Oh Really? Nicki Minaj Snaps on Flex, Says Hot 97′s Crack Was a Female Diss and Of Course Bull

June 5th, 2012 - By Brande Victorian

Source:inflexwetrust.com

There were a lot of mixed feelings about Nicki Minaj pulling out, or being pulled out rather, of her Summer Jam performance an hour before the show because of a comment made by Hot 97 DJ Peter Rosenberg. He said Nicki shouldn’t perform that ”wack A$$ Starships” track. We about that real hip-hop, not ‘Starships,’” and Weezy quickly pulled the plug on the show which had many wondering why Nicki was suddenly turning into a YMCMB puppet.

Last night the rapper who’s been increasingly turning into a pop artist rather than a hip-hop one, called into Funkmaster Flex’s Hot 97 Radio Show to not necessarily clear the air, but basically state her position, and it’s a good thing these two go way back because the convo definitely got heated, especially since Flex didn’t understand any part of Young Money’s stance and basically said Nicki wasn’t her own woman anymore. Here’s how the exchange went:

Nicki: “My fans at Summer Jam didn’t appreciate his comments, nor did my fans watching the live stream appreciate those comments. This wasn’t just about the 2000 people there. This was being live streamed to the world.”

Flex: “I get it. Maybe that wasn’t the best time to make that comment before you touch the stage. But that is what Rosenberg said and that’s his opinion.”

Nicki: “It’s not about his opinion. I have opinions about DJs about Hot 97 and Hot 97. But I would never come on your stage about your fans before. I’ve traveled all around the world and people come with 1 agenda–and that’s to have a good time. Not to have their favorite artist be ridiculed. When you invite someone to their home you treat them with respect.”

Some assumed that Nicki was really scared to go on stage after Rosenberg dissed her music and that’s why they put up this whole disrespect front, and that’s pretty much when Nicki lost it.

“I am not a quitter,” she screamed.  “I don’t back down from anything–including when people talk about me. Wayne gave me a valuable lesson last night about knowing their worth. After that disrespect, after a man goes on stage and disrespects me and calls my music bulls*** and says this isn’t real hip hop–I still was going on stage. SHAME ON ME. Wayne Tweeted before he called me and said Nic, we not doing that.”

Flex said the diss wasn’t about women and she should have performed anyway and Nicki, suggesting she’s lost a little of her independence and she said:

“I don’t go against the president of my label. before I had you or radio, I had Wayne. When Wayne says we as a Team ain’t going on that stage, then I’m not going on that stage. I stand behind his decision. Because as a woman, it doesn’t matter what people say about you, but when you put in work–I put in my work–those jokes shouldn’t have been said…..Why aren’t you addressing Wayne?”

Nicki barely gave Flex room to talk in the midst of her rant about the disrespect and flatly asked Flex at one point if he was out of his mind. It probably didn’t help that he followed that up with a comment saying:

“You always were independent and used to come up to the stations years ago. I’ve never known you to be a person to move under Lil Wayne. Why couldn’t we resolve this from 4pm when this first started to 9pm–in 5 hours? That’s the first time we’ve ever talked and Wayne over ruled you.”

Nicki responded: “For [Rosenberg] to single out the only female on the bill? That was some b**** a** s***. If you a man, then go up there and talk about a man. If all you do is take shots at women…First of all you don’t know me.”

“I’m not saying you went at me because I was a woman, I’m saying you shouldn’t have dissed me BECAUSE I’m a woman. I’m the only female representing on the Summer Jam Stage. You don’t see the big difference?”

I actually don’t. Well, I do see her point that men often feel like they can bully a female because she’s not as tough as as a man. She obviously thinks Rosenberg only had the guts to diss her because she’s a woman, but I actually think it had nothing to do with Rosenberg feeling tough enough to diss her because she’s a girl, I think he really thinks “Starships” is a corny pop track like most people who have heard it. I’m not sure she’s going to win the feminist argument on this one, but regardless she feels how she feels and that’s the issue for her, not being scared. She made her point one final time when she told Flex:

“Do you know where I’ve performed at?  Where I used to perform 4 nights a week. I had 200 people rolling with me.  There isn’t a b**** alive who God has created on this earth who could scare me out of performing.  I get money!”

Alright. Check out the audio here. What do you think about Nicki’s argument. Was she really only dissed because she’s a woman?

Brande Victorian is a blogger and culture writer in New York City. Follower her on Twitter at @be_vic.

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  • jackieOsassin

    f*ck that. people were APPLAUDING when rosenberg said no one wanted to hear that “wack a*s ‘starships’ track”. she’s knows how awful that steaming pile of crap is, she really only made it because that’s what the 12-14 year old white girls (her newest fanbase) wants to hear. if her legion of fans who were no doubt in full effect at summer jam didn’t agree that song was garbage and they wanted to hear “come on a cone” (IMO best song on the whole frickin album) they wouldn’t have clapped. she’s not upset that he felt like he could “bully” her by calling her out at summer jam, she’s mad because he’s saying the same thing all of her loyal fans have been saying since “starships” hit the air. the b*tch is LOST.

  • VivsMom

    I don’t think she was “allowed” to perform because they now realize how “pop-ish” that song sounds. It’s just dumb. He wants to be in the same stratosphere as Lil Kim, Foxy Brown and those hip hop ladies then that damn Starship song is not going to work.

    Lil Wayne and his group are smelling themselves right now and they may need to take a temporary seat. First he tries to get into the OKC/SA playoff game without a ticket as he thinks that he is all that or Jay Z. Now he’s pulling performers off the stage at a concert cause he felt slighted by a legit opinion.

    Grow the hell up!

  • ElvisWasAHero2Most

    My coworker, whose desk is a few feet away, listens to Hot 99.5 (Washington DC area) all day, in which “Starships” is played several times everyday for at least 6 months…

    I’m on the brink of insanity, the song is beyond corny. Rosenberg said what was likely on every Summer Jam attendants mind, thank you.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Julia-Durant/500767921 Julia Durant

    LMAO. It’s not because she was a woman, it’s because she’s a pop artist. Everyone is missing that point in this whole incident. If SHE WAS a rap artist she was when she first started rapping and might have remotely been when Pink Friday came out. Maybe. However, now at present when all your platinum records are your first album and pop singles from your second it’s hard to argue with the RIAA. With the exception of say Monster. Turn Me On is also double Platinum but guess what? Pop record. Oh she’s rapping on it, but it’s considered dance-pop. Now of course Nicki couldn’t do Starships she’d of done Beez In The Trap or she’d of risked being stoned by people. It’s wrong to make it a gender issue. Ms. Hill would never have, Kim would never have, Rah Digga even said on twitter yesterday when you pick the mic up you’re an MC just like everybody else. So I don’t buy the feminist/ sexual discrimination bs at all. Rosenberg shouldn’t be allowed to comment on black music but Nicki is obviously trying to appeal to white people? Stop playing. It’s only convenient to play the race card when it benefits you? Good for Rosenberg, standing his ground. A Tribe Called Quest already said hip-hop is not pop. Nicki Minaj is not hip-hip she’s hip-pop and needs to stop fronting on her fans.

  • Kisses

    Im so thru with her. She was cool at first but then the gimmick got old and her lyrics became too disrespectful towards other women who don’t look a certain way….now she has strings attached to every inch of her body, playing whatever side of the fence that works to her advantage at that time. And not to forget her music has become painful to listen to! I just can’t…..we have GOT to be more responsible about who we support!

  • losh

    IMO, she probably should have jumped up there, brought out some of the old mixtape Nicki, some of the new pop (yes, pop) Nicki for her current fans, brought the house down, and then stared the DJ down, dropped her mic, and walked off.

  • Shauntara28

    She made a valid point…Bottomline, I don’t care for Nicki… but I will say it was blantly disrespectful to invite someone to perform and than diss them before the fans. We have to learn to call bullsh*t out. There’s no boundaries these days. People are so disrepectful and justifies it with, “I have the right to say what I want.” At the end of the day she is human being with feeling and an artist who is sensitive about her sh*t! Everyone talks there sh*t but let it be you going to work and your boss says I hope you come doing something different because your work ethics or the job you did yesterday was wack…ya’ll would be the first one’s cursing your manager out and quitting. So shut the f*ck up and kick rocks!

  • ladyE1988

    yea who really knows why she didn’t come out..it could have been a combination of things,but i say mainly ego…i fricken HATE that damn song!!!! OMG every time it starts up on the radio i try n hurry up n change it before she starts talkin bout “LET’S GO TO THE BEACH BEACH” and that’s the only part of that song i know..HATED IIIT!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/alisha.dejarnettblair Alisha Dejarnett-Blair

    The price of fame. When you’re getting money, haters will come at you sideways. Loyalty over all else. I respect her stance. Keep it moving…………………………..

  • JustSayin

    Soooo; Not to be rude… But She NEVER Defended Her Track. She NEVER pointed out that it is “real hip-hop”! Why? Because; its true. It is the DJ’s job to be real and to be honest about what music goes where and I’m sure he is tired of the same weak tracks going on his radio station because a majority of the stations are owned by one or two companies that care about money and not music. Point of the matter is… Nicki? U sold out and people noticed… no matter how much plastic surgery you have, how many people you “roll” with or how much your booty pokes out… you still sold out for well literally YOUNG money.

  • RedButterfly81

    Can’t get mad because dude was keeping it real, Nicki’s music sucks now and the Black Barbie phase should just die!

    • Tallchiick

      True..I’m really ready for a new female rap artist to step up and give us some options…b/c one of the main reasons Nicki is so big is b/c she doesn’t have any competition…so if someone, ANYONE would just come give her a run for her money…she’ll fade to black.

  • luverly

    Womp womp. He has a right to his opinion. Maybe it was bad timing. She should have put on her big girl panties and did her show, killed it, made him look stupid, and showed her fans love for supporting her. Her level of self absorption is sad and seems to cloud her judgement from what really matters: the fans.

  • Tyayooh

    Why is it that Rosenburg decided to that out of everyone performing that he was going to call her out? its because he thought he could get away with it!! He wouldn’t have said or did what he did if it was a man because he knows that there might be an altercation afterward. It was a b****ch move and I’m glad Nicki stood her ground and decided not to perform. How do you sell a show based on a Headliner and then disrespect them right before they hit the stage with no good reason. As individuals we are not going to like every song an artist creates but to call them out in such a manner is unacceptable! I’m sure she’s not hurting money wise so stand on principle. I have more respect for her and wayne now. If you don’t stand for something you will fall for anything!

    • Guest

      or maybe b/c the song is wack!!! Why does it have to be a gender thing??? Come on…this is like pulling the race card. A desperate attempt to gain support. She’s not hurting for money now…but when she is she’ll remember these unimportant stances. Blacks don’t run the music industry…she may wanna tread lightly.

      • Trisha_B

        Ok, everybody know Starships is wack. But she wasn’t performing Starships, so why bring it up an hour before the concert starts? Why tell her fans that they are basically st-pid for liking pop music? Those are Nicki fans, they like her music. Why disrespect her in front of HER fans. How does that make sense? Say it on the radio, cry on Twitter, or he should have spoken out days & weeks before the concert. But he purposely waited an hour before when all her fans are sitting around to make the audience feel some type of way about Nicki. & now i hurt Lil Kim is all butt hurt that Flex did this w/ Nicki. lol

        • Miss Anonymous

          But it was a HIP HOP concert. If Im going to one of them im expecting to hear rap, to to see the chick from Victorious on stage (hush yall, I have a baby sister. lol) singing. I would have been mad to have her do Starships cause it is a pop record and im here to hear rap.

          • Trisha_B

            She wasn’t doing Starships. She had Beenie Man, 2 chainz, Cam’ron, & Nas there. she was going to do her hip hop singles. Nicki knows her audience, she knows it was a hip hop event & wouldn’t do her pop sings at that event.

      • Tyayooh

        She’s worth $12 million so whatever she’s been doing is working for her! Rosenburg needs to sit himself down and figure out what he needs to do to make $12 million cuz stunts like that he probably won’t even be making any money without a job!

  • http://twitter.com/wizkidworld Jay

    LMFAO I wasn’t offended and I’m a women. YMCMB needs to go somewhere always try to get sympathy through claims of “discrimination” when they are the people who degrade women/black women the most. Everybody is making this bigger than what it is, he didn’t say all of Nicki Minaj;s tracks were “not hiphop” he just said Starships, and we all know Starships is not hip hop. So why is she offended again? However, I think Nicki should have still went on stage and dissed him before her set and kept it moving.

  • http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&search-alias=digital-text&field-author=Peaches%20The%20Writer PeachesTheWriter

    Ms. Minaj is still a new artist and needs to tread lightly. You can THINK whatever you want, but you have to be careful what you SAY. This host has more clout than she does. Respect the power of radio.

    • Guest

      Thank you!!! That’s what I said. She’s really a no one in the music business…she came out swinging but her sophomore effort fell flat (welcome to the world of music Nicki…your gimmick ran out) so she really needs to show some humility, thicken up that skin and learn how to laugh things off. She’s never gonna be an icon (the talent just isn’t there IMO) but if she wants to have a career longer than the end of this year…she better start learning who’s REALLY signing those checks…cause while your prez might be Wayne who’s ruled by Baby…their checks are coming from someone who likely does not have a Gentile name. Good luck!

      • tyayooh

        You’re a clown! The point is that she will not tolerate disrespect! If someone disrespected you and then expected you to do something for them would you? If you say yes then my point is proven and if you say no then why can’t she as another human being

  • tee

    I would not want to listen to the nonsense she sings and then listen to Miss Hill, that is plain pollution..It’s a good thing she didn’t perform, Miss Hill was all I needed!!!!

  • bluekissess

    Am I the only one who doesn’t understand her point? One minute she wants to be respected as if she’s one of the guys then gets butt hurt when she is treated as such. Maybe he just didn’t like the song maybe it had nothing to do with her being a woman. It’s sad because that very moment might have determined her career. I think it’s a make or break moment for her. Yes, Wayne “discovered” her but he isn’t her. Wayne doesn’t have anything to really prove musically but she does. I think it was tacky. The show must go on. She could’ve performed that show like it was her last. That moment could’ve taught her “Barbz” a very important lesson about adversity and no matter how much people may belittle you, you can still make it out on top.… that moment reminds me of Pusha T Exodus song. It was more about lil waynes ego and less about his artist

    • Truth

      Girl, you took the words right out of mouth. She wants it both ways, but the world don’t work like that. You either feel you’re on par with the men in this sexist rap game or you’re not. DJs voice opinions ALL the time; it’s their job. It has nothing to do with being disrespected as a woman. Summer Jam’s is been home to so many beefs, it ain’t funny. As a New Yorker, I’d have expected her of all people to know that. When you hit the stage, you let it be known how you feel and you shut the ish down! That’s a hip hop response to criticism. Divas get upset and back down, which is why Weezy’s jeggings were in a bunch, I suppose. You’re right, his musical credibility isn’t on the line (though this works against him too), her’s most definitely is. This is what I really hate about mainstream hip hop these days, it’s waay too political. Everybody too afraid to voice a dissenting opinion for being deemed a “hater”. I still loved Biggie when Pac was going at him, I still liked Ja Rule when 50 embarrassed him, Nas destroyed Jay, but I’m still a fan. Hip hop was built on this. This debacle just shows how un hip hop Weezy has become. Sad. On a side note, Flex’s voice is uber annoying and his interview skills are terrible!

      • bluekissess

        I feel like we all have been bamboozled with the nicki minaj “empire” she has 14 of her 15 minute’s of fame left.. she should approach with caution

        • bluekissess

          I meant she has used up 14 of her 15 min of fame

  • Merriegirl

    Clearly starships isn’t a hip-hop track, so there is no need to comment on its relevance to Rap. It’s not like it’s the only track she ever made. If he didn’t like her as an MC he should have criticized her urban records. But he didn’t. He took a cheap at that song, & I doubt that he would have said something similar to Wayne, or Jay, or any other accomplish male artist. Men talk to females disrespectfully in all professions, Hip-Hop is no different.

    • msnaimah1985

      But is that a reason to cancel an contracted obligation? She should be happy Hot 97 isn’t suing her for breach of contract.

      • Merriegirl

        A contract does not mean that the signing party has to tolerate negative behaviors during the service provided. You cant invite someone to your home, disrespect them and then expect for them to stay. Especially not a celebrity. They are use to being treated well. She has money, & so does universal they clearly thought that it was worth the money to not show.

        • bluekissess

          Im. Sure negative behavior wasn’t apart of the contract. I’m sure performing was. Morals is not an option in business. All the radio promotions and advertisers probably took a big hit

  • 1busygyal

    That’s bs hip hop is based on people speaking their minds. Nicki minaj is hip hop she is pop. The reason she didnt perform is cause her feelings were hurt. And she hid behind lil wayne how are you a artist and can’t take criticism. Smh if she cared about her fans she would have said screw him I believe in my music and my fans! Opinion

  • Trisha_B

    The problem was Rosenburg waited an hour before the concert to speak his mind about the song & Nicki in front of her Fans. Fans that love Nicki & like the starships song. That’s like a slap in the face, like saying “your wack for liking pop music.” He has an opinion & has the right to voice it, but why did he have to wait until she was about to get on stage? He was getting the audience to feel some type of way. Nicki knows her audience, she knows what songs to sing when. I highly doubt she was gonna be singing starships when she had Nas, Foxy Brown, & Beenie Man w/ her. I just felt it was unprofessional on Rosenburgs part, b/c that day he was working. But on the other hand, i think Nicki should have still went on stage & gave rosenburg a piece of her mind & shut it down. But at least it showed disrespect is not worth the money. She’s gonna have a free concert in NY to make it up to her fans, so i hope she kills it!

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