Nicki Minaj has been in the headlines a lot lately. Between her endless beef with Cardi B to her tantrums over album sales with Travis Scott, the female rapper is on everyone’s mind. To no surprise, Minaj used some of the spotlight in her favor to release her music video to the track “Barbie Dreams.”
The song, which mimics Biggie Smalls’ 1994 song “Just Playing (Dreams)” and Lil’ Kim’s “Dreams,” discusses all the rappers in the industry Nicki Minaj would sleep with or have slept with already. The track, which many thought originally was a diss track, has been said to be a “white flag wave” at Lil’ Kim and a huge head nod to the Notorious B.I.G.
The music video, released this week, is actually one for the books. Along with Minaj in colorful outfits and wigs, there are dozens of rappers featured–as puppets. From Meek Mill to DJ Khaled, a lot of mainstream rappers are there, controlled by puppeteer Nicki Minaj herself.
Fans on Twitter were absolutely obsessed with the pettiness and shade that Minaj was insinuating–that she controls these “little rappers.”
https://twitter.com/gnightngodeluxe/status/1039335031276220419
https://twitter.com/dabarbienicki/status/1039338628797747200
They PUPPETS 🤣🤣🤣 #BarbieDreamsVideo #NickiDaGOAT @NICKIMINAJ
— RENDYDAYRIN (@rendydayrin) September 11, 2018
https://twitter.com/Henryneek16/status/1039334322262536192
https://twitter.com/tylergar_cia/status/1039335307697692675
@NICKIMINAJ served all of the looks in #BarbieDreamsVIDEO her hair and outfits!😍… and you made the male rappers PUPPETS! like I’m living for this!
— keegan (@keeganbrownn18) September 11, 2018
https://twitter.com/goflex44/status/1039495753062858752
https://twitter.com/_inspiredbymany/status/1039352398093934592
Nicki minaj really served lewwwks on barbie dreams video & the puppets are hilarious😂😂😂
— Rihanna's-ForeverfanPARODY. (@luvrih4evah) September 11, 2018
Having the guys be puppets in this video is not only hilarious its genius…that symbolism tho! #BarbieDreamsVideo pic.twitter.com/0zUiIu7T0f
— John (@Johnbru89) September 11, 2018
There’s actual tears running down my face rn because of Wayne’s puppet #BarbieDreamsVideo pic.twitter.com/riIwf4k4hF
— Cunt (@myMetalverse) September 11, 2018
https://twitter.com/Oliviaa_Thomass/status/1039367048948862981
Nicki made them niggas puppets in that video 😂👋🏾
— M. Parker (@juice_em1t) September 11, 2018
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