Nicki Minaj Goes Head To Head With Funckmaster Flex On Hot 97

‘We ain’t f–-kin with commercial rappers no more! If you lost the f–kin streets, its your fault!’ -Funkmaster Flex

On Sunday, Funkmaster Flex bullied Nicki Minaj with threats of, ‘I’m dedicated to tearing you down’ after she pulled out of her Hot 97 Summer Jam performance because of a diss made by Peter Rosenberg earlier that night. Hour prior, Lil Wayne had made the call to pull his artists out of the show because of the blatant disrespect by the station’s DJ’s for an artist that they had booked to headline the show [as well as sell tickets]. Now, we all can agree to disagree that Nicki Minaj should have hit the stage regardless, because not only were her fans that were at the show disappointed, but thousands who had tuned in to the online stream around the world to see her perform were also left in limbo, however, Young Money’s message was loud and clear, ‘If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything’. There is a time and place for Peter Rosenberg’s comment and unfortunately, Sunday’s show was not the time, nor was it the place. Show your guests some respect.

Yesterday, Nicki Minaj sparred on the radio with Funkmaster Flex about Sunday night’s incident. For almost sixty minutes, the two cut each other off and talked over each other while trying to explain their side of the beef. Nicki’s main points was that, she didn’t perform because her BOSS told her not to and that is where her loyalty lies and she also said Flex should have taken his issues up with Wayne but he chose to target her because she is a female. Flex, in response, told Nicki ‘ ‘I was upset and that’s the way I felt. I haven’t mentioned Wayne, not because I’m scared, but he wasn’t on the bill to perform‘.

Other notable moments included Nicki reading off her worldwide album sales stats for Flex who made a comment on stage about her albums not selling and she Nicki brushing off rumors that she was scared to go on stage. ‘There is no B-tch alive that could scare me out of performing. I gets Money’.

Flex was apologetic throughout the call, admitting that he likes Nicki’s albums (and so does Rosenberg with the exception of her pop hits), but the reality of it all is that the 60 minute argument accomplished nothing. [You ever hear neighbors arguing and pressed your ear against the wall, that's what this yapping session sounded like honestly]. For 60 minutes (with one commercial break) Nicki fought for her decision to follow her Boss’s (Lil Wayne) instructions of not performing, Flex defended Peter Rosenberg and his decision to state his opinion of her music in a public forum and both continuously brought up Ebro (the head of the station) and none of those folks were on the phone. Why in the world wasn’t Nicki talking to Peter Rosenberg instead? And where was Wayne? Why was Nicki left to fend for herself online and on the radio when it wasn’t her initial decision to pull out. So many questions…

Towards the end of the call, Nicki Minaj said that no one can come between the relationship she has with her fans and for that reason, she will be performing a free show in New York City very soon to make up for the Summer Jam debacle. [And there you go, something good came out of all of this]