Nicki Minaj Shares Rare Story on Convincing Kanye West to Keep “Monster” on MBDTF

Thank you Nicki!

Without a doubt, one of the biggest collaborative tracks in Kanye West’s discography, is “Monster.” However, before fans got to hear the single featuring JAY-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj and Bon Iver – Yeezy was considering pulling it from his 2010 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy album.

Mr. West felt that particular verse from his big brother Jiggaman would overshadow the entire album. Luckily, through a call from the Barbz, Kanye was convinced to leave the cut on his classic album; as she explains a rare story on preserving the G.O.O.D. Fridays single in full below.

7 year anniversary of #Monster Kanye called me to tell me Jay put a verse on this song & that he was still deciding if he would put it on his album. Haha. It was like an hour long call where I tried to convince him to let the song stay on his album. He felt this verse would end up being the talk of the album. I said: YOU’RE KANYE WEST!!!! 💞 I became the first female rapper to perform @ Yankee Stadium on the JAY/Eminem stadium tour. When I saw him, Jay said: “when u got so nice”? I said: “I been nice”! Ha! Kanye, thank you for being the genius you are. You always put others first. I fought u every step of the way but it worked out. (He wanted me to add more of that growling monster voice and I felt it was over kill.) He wouldn’t give in. In the end, maybe he was right. Ha! – this song featured Barbie and Roman. Chyna was my stunt double in the video. (Due to her ASSets). Amber had spoken highly of me to Ye n pushed for him to meet with me. The rest is history. Ye, Jay, Em…All 3 of them helped me in some way. Love

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