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Nicki Minaj Brings Queen Radio to Amazon’s Amp App

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The Queen is back.

Nicki Minaj’s Queen Radio is set to return to the airwaves under a new partnership with Amazon. The radio show will live on Amazon’s new live audio app, which launches today on Apple’s app store.

According to Bloomberg, the app allows users to become DJs, playing songs, and chatting with listeners while accessing “tens of millions” of songs from Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and independent labels.

Amp, which is still in its beta phase, will be invite-only at first and require an access code, which Amazon will distribute through a waitlist, on social media, and in a newsletter.

In addition to Nicki, other high-profile Amp show creators include Pusha T, Tinashe, Lil Yachty, Big Boi, Travis Barker, and Lindsey Stirling.

Nicki launched Queen Radio in August 2018 on Apple Music. The 17 episodes featured unfiltered conversations and high-profile interviews with Ariana Grande, 50 Cent, Chance the Rapper, and more. The final episode aired in February 2020.

Nicki is expected to make an official announcement on Instagram Live later today.

Kanye West Shares Poem About Being ‘Dead’

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Kanye West is revealing his darkest thoughts.

Following his “Divorce” poem, the newly-single rapper shared another introspective poem called “Dead” in which he opens up about his struggles, while coming to the realization that he’s not really living.

“No one wanted to tell me I was DEAD / And only people that would talk to me were in my head,” the poem begins. “No one wanted to tell me I was DEAD / Only people who loved me visit in their dreams instead.”

He goes on to reference his divorce from Kim Kardashian and her ownership of the family’s $60 million Hidden Hills home where he once lived. “My kids would dance for me in a home I once led,” he continues.

He addresses the media (“Every thing was wrong in the press that I read”) before discovering his fate while passing by a newsstand.

“I found out one day at the newsstand in purgatory / There was a front page article of my murderer’s story,” he writes. “I was so surprised at what it said / This info is for the living / And surprise… You’re DEAD.”

However, Ye refused to offer any more insight into the poem. “I will not explain this new piece for the explanation destroys the mystery and magic of true love and puts it in a box that can be counted,” he wrote in his caption. “Art is subjective Art only works when it is the artist absolute truth Someone’s truth can be another persons lie.”

He also appeared to once again defend his controversial video for “Eazy,” which depicts Pete Davidson’s murder.

“I feel already compromised that I have to justify my expression after over 20 years of art that I’ve contributed to the planet but I also see the need to make sure we as a species are allowed to still feel anything,” he added.

This all comes after Kim was declared legally single by a judge.