Nicki Minaj And Safaree Spit Bars In Old Rap Group Video

BYLavender AlexandriaPublished on January 10, 20241462 Views

INGLEWOOD, CA - AUGUST 27: Nicki Minaj attends the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on August 27, 2017 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

The throwback clip is from one of their old Hoodstarz videos.

Earlier this week, Safaree shared an old video to Instagram that surprised fans. It was a throwback of his old rap group Hoodstarz which notoriously included Nicki Minaj as well. Both of them are present in the video showing off some impressive intensity early in their careers. "We all had to start somewhere" he captions the post. Even though the clip is short it shows off the humble beginnings of both rappers. Check out the full clip below.

Last month, Nicki Minaj released her new album Pink Friday 2. The project came in on a huge wave of hype following a trio of big singles over the past two years. The album was her first studio album in 5 years since 2018's Queen. She delivered a pretty substantial helping of new music serving up 22 tracks that add up to more than 70 minutes of music. It sports features from Lil Wayne, Drake, Lil Uzi Vert, J. Cole, Future, and more across that runtime. Key tracks from the album like "FTCU" and "Everybody" with Lil Uzi are already racking up tens of millions of streams.

Nicki Minaj Rapping In Old Video

Most recently Nicki Minaj has been caught up in a controversy surrounding her hit song "Starships." She refused to play the track during a New Year's Eve performance, forcing her DJ to skip the track. She did give an explanation saying that she doesn't perform it live anymore because she doesn't like it, which the crowd disagreed with. One person who didn't mind the choice was the song's producer who spoke to TMZ in favor of her choices.

Nicki has also been teasing a new version of "FTCU." She revealed that she has a remix of the song coming with a currently unknown male rapper. Many fans speculate that it could be J. Cole after Nicki shared a story about how much he claimed to love the song before the album was released. What do you think of the old video of Nicki Minaj rapping as a member of Hoodstarz? 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.