Ladies simply wanna have enjoyable, so Cyndi Lauper pulled up for a go to to Gag Metropolis. Nicki Minaj shocked followers at Brooklyn’s Barclays Heart on her Pink Friday 2 World Tour with a plethora of particular visitors, none greater than Lauper on Wednesday night time (Could 1).
Lauper and Minaj carried out “Pink Friday Ladies” for the primary time collectively, which closely samples the previous’s 1983 anthem “Ladies Simply Wanna Have Enjoyable.”
Minaj rocked denim denims and a leopard-print high whereas the gang went right into a frenzy when Lauper appeared on the stage in a colourful blazer and lacy pants. They held palms and shared a heat embrace following the efficiency as Minaj confirmed like to the 70-year-old pop icon.
“I’ve been talking about this girl in my interviews since I first started rapping,” Nicki informed the gang after bowing in entrance of Lauper.
“Pink Friday Ladies” served as a standout on Pink Friday 2, and Minaj beforehand stated that this was the primary occasion in historical past that Lauper cleared the “Ladies Simply Wanna Have Enjoyable” pattern for an additional artist. “I’m informed she’s by no means cleared a grasp recording. I’m so grateful,” Nicki wrote on X in December. “I’ve at all times beloved her as you guys know.”
“Pink Friday Ladies” is produced by J. Reid and the monitor spent one week on the Billboard Sizzling 100, the place it peaked at No. 82.
Lauper wasn’t the one shock visitor for Gag Metropolis in Brooklyn, as streamer Kai Cenat and Pepa of Salt-N-Pepa pulled up as nicely.
Minaj will take some well-deserved time away from the stage, as she’s been on tour for the reason that starting of March. She hasabout a weeklong break on the Pink Friday 2 World Tour earlier than heading to New Orleans on Could 8, then Texas for 3 reveals beginning on Could 9.
Watch some highlights of Nicki Minaj and Cyndi Lauper’s “Pink Friday Ladies” efficiency under.