Kay-Ann Henry
Nicki Minaj wants her fans to know she’s back on some new-new and is asking those who dare to look at her sideways -- Do We Have A Problem? The new song and video reveals a transcendent shift towards a less sexually explicit, but more confident, queen after a long hiatus.
The music video is nothing short of a movie as it starts in a riveting interrogation room scene with Nicki Minaj, Joseph Sikora from Power, and actor Cory Hardrict.
Directed by the legendary Benny Boom, who has helmed multi-million dollar videos for Busta Rhymes, Lil Wayne, Sean Paul, and more, Nicki’s multi-scene theatrical offering stands out amongst the latest batch of artists making intricate visuals to go with their songs. The video sees Nicki acting as a double-crossing criminal agent who fools her partner Joseph, takes out a target in a heist, and cuddles up with Lil Baby in Cuba.
In celebration of the release, Nicki took over the Clippers vs Lakers game at Crypto.com Arena, painting it pink and giving unsuspecting fans a first listen of the new single.
Nicki also hopped on Instagram Live late last night where she said that the outtro scene at the end of the video is a new song, Bussin, that will be released next week.
Nicki Minaj is leaving the past behind and is determined to make it a non-toxic 2022. That means she’s shutting down the beef and going for a cleaner sound.
This week, she quickly cleaned up a simmering beef with The City Girls and also revealed that she declined a collabo on Gunna’s P Power because it was too explicit for her now that she’s a mom.
“Gunna came to my studio months ago and he asked me to get on his song Pussy Power,” she told the Dana Cortez show. “I heard the beat and I went [crazy]. I was like, ‘This beat is outta here!’ No lie, I sat with the song for months and months and couldn’t bring myself to write to the record.”
