I wear designed by my actual nail tech. And I have very small nail beds, so normally, press-ons are way too big and don’t hit the same. Our nails come from short to the longest length I wear, in all shapes, all sizes and polishes.”

Last year, the rapper launched her Pink Friday 2 Eau de Parfum on the same day her album of the same name was released. The perfume was launched exclusively via JCPenney. It comes in two sizes: a 1.7-ounce bottle retailing at $42 and $22 for the 0.33-ounce travel bottle. The perfume has top notes of nectarine, pineapple, and solar blooms. At the center are orange flower petals, pink mimosa, and damask rose. Amber, tonka bean, and sexy musk are found at the base.

The scent is a sequel to her debut fragrance, Pink Friday, which launched in 2012 also alongside her album of the same name.

Published: 11/10/23
UpdatedL 12/20/23

Nicki Minaj has been in the studio a lot this year. The rapper has collaborated with Ice Spice, Kim Petras, Young Thug, Lil Uzi Vert, and more. In 2023, Nicki has hopped on some of her fans' favorite artists' songs, as well as uplifting emerging women rappers in the industry. While she has been working hard to deliver some great collaborations this year, she has not forgotten about her own highly-anticipated fifth studio album, Pink Friday 2.

Pink Friday 2 was released on Dec. 8 after being delayed twice. The first time she announced a delay was back in June. Instead of the project being released on Oct. 20, Nicki changed it to November.

"I’ve been trying to find the right time to tell you this for a few days," Nicki wrote an Instagram post. "Due to some really exciting news that I’ll share with you guys @ a later time, I’ve shifted the album date just a tad bit. Trust me, it’ll be WELL WORTH THE WAIT…but since I AM shifting the date just a tad, I’d like to give you guys a tiny SIP of some more album tea so that I don’t have to get cussed out [sad emoji] so…here it goes: [pink bow emoji] MY NEW ALBUM WILL BE RELEASED ON 11.17.23."

After Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz announced that they would release their joint album Welcome 2 Collegrove on November 17, she decided to change the date again. Nicki and Wayne have a tight friendship, as he was the one who signed her to Young Money Entertainment in 2009.

"Weezy and 2 Chainz, they announced their date. And you know how me and Weezy play. He would never," Nicki said.

"I have never in my life been so in love with something that I’m working on," Nicki said in an Instagram Live video addressing the date change.

Pink Friday 2 went No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

Take a look at Nicki Minaj's best collaborations of 2023 ranked below:

Nicki Minaj assisted Young Thug on "Money" alongside vocals from the late Juice WRLD. The track is found on Thugger's LP Business is Business. It was released in June. On Nicki's verse, she raps about her raunchy sexcapades and getting money (which is not a surprise given the title). This was the first time that all three rappers had been on the same record.

Nicki Minaj's best line: "I got wild chicas who do whatever I say so (Say so)/
'Bout that dinero, so, if you want me you gotta peso"

A Kim Petras and Nicki Minaj collab was not on our 2023 bingo card. But they both pulled their weight on "Alone." The song samples Alice Deejay's 1999 hit "Better Off Alone." Nicki is not a stranger to hopping on a pop beat, and it was shown by how easily she slid on this record."Alone" is the third single to Petras' debut album, Feed the Beast. The song debuted at No. 55 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Nicki Minaj's best line: "I-I-It's Barbie and it's Kim Petras (Oh)/Main character syndrome, they extras (Okay)"

YoungBoy Never Broke Again's "WTF" is the lead single to his album Don't Try This At Home. He enlisted Nicki to end his song and she suited up with her ballerina shoes alongside other dancers in the music video. In Nicki's verse, the rapper reminds her haters that she's not one to mess with. This was the first time the two had collaborated.

Nicki Minaj's best line: "Keep sleepin' on the team, we gon' pause your dreams"

Sexxy Red's breakout hit "Pound Town" got Nicki Minaj's assistance for the remix. The song was already a hit on social media, specifically TikTok, and even earned Sexxy the inaugural top charter for Billboard's TikTok 50. Nicki came in and mirrored Sexxy's raunchy lyrics for her verse as well.

Nicki Minaj's best line: "I'ma flip like a hundred bricks, get back all my licks"

Lil Uzi Vert enlisted Nicki Minaj for "Endless Fashion." The track arrives on their album, The Pink Tape. The record samples Eiffel 65’s "I’m Blue"; both rappers go back and forth mimicking the flow of the original creator. Nicki shows how well she can ride on someone else's flow but still keep her verses her own.

Nicki Minaj's best line: "I got a Republican doctor (Ah)/Made my a-- great again, MAGA"

When Nicki Minaj and Lil Uzi Vert left the studio, they must have known that they had a hit on their hands. The track samples "Everybody" is the highest charting song on Pink Friday 2. The song debuted at No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Nicki Minaj hopped on Ice Spice's "Princess Diana" for their first-ever collaboration. Nicki matched Ice Spice's playful mood in the lyrics and visuals as the women boasted about their popularity in the streets. In the music video, the New York natives are twerking together in a pink dream house, which, in retrospect, foreshadowed their "Barbie World" collaboration.

Nicki Minaj's best line: "Nowadays, I be makin' 'em famous (Grrah)/She the princess, so fuck who you lames is (Grrah)"

Ice Spice and Nicki are in their own pink wonderland. The rappers linked up for the Barbie soundtrack with their song "Barbie World." The record served as the lead single off of the film's soundtrack. The rappers' energy together was so infectious it was an instant replay on our summer playlists. The song has been nominated for Best Song Written for Visual Media at the 2024 GRAMMYS.

Nicki Minaj's best line: "Yellin' out, we ain't sellin' out/We got money, but we ain't lendin' out"