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The ‘Bang Bang’ rapper makes the comment when one of her Twitter followers asks her about how the controversial song came about during her QnA session on the micro-blogging site.
Feb 10, 2020
AceShowbiz – Rapper Nicki Minaj was “bullied” into rush-releasing her new single, “Yikes”.
The “Moment 4 Life” hitmaker’s latest material hit streaming services on Friday (February 07), days after teasing social media followers with a brief preview of the tune last Monday.
Fans responded so well, Minaj claims she felt pressured to finish the song and release it to the masses – while her label chiefs also apparently pressed her to complete the track.
The newlywed hip-hop star made the remarks in a Twitter question and answer session on Saturday, when one devotee asked her how Yikes came about.
“I was playing a snippet for my crazy fans & they made me put it out,” she replied. “They are bullies. I only had 1 verse done. The label bullied me too. I’ve been bullied.”

Minaj went on to share how she improvised the hook – and she loved it so much, she left it in.
“I made up the hook with no (lyrics written on) paper,” she explained. “Just freestyled in the booth cuz (sic) I loved the beat. so the yikes part is me hearing the beat for the very first time. The verses I wrote down. The outro was a freestyle.”

Yikes is Minaj’s first solo single of the year, but the initial teaser drew some harsh criticism after she referenced late civil rights activist Rosa Parks and her role in sparking the Montgomery bus boycott of 1955 in the lyrics.
“All you b**ches Rosa Parks/Uh oh, get your a** up,” she raps on the track, which was previewed on the eve of what would have been Parks’ 107th birthday.
TMZ subsequently reported that Minaj was blaming “bad timing” for the controversy, while sources alleged she didn’t mean to “offend or disrespect Parks”.
However, Minaj has since made it clear she was unaware of any backlash – and she wouldn’t have taken notice anyway.
“Never said this,” she posted on Instagram Stories, alongside the headline. “Had no clue anyone was mad. Don’t care. #Yikes”.

The single is expected to feature on the follow up to 2018’s “Queen” album.

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The music goers who purchased tickets to the disastrous Bahamian music festival are due to receive settlement money as they win in class action lawsuit against the organizers.

Apr 16, 2021

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Fyre Festival ticket holders have been awarded over $7,200 (£5,200) in a class action settlement.

Trustees have reached a settlement with 277 people who attended the disastrous 2017 Bahamian event, awarding each of them $7,220 pay-outs. The settlement was filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court – Southern District of New York on Tuesday (13Apr21).

“It’s a small but significant step for ticket holders who were defrauded and had their lives up ended as a result of the fraudulent conduct by (Fyre founder) Billy McFarland,” Ben Meiselas, the lead attorney for the class-action, tells Billboard.

Meiselas went on to admit that not all ticket holders will receive the full sum as there are multiple creditors involved in the bankruptcy case, but added, “There will be monetary relief in some form or fashion pending approval.”

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The news of the settlement comes a month after McFarland finally confessed to lying to investors in an unauthorised phone interview from prison, which landed him in solitary confinement.

He told “Dumpster Fyre” podcast host Jordan Harbinger he “knowingly lied” to those backing the ill-conceived music event on the Bahaman island of Great Exuma to raise money for the festival.

McFarland, who is currently serving a six-year sentence at the Federal Correction Institution in Elkton, Ohio after pleading guilty to multiple counts of fraud in 2017, told Harbinger, “The crime was inexcusably lying about the status of the company to get the money I thought I needed for the festival.”

The Fyre Festival was billed as a luxury music festival with Blink-182 and Ja Rule among the acts set to appear, but the event turned out to be an unmitigated disaster, with music fans and thrill seekers, who paid thousands to attend, left stranded without proper accommodation or amenities.

McFarland also admitted he lied to himself, convinced he could pull the festival off. “I legitimately thought the festival was going to be executed,” he said.

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