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Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt: Nicki Minaj and Funkmaster Flex Argue on the Radio

Ego battle royale.

So on Sunday night, Nicki Minaj canceled her performance at Hot 97’s Summer Jam, which is basically the premier hip-hop concert of the year, due to disparaging comments made about her music by Peter Rosenberg, one of hip-hop’s top angry, conservative flagbearers. Then, Lil Wayne, who runs Nicki’s Young Money label, decided that nobody on Young Money would perform, because he was pissed as all motherfucking get-out (YMCMB’s Tyga stayed behind to perform, probably because he is not on the Young Money group text message thread). Lil Wayne stood up for his artist, and Peter Rosenberg stood up for what he believes in. These are both okay, because all involved parties did what they thought was right.

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