On the first episode of 2019, the Queen dropped two freestyles including Lil Baby and Gunna’s “Drip Too Hard” and Meek Mill and Drake’s “Going Bad.” On the latter, she raps about her new boo Kenneth Petty (“Neck tats say Onika”), surpassing Aretha Franklin’s Hot 100 record (“I got more slaps than Aretha”), and took some subliminal shots at Cardi B (“Imitating Nicki while your ghostwriter dissing me”).
She also possibly references Drake (“Oh boy, my brother tried to end me”) and her ex Meek’s court case. “I was in the court, no Jays and Beys / Made a change of mind in the judge chambers, sleaze,” she raps.
Despite the reference to Beyoncé and JAY-Z, Nicki made it clear that she is not dissing the Carters. “I’m just stating facts, not disrespecting them,” she said. “I love them. They’ve done more than enough for me.”
She also debuted her “Barbie Drip” remix to Lil Baby and Gunna’s “Drip Too Hard.” “I got $10 million for shit that I ain’t even do yet,” raps Nicki on the Drip Harder cut.
Big Drako himself, Soulja Boy, joined her in the studio, and she asked for his opinion on her new freestyles. Nicki also revealed that Soulja will join her on her upcoming U.S. tour.
But first, Nicki will head overseas for her “Nicki WRLD Tour” with Juice WLRD, starting Feb. 21 in Munich, Germany. She has also recorded new music with her tourmate.
