Nicki Minaj’s beef with Jay-Z over Tidal has cropped up once more — and this time it has been introduced again to life by the Barbz.
On Thursday (July 3), the Pink Friday rapper responded to a collection of X posts from followers who claimed Jigga owes Nicki cash and an apology for not paying her all the things she was owed after he bought Tidal.
“#jayz owes Nicki Minaj cash & a apology,” one fan wrote, whereas a second mentioned: “#JayZ ought to of paid Nicki Minaj her lower of the Tidal deal.” Nicki responded to them with a laughing-crying emoji and laughing with tears emoji respectively.
Examine each out beneath:
A 3rd put up from X consumer @OnikaPoppin gave extra particulars on Hov’s Tidal deal. Jay launched the platform in 2015 for $56 million in partnership with 15 artist companions, together with Nicki, J. Cole, Rihanna, Madonna and extra. At the moment, based on Billboard, every act was gifted three p.c in fairness in trade for creating content material and driving worth for the subscription service.
In 2021, Jay bought the bulk possession of Tidal to Jack Dorsey’s Sq. firm for $302 million. Meaning every artist associate ought to have pocketed tens of millions for serving to to launch the platform. Preliminary studies mentioned that Sq. bought a $297 million majority stake, which suggests three p.c fairness got here out to $8.91 million.
Nonetheless, subsequent studies revealed that the quantity was really $302 million; based mostly on that, every artist ought to have taken house $9.06 million.
Final September, throughout a rant on X, Nicki Minaj claimed she didn’t obtain that, sharing that she was solely provided $1 million as a payout. She posted that she was “scammed” and claimed she was provided the paltry sum to be “silenced.” She mentioned she declined the quantity and slammed Tidal for allegedly spreading misinformation about artists’ return on funding after Jay bought Tidal.
On Thursday, Nicki additionally responded to an X put up relating to a conspiracy idea related to her presumably going through felony expenses for allegedly assaulting her ex-manager. In January, the previous supervisor reportedly filed an assault and battery lawsuit towards her.
ComplexCon returns to Las Vegas on October 25–26, 2025, with over 300 manufacturers and reside performances by Younger Thug, YEAT & Associates, Peso Pluma, Central Cee, Ken Carson, and extra. Get your tickets now.
