Since Nicki Minaj formally transported the world to Gag Metropolis with the discharge of her Billboard 200-topping Pink Friday 2 album, the “All people” rapper has been basking within the glowing reception of her new music. In a video posted to her Instagram Story on Wednesday (Dec. 20), Minaj confirmed some like to her previous collaborator and fellow island gal Rihanna, all whereas discovering a strategy to tease a “full gag metropolis deluxe.”
“The total gag metropolis deluxe ain’t popping out till Queen Rih ship her vocals. POW @badgalriri 🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾,” Minaj typed over a video of the “Umbrella” singer turning as much as “FTCU,” one of many breakout songs from Pink Friday 2. The video was taken at a launch occasion for Rihanna’s Fenty x Puma Creeper Phatty sneaker. Throughout an impromptu Stationhead session, Minaj instructed that Rihanna might hop on “Pink Birthday” to “make it the complete music.”
Each “FTCU” (No. 42) and “Pink Birthday” (No. 89), debuted on the Billboard Scorching 100 (chart dated Dec. 23, 2023), following the discharge of the 24-track Pink Friday. Fourteen of the album’s tracks concurrently landed on the rating, setting a brand new document for probably the most Scorching 100-charting songs from a feminine rapper. In one other stroke of historical past, with Pink Friday 2’s bow atop the Billboard 200, Minaj grew to become the feminine rapper with probably the most No. 1 albums in historical past (3), breaking a tie with Cunning Brown.
Nicki Minaj and Rihanna have collaborated twice earlier than, and each duets arrived in 2010. 13 years in the past, the 2 Caribbean artists linked up on “Raining Males,” a monitor from Rihanna’s Grammy-nominated Loud album that peaked at No. 48 on Scorching R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. The identical yr, Riri appeared on Minaj’s Pink Friday through “Fly,” the album’s closing single, which peaked at No. 19 on the Scorching 100.
