Nicki Minaj Prompts Stephen Colbert With A Rap Battle And Ends Up Stunned By His Response

BYLavender AlexandriaPublished on December 21, 20231.7K Views

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ATLANTA, GEORGIA - DECEMBER 14: Nicki Minaj performs onstage during iHeartRadio Power 96.1's Jingle Ball 2023 at State Farm Arena on December 14, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Derek White/Getty Images for iHeartRadio)

Colbert has the perfect response to Nicki's freestyle prompt.

In the wake of the release of her new album Pink Friday 2, Nicki Minaj is doing plenty of interviews and making the rounds discussing and performing material from the project. That included an appearance on The Late Show alongside host Stephen Colbert. The pair have crossed paths in the past and spawned funny results so it's no surprise that they're once again going viral. This time, she tries to queue him into a freestyle and ends up stunned by what he delivers.

In her freestyle, Nicki flirts with Stephen a bit cracking a joke about how she could marry him. But the married host is prepared, delivering a bar right back at her that leaves Nicki's jaw dropped. In the comments of the video, fans hype up Colbert for his response. "his wife home like 'yea that’s what I thought'" one of the top comments reads. "This how I need my man. OFF LIMITS," and "Steven said you know who won’t be on the couch tonight?! ME!" two others read. Check out the hilarious clip from last night's show below.

Nicki Minaj And Steven Colbert

Given the hype for Pink Friday 2 leading up to the album, it's no surprise that the record has performed so well commercially. It shot to the very top of the Billboard 200 in its first week. But it didn't just debut at the top spot, it absolutely lapped the competition. The album debuted with over 200k sales in its first week putting it among the 10 biggest first week sales totals of the year.

14 songs from the album also made their way into the Hot 100 this week. Three of them, including "Everybody" with Lil Uzi Vert and "Needle" with Drake landed inside the top 50. That's particularly impressive for this time of year when the majority of the top 50 on the chart is occupied by Christmas songs. Nicki also scored her first-ever chart-topper on the Hot Gospel Songs chart. She collaborated with gospel singer Tasha Cobbs Leonard on the track "Blessings" which sits atop the chart this week. What do you think of Stephen Colbert's response to Nicki Minaj's freestyle prompt? 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.