Nicki Minaj Reveals The Origins Of Her New Lil Uzi Vert Collab

BYLavender AlexandriaPublished on December 08, 20231118 Views

Nicki Minaj performs onstage at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards held at Prudential Center on September 12, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)

The song started in a pretty surprising place.

Everybody is currently digesting Nicki Minaj's highly-anticipated new album Pink Friday 2 which dropped overnight. The project sports a bulky 22 tracks including numerous high-profile features. It also includes some singles dating all the way back to last year like "Super Freaky Girl," "Red Ruby Da Sleeze," and "Last Time I Saw You." Billboard celebrated the release of the album by ranking all 22 of its tracks and Nicki caught the list on Twitter.

At their number one spot, they put the Lil Uzi Vert collab "Everybody." The song is already catching on with fans like North West, who shared a video of herself dancing to it in a Barbie-themed outfit. Nicki made a response tweet of her own explaining the surprising origins that resulted in one of the album's best songs. "This is mad funny b/c that was the song I wrote in 5 mins one day for “Call Of Duty” Once I kept it for my album, I still didn’t even rlly know if it made sense on PF2. I didn’t wanna send it to Uzi b/c I thought he’d be over it. Instead he was like this hard af! Uzicito," her post reads. Check out her response and fan reactions to it.

Nicki Minaj Wrote "Everybody" In 5 Minutes

Pink Friday 2 is Nicki Minaj's first album in 5 years and she didn't hold anything back. Alongside the length of the project, it also features numerous high-profile appearances from other rappers. Drake, Future, J. Cole, Lil Wayne, and of course Lil Uzi Vert all appear on the project. The album doesn't sport any features from any of Nicki's major female contemporaries. But fans do think they've found points on the record where she takes shots at Megan Thee Stallion and Latto.

To celebrate the release of the album Nicki will be making an appearance on an episode of "Watch What Happens Live" next week. What do you think of Nicki Minaj's explanation on the origins of her new Lil Uzi Vert collab "Everybody?" Let us know in the comment section below.

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Lavender Alexandria

Lavender Alexandria is a music and culture journalist based in Los Angeles, California. She’s covered dozens of musical genres and styles from the most mainstream to the most experimental and underground on her blog and accompanying YouTube channel that looks at music, pop culture, and Billboard charts since 2017: Lav’s Music Corner. Lavender has produced editorial and listicle content both in written and video form over the past far years and has also interviewed up-and-coming artists like Censored Dialogue. Her experiences covering culture have taken her from Hyperpop parties in LA to underground rap shows in Atlanta, to DIY punk shows in Charlotte. Lavender has also written for iHeartRadio, covering some of the biggest artists in Hip Hop such as Ice Spice, Drake, Doja Cat and Cardi B. She also has bylines with ScreenRant and continues to write for Ringtone magazine. Lavender is a lifelong Charlotte Hornets fan and her favorite rap artists include Clipping, Little Simz, Earl Sweatshirt, and Kendrick Lamar.