Nicki Minaj Drops Her Album “Queen”

Surprise! 

Nicki Minaj has finally dropped her long-awaited fourth studio album. 

Queen was released a week earlier than expected, surprising fans with nineteen new tracks. The rapper first teased the album back in April, saying that her musical hiatus in coming to an end. Finally, Minaj confirmed Friday that her album is here on Apple’s Beats 1 radio.

Minaj considers the highly anticipated album to be her “best” work yet, saying while debuting her album, “I didn’t lie. This album is really my best, trust me.”

The album features appearances from Lil Wayne, Eminem, The Weeknd, Rae Sremmurd’s Swae Lee, Foxy Brown and Ariana Grande. 

The rapper also offered an analysis of her work, especially for “Barbie Dreams” in which she name-drops 50 Cent, Drake, Lil Uzi Vert, DJ Khaled and more, insisting that the track is not intended as a diss to those mentioned. 

Queen is available on Spotify and Apple Music now.