Nicki Minaj cleared the tarmac for Sexyy Purple’s rise to stardom when she lent the St. Louis rapper a significant co-sign after hopping on the remix to her effervescent “Pound City” anthem final yr, which ended up being Purple’s first Sizzling 100 entry.
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Minaj is searching for Large Sexyy to return the favor as she recruited the 25-year-old to affix her for the remix of Pink Friday 2 standout “FTCU.” Nicki turned up the strain by taking to X — previously often known as Twitter – to get Sexyy’s consideration.
“You bought your verse for #FTCU? Finna drop the remix @SexyyRed314_ Left #PoundTown to go #FTCU a remix for a remix,” she wrote on Thursday (April 4).
Hours later, Sexyy Purple was summoned and seems to be all the way down to run it again and be part of Minaj for an additional collaboration on one situation.
“Tune + Video,” Purple replied whereas hoping for the prospect to star in a second visible with the Queens icon.
Minaj implored Sexyy to ship over her verse and teased one other potential celebrity becoming a member of them each on the “FTCU” remix.
“Miss woman, carry the youngsters & the stroller that’s all I received to supply proper now. a play date,” Nicki replied. “Let any person movie us bi$h attractive know DANG properly we on tour in #gagcity Barbz. ship me that verse immediately pls ma’am. It’s a celebrity (or 2) on there as properly. GET IT SEXY!!!!!!”
Followers had been ecstatic about listening to Nicki and Attractive Redd doubtlessly reuniting. “CAN YOU HEAR ME SCREAMING,” one person asked.
In a dialog with Billboard final yr, Sexyy Purple gushed about having the chance to work with Minaj on “Pound City 2.”
“It was such a superb expertise! She’s a candy particular person, and you’ll actually inform she’s actually severe about her music,” she mentioned. “She gave me a number of the greatest recommendation that I do know I’ll at all times come again to. I actually recognize her for being supportive and sort.”
“FTCU” debuted at No. 42 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 in December earlier than surging up the chart to succeed in a peak of No. 15. The Waka Flocka Flame-sampling observe is certainly one of two Pink Friday 2 songs nonetheless on the Sizzling 100 the place it at the moment sits at No. 82.
Sexyy Purple is making noise of her personal on the charts as her newest Tay Keith-produced single “Get It Sexyy” is slotted in at No. 28 on this week’s Sizzling 100, marking her highest-charting solo observe to this point.
As for Nicki Minaj, she’s nonetheless on the highway for the Pink Friday 2 World Tour, which returns house to the Large Apple with a cease in Brooklyn’s Barclays Heart on Thursday night time (April 4).
