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| Caribbean Massive: Nicki Minaj, Spragga Benz, Foxy Brown, Beenie Man @ Hot 97 Summer Jam 2012 |
Soon after, Lil Wayne gave Nicki the word to cancel her performance.
Young Money ain't doing summer jam.
— Lil Wayne WEEZY F (@LilTunechi) June 3, 2012
Nicki had this to say after hinting her supposedly line-up of Camron, 2chainz, Nas, LaurynHill, BeenieMan, FoxyBrown, Lil Wayne, Birdman, Tyga, JaeMillz, GuddaGudda for her performance:
Wow. U niggaz just fucked up history. But the President has spoken. #YMCMB
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) June 3, 2012
I go above and beyond for my fans. But won't ever go against wayne's word. What he says, goes.
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) June 3, 2012
Later on, Funk Master Flex hit the 1s and 2s during intermission and reacted to Nicki’s decision by further dissing her.
Lauryn Hill had this to say about the whole situation:
No disrespect to Nicki, but I need to clear up an inaccuracy. I was not scheduled to be a special guest on her set at Summer Jam, I was invited by Nas to perform with him. I don't have details on exactly what transpired between the station and the artists, but I do support artists standing by their beliefs, and walking with integrity. We have to find a better way to commercially exploit music, while giving artists their proper respect. This cannot be done while taking their contributions for granted, or trying to control the scope of their growth and power through threats and fear tactics. We can do better than this, there is a better way, or else 'we' (the proverbial we) find ourselves in danger of being hypocrites!!!
