Nicki Minaj was “brainwashed” in keeping with ex-manager

Earlier than her explosion into the mainstream in 2009, Nicki Minaj had varied managers and signed a number of contracts. Nevertheless, her former supervisor, Large Fendi, as soon as claimed that the founding father of Mizay Leisure, Deb Antney, brainwashed the Queens emcee.

After that includes on varied mixtapes in New York, Minaj was requested by Fendi if she wished to look on what was a well-liked underground hip-hop DVD known as The Come Up DVD. Elaborating on his begin with the lyricist, Fendi defined, “Nicki started with me in ’06, ’07. I met her on MySpace…Her name was Nicki Maraj when I met her. I changed her name to Nicki Minaj.”

In 2006, Minaj signed with Fendi’s manufacturing firm, Soiled Cash; the chief went into element, disclosing, “She’s actually still signed to my production company, which is Dirty Money…It took me 70 days to get the Young Money deal. It was the Young Money/Dirty Money deal.”

Nevertheless, in keeping with Fendi (actual title Floyd Bentley), it was after this signing that issues began to go unsuitable. Talking about Deb Antney, Bentley continued, “Debbie called me up two weeks later like, ‘Oh, I like your artist!’ We need to set up a meeting’…Nicki went out there, and then Debbie brainwashed her. Debbie got out there—Debbie got her little tactics. Debbie hit her with the ‘Nicki Minaj, I don’t know about that name. He’s trying to take you in the wrong direction.’”

Bentley added, “So, I was like ‘Hold on, Debbie. You my homegirl. How you poisoning my artist after I put you on to her’… Meanwhile, my contract with Wayne/Young Money is still moving. So, basically, she tried to wait til my contract expired before she signed with Young Money… I still got that contract to this day!”

Debra Antney performed a big position in Nicki Minaj’s profession and, as a fellow feminine, helped her navigate the male-dominated world of hip-hop. Nevertheless, throughout an interview on the Matthew Hoffa podcast My Skilled Opinion, Antney expressed how she feels Minaj “disacknowledged Georgia” as soon as she achieved fame.

Minaj and Fendi just lately received again on talking phrases. Nevertheless, for almost all of her reign because the queen of rap, Minaj was not in touch with the Brooklyn govt who successfully started her profession. You’ll be able to hear Debra Antney converse on her struggles with Large Fendi within the video beneath.