Nicki Minaj is again along with her first single of 2023, “Pink Ruby Da Sleeze,” which she launched on Friday (March 3) through Younger Cash Leisure and Republic Data.
The Queen of Rap has been teasing her newest launch on Instagram with a video snippet filmed in her dwelling island of Trinidad and Tobago in addition to images of her sporting a classic Jean Paul Gaultier costume with dyed hair in half-pink, half-red area buns.
“Pink Ruby Da Sleeze, Chinese language on my sleeve/ These wannabe Chun-Li’s, anyway, nǐ hǎo/ Who the f— instructed bi—es they was me now?” she raps over Lumidee‘s 2003 smash “By no means Depart You (Uh Oooh, Uh Oooh)” whereas additionally referencing her 2018 Billboard Sizzling 100 high 10 hit and alter-ego “Chun-Li.”
“Pink Ruby Da Sleeze” marks her first solo single since 2022’s “Tremendous Freaky Lady,” which turned the rapper’s career-first solo Sizzling 100 No. 1 hit and the first No. 1 debut for a hip-hop track by a feminine artist with no accompanying acts since Lauryn Hill’s “Doo Wop (That Factor)” in 1998.
Minaj was just lately ranked No. 7 on Billboard and Vibe‘s 50 Biggest Rappers of All Time listing and the No. 10 on Billboard‘s Biggest Pop Stars of 2022 listing. She additionally emerged because the winner of Billboard‘s inaugural Energy Artist 2022 – Fan Selection bracket, the place followers voted from the 32 artists who made the most important influence on Billboard‘s 2022 year-end charts.
Take heed to “Pink Ruby Da Sleeze” under.
