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Young Money queen Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda" may have raised eyebrows this week, however, even more might go up with Hollywood diva Kathy Griffin dishing out a booty challenge.
The popular stand-up comedienne addressed Nicki’s jaw-dropping new visual but revealed her real interest in facing off with her.
Of course, everyone’s talking about that ‘Anaconda’ video and it’s fantastic. It’s a lot of boo-tay and I would like to challenge Nicki to a boo-tay-off,” Griffin said in an interview this week. The “Anaconda” video has racked up 35 million views since its Tuesday release and has trended on Twitter throughout the week. “It’s like the Ice Bucket Challenge, but it doesn’t even have any charity associated with it at all,” Griffin continued. “It’s completely gratuitous.” (New York Post)
Nearly 20 million clicks in 24 hours has put Nicki’s “Anaconda” music video into another galaxy.
Nicki Minaj’s much-discussed “Anaconda” video smashed Vevo’s record for the most views in 24 hours, racking up 19.6 million clicks in the first day of its release. The explicit clip is still going strong, having pulled in more than 37 million views since it was unleashed Tuesday. “Anaconda” tops previous record-holder Miley Cyrus, whose “Wrecking Ball” clip garnered 19.3 million views over 24 hours, beating previous champs One Direction, whose “Best Song Ever” amassed 12.3 million views over the same period. (Billboard)
Cash Money CEO Birdman applauded his YMCMB protégé’s latest Pink Print visual earlier this week.
“@nickiminaj video a murder show lil sis yu a beast #richgang #ymcmb #pg http://instagram.com/p/r7yjMmCZ6a/,” Birdman tweeted August 20. (Birdman’s Twitter)
Nicki treated her fans to the not safe for work visual late Tuesday (August 19) night.
Over the course of the nearly five-minute video (which samples Sir Mix-A-Lot’s Baby Got Back), Minaj runs through a parade of not-so-subtle imagery: She eats bananas, sprays whipped cream on her chest, plays bongos on a backup dancer’s behind, and stands by as piña coladas slowly drip down coconuts. And then, of course, there’s twerking: in a jungle, a workout room, a pool, a white void – all culminating in a dimly-lit lap dance on a very satisfied-looking Drake. (USA Today)
