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DJ Akademiks Explains Why Jay-Z Has Media People Who Protect Him Against Nicki Minaj

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Nicki Minaj continues to rally against Jay-Z and company over a couple of different reasons, including the Super Bowl halftime show and a shady TIDAL deal. As you can imagine, plenty of fans and celebrities alike came forward to defend Hov, even if the Trinidadian MC’s words ring truer for other factions online. However, many people wonder why he hasn’t responded. Is it because the New York rapper is too busy being a billionaire or something deeper? Well, DJ Akademiks thinks it’s the former, as he recently spoke on his livestream about how Jay set up a lot of media figures to defend him.

Moreover, DJ Akademiks started off by saying that Jay-Z, despite his feuds, followed the template for anyone who reached his level of success, one in a white supremacist, capitalist system that Ak says Black people have always been told they can’t reach. But Jay did. The media personality says that his business moves have always worked, albeit at the cost of co-opting culture on occasion. But then, the streamer got into the 54-year-old’s relationships with the media, which was his big overall point.

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DJ Akademiks Speaks On Jay-Z’s Influence

Furthermore, DJ Akademiks posited that Jay-Z also set up a lot of people in powerful media and business positions. “Don’t you realize that Jay-Z don’t got to respond to nothing?” he theorized. “If you critique Jay-Z, there’s like ten n***as that jump out the window that instantly start backing him up. And if you look at it, they’re not just doing it just because of no reason. They usually have some sort of financial incentive or some type of tie.” A recent example of this was how Stephen A. Smith and Nicki Minaj have gone back and forth over her criticism of the Roc Nation boss, which is what Ak was reacting to in the first place.

Then, DJ Akademiks spoke on how Jay-Z’s influence spreads far beyond music and entertainment media, and brought up how Dame Dash has similar issues with him to those that Nicki Minaj has. Specifically, he couldn’t make a judgement call on Stephen A. Smith, as he’s unfamiliar with his business ventures. But maybe you don’t see these connections and relationships as negatively as others do.

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Do Nicki Minaj And Beyoncé Have Beef?

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After Kendrick Lamar was announced as the Apple Music Super Bowl 2025 Halftime Show headliner in New Orleans, Louisiana, hip-hop heads sounded off online many taking aim at Jay-Z. One of the loudest critiques came from Nicki Minaj, would like hundreds of fans believed the spot should be given to hometown hero, Lil Wayne.

Since then Nicki Minaj has aired out her deeply rooter grievances with the show’s top level programmer and several of his associates including Steve Stoute. Now, users believe Nicki Minaj has turned her attention to Jay-Z superstar wife, Beyoncé. Continue below for more details.

Do Nicki Minaj And Beyoncé Have Beef?

On September 23, after Beyoncé posted two new SirDavis promotional gallery posts to Instagram, Nicki Minaj took to X (formerly Twitter) to write: “Robot on timing.” Although the upload has since been deleted, given Nicki Minaj’s cryptic code names for foes, many assumed that it was a dig at Beyoncé.

However, according to Nicki Minaj users online are mistaken. In the comment section of one TikTok user’s video (viewable here) laughing about the rumored beef, Nicki Minaj quickly shut down the claim.

“This is an absolute lie,” she wrote.

Beyoncé has proven to stick by her hubby even if it means confronting someone in-person, according to 50 Cent. Despite Nicki Minaj’s issues with Jay-Z, the two seems to have maintained a cordial relationship based on the flowers Bey sent to Nicki back in March.

Nicki Minaj Goes Off On Music Exec Steve Stoute Over Tidal Claims

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Nicki Minaj and JAY-Z are not on good terms these days. The rapper called out Hov for failing to pick her mentor, Lil Wayne, as the Super Bowl Halftime Show headliner. She also criticized the Roc Nation founder for not paying what she felt she was owed for her Tidal deal in 2015. She made her frustration with these situations clear via social media. Former Interscope CEO Steve Stoute tried to shed light on the Tidal deal during a recent podcast appearance, but Nicki Minaj didn’t want to hear it. She doubled down on her issues and instead turned her ire towards the music executive.

Steve Stoute discussed Nicki Minaj’s dubious Tidal deal on The Pivot Podcast. He claimed that she failed to make the money she felt she was owed because paperwork wasn’t properly filled out. “You didn’t sign the f**king paperwork,” Stoute explained. “That’s the reason why you left millions of dollars on the table, that man didn’t do nothing to you.” Stoute defended JAY-Z’s role in the Tidal deal, and proceeded to call out Nicki Minaj for behaving in a manner he considered “wrong.” Minaj was not swayed. She felt she was mislead by Hov and the rest of the Tidal team. She said as much on Twitter.

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Nicki Minaj Claims She Was ‘Scammed’ Out Of $1 Million

“I received a call advising Tidal was sold,” Nicki Minaj tweeted after Stoute’s podcast comments. “And they made no money on the deal so all they could offer me was a million dollars. But wait, there’s more. The lawyer advised that Desirat advised him that I HAD TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT IN 24 HOURS IF I WANTED THE 1MM or the offer was off the table.” The rapper proceeded to tell her fans that Hov and company basically scammed her out of a sizable payday. A payday she was promised well before the streaming platform sold in 2021.

“I was scammed & offered a million dollars to be silenced,” Nicki Minaj alleged. “I declined. The grace of God is sufficient. I didn’t need their hush money…” Minaj has been widely criticized for her public attacks on JAY-Z. As evidenced by these tweets, however, she remains steadfast. She even tweeted lyrics from a 2014 song of her that seemingly addressed her “difficult” reputation. As far as she’s concerned, she’s in the right as long as sticks with people that are loyal to her. JAY-Z and Steve Stoute do not make the cut.

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Nicki Minaj Viciously Slammed Steve Stoute After He Refuted Her Claim About Deal With Jay-Z’s Former Streaming Platform Tidal

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Apparently, Nicki Minaj’s tension with Jay-Z runs much deeper than most initial thought. After Kendrick Lamar was announced as the Apple Music Super Bowl 2025 Halftime Show headliner, the “FTCU” rapper took to X (formerly Twitter) to blast Jay-Z for having a hand in “snubbing” Lil Wayne.

According to Nicki Minaj, Jay-Z never paid her for their business deal involving his former streaming platform, Tidal. Yesterday (September 20), during an appearance on The Pivot Podcast, record executive Steve Stoute claimed that wasn’t the full story as she “never signed the paperwork” sent to her. Now, Nicki Minaj has slammed Steve Stoute for inserting himself into the matter while providing more details about the highly publicized deal.

“Every day a new man pushing 60 years of age gets fingered in the bussy then made to come on this internet & lie on me,” she wrote. “God is in control. Bookmark this. I’d advise y’all to never mention my name again.”

She then shared insight regarding reports that she received a payment after the streamer was purchased. “I received a call advising Tidal was sold, and they made no money on the deal so all they could offer me was a million dollars,” she wrote. “But wait, there’s more. The lawyer advised that Desirat advised him that I HAD TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT IN 24 HOURS IF I WANTED THE $1M or the ‘offer’ was off the table. Listen to the end of “Fractions” for what my response was.”

Nicki also reposted a clip (viewable here) of Cam’Ron and Mase where they made a similar claim about reports that they entered a partnership with Fanatics, another venture linked to Jay-Z.

Watch the full episode of The Pivot Podcast featuring Steve Stoute above.

Nicki Minaj Seemingly Calls Diddy Jay-Z’s “BFF” While Blasting Steve Stoute’s TIDAL Claims

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You probably already witness how Nicki Minaj engaged in various rants against Jay-Z and company over the past two weeks or so. These stem from the Kendrick Lamar Super Bowl halftime show, since she defended Lil Wayne, accused Hov of being a hater, and even talked smack about her TIDAL deal with him that she allegedly never saw proper payment for. But Roman isn’t done yet. On Saturday (September 21), she saw how Steve Stoute and others have tried to disprove her claims and paint her to be a liar. Then, the Trinidadian MC went scorched Earth and even mocked Jay for his proximity to Diddy amid the latter’s legal scandal.

“I love knowing you’re always thinking about me,” Nicki Minaj shaded to a mystery target to start things off on Saturday afternoon (Eastern Time). “I’m such a tease. the morning of every show you pop up trying to taste my pussy. But no. You may not. Ugly.” Afterwards, she went into alleged details of the TIDAL fallout. “I received a call advising tidal was sold & they made no money on the deal so all they could offer me was a million dollars. but wait, there’s more! The lawyer advised that Desirat advised him that I HAD TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT IN 24 HOURS IF I WANTED THE 1MM or the ‘offer’ was off the table. Listen to the end of ‘Fractions’ for what my response was.”

Read More: Steve Stoute Claims Drake Turned Super Bowl Down Twice, But Defends Jay-Z

Nicki Minaj’s Latest Diddy/Jay-Z/Steve Stoute Twitter Tirade At Press Time

“So Barbz, thank you for supporting something I was a part of,” Nicki Minaj continued in another tweet. “I love you. But I was scammed & offered a million dollars to be silenced. I declined. The grace of God is sufficient. I didn’t need their hush money. #GagCityLosAngeles TONIGHT & TMRW NIGHT! My documentary was also…” “lol. Word,” she responded to a Shade Room report of TIDAL partners’ payouts. “One of the blogs that they ‘reportedly’ have lots of control of. Why is my photo there? Oh. ‘Reportedly’ huh? Lol yall im rlly laughing @ how ppl who aren’t rlly smart always believe they are out smarting smart ppl. No, it’s just that we know karma spins. It rlly spins.” “Every day a new man pushing 60 years of age gets fingered in the bussy then made to come on this internet & lie on me,” Nicki added.

More Tweets From The Rant

Finally, Nicki Minaj seemed to dismiss Steve Stoute’s claims that she just didn’t sign the proper TIDAL paperwork. In her final series of tweets (at press time), she referenced the Diddy scandal. “They gotta keep the conversation on me so that no one asks about these charges against their BFF. I mean it seems the 30 year old tea here is FAR from stale. Patterns. Yet. SAS, UGLY ALIEN, STOUT, d**k breath, etc all talking about Onika ? Why they talking bout Oniqua?!?!?!” “Worried about the tea of a 15 year old child who was railroaded but no comments on the tea & baby oil that’s been going on for decades & as recent as months ago?!?!!! If 15 year olds need to be held accountable & told they can’t ever move past their past, then what about the 30 year olds who groomed & groomed, sat by & was silent, etc. oh right. Let’s keep the blogs focused on Oniqua. Short & Stoute d**k don’t wanna talk bout him friend dem??! LMFAO.”

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Nicki Minaj Apologizes To Photographer After Attacking Him During Show

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During Nicki Minaj’s recent San Antonio tour stop of her highly successful Pink Friday 2 trek, she did a double take at one point when she thought she saw a “Peeping Tom” looking up at her with a camera from within the stage set-up. Always one to act decisively and staunchly, she kicked the camera. “Ow that’s me! No!” you can hear the cameraman say. “This is one of the craziest things we’ve ever captured. Yall plz look @ this,” the Trinidadian MC captioned her Twitter post showing the moment off. However, on Instagram, she then clarified that she actually kicked her photographer Grizz by accident, as she didn’t recognize him and thought he was just a random creep.

“Dear #GagCitySanAntonio, TEXAS,” Nicki Minaj captioned her recap post. “You are beautiful. In every way. If you only knew how bright you shine through. I’ll never forget this night. For the rest of my life. Wishing God’s divine blessings on each & every person who came out to support. They have the crown, the throne, & the whole castle. #GagCityLA, I will see you tmrw. Love you. [camera emoji]: @grizzleearts the fact that I thought Grizz (one of my fave ppl in all the land), was a peeping tom & began stomping him out. Grizz my apologies I love you. s/o to my other fave @itsjovannisoto & @lord_pny127 & the BARBZ.”

Read More: Nicki Minaj Appears To Address Jay-Z Feud By Tweeting Old Lyrics

Nicki Minaj Thought Her Photographer Was A “Peeping Tom”

Still, it’s not like Nicki Minaj doesn’t clash with her team often, as she recently blasted an assistant online for a food order she messed up. But at least they got to the bottom of things and were able to clear the situation up, and the initial clip of the kick is a bit funnier with this content in mind.

Meanwhile, even though Nicki Minaj is always looking out for her people, she doesn’t have the same sympathy for her enemies’ colleagues. “Dear fired executives & A&R’s: Don’t be mad, UPS is hiring,” she tweeted at Atlantic Records employees (Cardi B’s record label) after news broke of massive layoffs at the company. “Also, feel free to submit your resumes for a job @ #HeavyOnIt [her imprint with Republic Records].” “They’ve been wanting empty arenas so bad. Obsessed with me while all your friends r getting fired is nasty work,” Nicki had expressed in a previous tweet.

Read More: Nicki Minaj Is Still Not A US Citizen Despite Her Best Efforts

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Nicki Minaj Mocks Laid-Off Employees At Cardi B’s Record Label

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Hundreds of Atlantic Records employees were in for a surprise when parent company Warner Music’s CEO, Robert Kyncl, emailed them today (Thursday, September 19). The media conglomerate announced a massive restructuring process for Atlantic that will include layoffs, warning them of some bad news moving forward. This is obviously no laughing matter, but Nicki Minaj barely held back in her shade. Many speculate that her dismissive reaction to this news on Thursday morning is because Cardi B is on Atlantic, and because the label has allegedly tried to sabotage Nicki’s career as a result of their beef.

“Dear fired executives & A&R’s: Don’t be mad, UPS is hiring,” Nicki Minaj ruthlessly tweeted. “Also, feel free to submit your resumes for a job @ #HeavyOnIt [her imprint with Republic Records].” “They’ve been wanting empty arenas so bad. Obsessed with me while all your friends r getting fired is nasty work,” she added in a previous tweet. Of course, it’s far from the Trinidadian superstar’s only Twitter rant as of late. For example, she recently went off on an assistant who made a food order for her, but just had one small issue: she didn’t conceal Nicki’s identity.

Read More: Nicki Minaj Appears To Address Jay-Z Feud By Tweeting Old Lyrics

Nicki Minaj’s Atlantic-Shading Tweets

Elsewhere, Nicki Minaj continues to share about her life and beefs, whether combatively or in a more measured manner. She claimed to still not have U.S. citizenship recently, and while she didn’t talk about it more, a lot of fans expressed surprise upon hearing this. “I’m not a citizen of America. Isn’t that crazy?” Nicki shared. “I was born on a beautiful island called Trinidad and Tobago. But I’ve been in the States for many years. You would think that with the millions of dollars that I paid in taxes to this country that I would [get] an honorary citizenship many, many, many thousands of years ago.”

Regardless, Nicki Minaj is a massive icon and probably drove many Barbz to petition the U.S. government unprompted to give her what she deserves. Jokes aside, we wonder what her next revelation to fans will be, and what that story reflects. In this case, it’s partly about the biggest femcee rivalry since Minaj’s original rise and largely about the music industry’s competitive and merciless practices. Let’s see if any Atlantic employees come knocking at Heavy On It’s door… a label whose parent company Republic Records also had layoffs this year, funnily enough.

Read More: Nicki Minaj And Kenneth Petty Accused Of Dodging $500K Settlement Payment

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Nicki Minaj and Husband Kenneth Petty Face Legal Action Over Unpaid $500K Judgment to German Security Guard

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Rapper Nicki Minaj and her husband, Kenneth “Zoo” Petty, are facing escalating legal trouble after refusing to pay a $500,000 judgment awarded to a German security guard who claims Petty assaulted him backstage at one of Minaj’s concerts. The incident, which occurred in 2019 during Minaj’s show in Frankfurt, Germany, has now led the victim, Thomas Weidenmuller, to take legal steps to enforce the payment.

According to court documents obtained by PEOPLE, Weidenmuller filed a memo of costs after judgment and a writ of execution against Minaj and Petty earlier this month. The writ, submitted on September 6 and 13, demands $526,110.74, which includes the original judgment plus interest and legal fees.

Weidenmuller, who was allegedly sucker-punched by Petty backstage, is seeking to enforce the judgment through the writ of execution, which would allow law enforcement to seize and sell Minaj and Petty’s non-exempt property in order to cover the debt. This legal measure is typically used when defendants fail to pay a court-ordered sum, giving plaintiffs the right to recover the owed amount through the sale of assets.

The altercation in question dates back to March when a court ordered Minaj and Petty to pay $500,000 in damages after the assault. Despite the ruling, the couple has reportedly refused to pay, prompting Weidenmuller’s latest legal actions.

As of now, Minaj’s legal team has not responded to requests for comment, and it remains unclear how the couple plans to handle the enforcement of the judgment. If they continue to refuse payment, the court could authorize law enforcement to move forward with asset seizure to satisfy the debt.

Thoughts?

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Nicki Minaj Seemingly Addresses JAY-Z Feud By Tweeting Old Lyrics

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Nicki Minaj courts controversy. It’s what she does. She has a list of beefs a mile long, and seemingly adds to it with each passing year. Minaj turned up the heat, however, even by her standards, when it came to JAY-Z. She destroyed the Roc Nation boss for not choosing Lil Wayne as the Halftime Show performer at the next Super Bowl. The rapper’s anger quickly turned back on her, though, as fans and industry commentators criticized her for making the Halftime controversy about her.

Nicki Minaj took a step back following the backlash, and laid low on social media. She resurfaced on September 18, and did so by tweeting lyrics from an old song of hers. The song in question in titled “All Things Go.” It’s a softer, more melodic selection from her 2014 album The Pinkprint, but the lyrics are very much applicable to the way Minaj is being perceived right now. “Lemme make this clear,” she raps. “I’m not difficult I’m just bout my business. I’m not into fake industry parties and fake agendas.” Minaj is potentially drawing a line in the sand between her authenticity and the “fake industry” that someone like JAY-Z represents, at least in her eyes.

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Nicki Minaj Criticizes The “Fake Agendas” Of Other Rappers

Nicki Minaj’s closing line also seems carefully repurposed. “Rock with ppl for how they make me feel,” she adds. “Not what they give me.” Once again, a line is seemingly drawn between those she is on the side of and those she isn’t. She’s repeatedly stood up for Young Money artists like Drake and Lil Wayne, aka the people she rocks with. The second part of the line could be interpreted as a response to the viral tweet Memphis Bleek sent out in the midst of the Halftime Show controversy. Bleek reposted a video of Hov claiming that rappers get mad at him for “things he didn’t do” for them.

By asserting that Nicki Minaj isn’t concerned with what other people “give” her, she’s basically rebuking Memphis Bleek’s critiques. This is a more cryptic approach than fans are used to seeing from the rapper. She usually has no problem getting on Instagram Live or Twitter and roasting her target for hours on end. Minaj has bigger fish to fry at the moment, though. The rapper and her husband were recently accused of dodging payments on a $500K settlement involving a security guard. The guard claimed the rapper threw a shoe at his head after a 2019 concert.

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Nicki Minaj Thinks It’s ‘Crazy’ She’s Not A US Citizen After The ‘Millions Of Dollars’ In Taxes She’s Paid

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Nicki Minaj has lived in the United States for most of her life, but as she recently discussed, she’s not actually a US citizen. She thinks that’s pretty wild given how much of her money has gone to paying taxes.

As HipHopDX notes, during a recent TikTok Live broadcast, Minaj said:

“I’m not a citizen of America. Isn’t that crazy? I was born on a beautiful island called Trinidad and Tobago. But I’ve been in the States for many years. You would think that with the millions of dollars that I’ve paid in taxes to this country that I would have been given an honorary citizenship many, many, many thousands of years ago.”

Minaj previously opened up about her background in 2018. In an Instagram post shared in response to children being separated from their parents at the US/Mexico border, Minaj wrote, “I came to this country as an illegal immigrant @ 5 years old. I can’t imagine the horror of being in a strange place & having my parents stripped away from me at the age of 5. This is so scary to me. Please stop this. Can you try to imagine the terror & panic these kids feel right now? Not knowing if their parents are dead or alive, if they’ll ever see them again…”