Beyoncé Serenades Nicki Minaj with Prince "Darling Nikki" Riff
Nicki Minaj and Beyoncé, at least on the Internet, have been like this [crosses index and middle finger meaningfully, emphatically] since performing "Feeling Myself" together for the first time at Tidal's huge, live-streamed Brooklyn concert last week. The video appeared the morning after and tore up the internet. Yesterday, we got charming behind-the-scenes footage of the Queen Barbie and the Queen Bey goofily staring each other down in rehearsal.
Today, essentially as a promo to go watch the "Feeling Myself" performance on the Tidal app, we've got Yoncé singing a complimentary ditty about the wondrous Onika. Since neither Beyoncé nor Jay Z nor any artist alive, really, has failed to publicly admire Prince, said ditty follows the Purple One's "Darling Nikki":
I met this girl named Nicki
I guess you can say she was the rap queen
I met her in the studio lobby but her booty looked bigger in the magazines
She said 'B, will you jump on this song of mine?'
How could I resist when I heard little Nicki rhyme?
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