Nicki Minaj Says She’s Retiring From Music, Blames Jay-Z

Nicki Minaj, one of the most successful rappers of all time, has long made a habit of crashing out online. In a tweet-spree earlier this year, Nicki got especially angry at Jay-Z and his company Roc Nation, claiming that Jay and Roc Nation owe her between $100 and $200 million. I don’t follow the logic of her reasoning, but she mostly seemed to be speaking to the Barbz, a fan army that’s deeply immersed in online lore. Today, Nicki tweeted that she’s retiring from music, and she blamed Jay-Z.

Nicki Minaj has recently been teasing a new album on her social media, but now she says that’s not happening. In a post earlier today, Nicki Minaj wrote this:

Ok I’m not going to put out the album anymore. No more music. Hope you’re happy now @sc

Bye, Barbz.

Love you for life

That announcement is presumably not final. I do not think that Nicki Minaj is actually done with releasing music. The big news came at the end of another tweet-spree, with inscrutable insults directed at Jay-Z and at Roc Nation CEO Desiree Perez. She referred to Roc Nation as both “Cock Nation” and “Broke Nation,” and she made repeated reference to Jay-Z’s failed bid to build a Times Square casino. She also says that Perez is going to jail? I’m a little lost here.