Nicki Minaj is taking her feud with Jay-Z to another level, blasting the billionaire for allegedly owing her what she says is hundreds of millions of dollars.
The rapper has been shading the ROC Nation founder for weeks, and on Tuesday, July 8, Minaj escalated her recent allegations that Jay-Z owed her millions of dollars for his stake in Tidal.
When Hov launched the music streaming platform in 2015, fifteen artists—including Nicki, Beyoncé, Rihanna, and Ye—were gifted three percent of Tidal, worth $56 million at the time, per Complex . In 2021, Tidal was sold to Square for $302 million, with Minaj and the other celebrity owners retaining their stake after the sale.
Now, the rapper is claiming she received $1 million for her share of the company, not the approximately $9 million she would have been owed if the company had been valued at the square sale price. For this reason, Nicki is publicly attacking Jay-Z for allegedly owing her an amount approaching the entire sale price.
“We’ve estimated about 100-200mm so far,” she wrote on X. “#jayz call me to settle this karmic debt. It’s just charging more interest.”
She added: “And whoever still calls him Hov will answer to God for blasphemy.”
Minaj reposted Barbz, who backed up her claims, saying she would use the money she claims is owed to her “to send some of my barbz to college, pay off their tuition and student loans through my charity #Studentofthegame.”
Nicki directed further criticism at Roc Nation as a whole when she called out CEO Desiree Perez, sharing a screenshot of a video that accused Perez of abusing her own daughter, Demoree. The clip alleges that Perez held her daughter against her will and physically assaulted her, allegations that have not been verified, according to Vibe .
She went on to blast Jay-Z for hiring a CEO who isn’t Black, tweeting, “This isn’t the lady who isn’t accused by her daughter of being racist against Black Ppl #jayz?!?!!!!
She went on to address Jay and “Desirat” personally, saying they ruined hip-hop, football, basketball, touring, Instagram, and Twitter, adding, “this is all alleged and for entertainment purposes only.”
While Nicki’s rants are escalating on X now, she started her rampage on Instagram, which she now claims to be locked out of. After sharing several posts slamming Jay-Z, Roc Nation, and Megan Ti Stallion, Minaj stated on X: “Barbz it feels like I was locked out of my Instagram.”
Though she doesn’t explicitly say so, Nicki seems to be implying that Jay-Z had something to do with banning her from Instagram, which is her reasoning for saying he and Roc Nation ruined the platform. It’s unclear how long her alleged ban will last, but so far, it doesn’t seem like her tweeting is slowing down anytime soon.