Nicki Minaj wanted to ‘punch’ Travis Scott
Nicki Minaj wanted to “punch” Travis Scott in his “f***ing face” after his album charted higher than hers. The 35-year-old rapper insists she wasn’t “upset or angry” when her fourth studio album Queen came in at number two on the Billboard 200 chart, below his record Astroworld. She admitted she questioned what is “right and what’s wrong and fair”, and says she felt like she was “tricked” by the 26-year-old rapper.
She said: “Why do people always say upset or angry? When someone says how they feel they’re not always upset or angry ... I felt like I wanted to punch him in his f**king face.
“The thing is, it’s not anger, it’s what’s right and what’s wrong and what’s fair. I’ve had a number two album and I never cared.
PLAYING A GAME
“It’s just that when you have a number two album to someone who is selling shirts and merch and selling passes for a tour that isn’t announced yet, it feels like you’re being tricked.
“It feels like someone is playing a game and like beating you at a game opposed to just selling music. I want to sell music.
“He sold a lot of T-shirts and sweaters and tour passes, and we’re not going to have that.”
Nicki insisted she is not “ungrateful” about seeing her record reach second in the charts, but she doesn’t want to feel like she is being “bullied” and “taken advantage of”.