Nicki Minaj
started a media firestorm last summer when the Young Money rapper used her acceptance speech at the 2014 BET Awards to let the world
know “when you hear Nicki Minaj spit, Nicki Minaj wrote it.” Many
observers took the statement as a subliminal shot at Iggy Azalea, or at the
very least it was a public declaration that Nicki does not need help writing
her rhymes.
According
to her ex-boyfriend, that’s not true. Safaree “SB” Samuels stopped by
Power 105’s The Breakfast Club this week, and during the interview
he told the audience he regularly assisted Nicki in her writing process.
“When
you try to pull me down and discredit what I’ve done for you – that’s what’s
weak to me,” said Safaree. “Don’t say, ‘I don’t have no talent.’ Because every
time it came to writing raps and doing music – it was me, her, and a beat. She
doesn’t do it by herself. It’s me and her.”
When
co-host Charlamagne Tha God brought up the time Nicki “s**tted on” other
people for not writing their own lyrics at the BET Awards, SB just
remained quiet. He did add that all artists get help crafting songs in the
studio.
Nicki
has been insistent throughout her career that she writes all her
own material. When a dust-up with New Jersey emcee Ransom took place in 2013
over perceived claims he wrote for Nicki before she was famous, the leader of
the Barbz responded by saying, “I’m undisputed, because I’m the only
female rapper that day one – I don’t need no motherf**king ghostwriter.”
For
years there had been speculation that Safaree worked closely with Nicki on her
music. But this is the first time SB has publicly announced his direct
involvement in co-writing the YMCMB entertainer’s rhymes.
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