As reported right here Monday (September 12), shockwaves have been despatched via the music trade after stories surfaced rapper PnB Rock was shot and killed in Los Angeles on account of a theft try. He was solely 30-years-old.
Whereas quite a few his Hip Hop friends and followers flooded social media with condolences and sympathies for his household, Rap Queen Nicki Minaj did too – however not with out issuing a stern message to rappers in regards to the firm they preserve.
Citing Rock’s dying as a cautionary story, her warnings – though cheered on by her followers affectionately referred to as #Barbz – earned jeers from some and was even branded as ‘premature’ and ‘insensitive.’
Look inside to see how she responded to criticism.
Minaj, already dominating headlines this week for alleged beefs associated to Megan Thee Stallion and actress-reality star Garcelle Beauvais, confirmed no indicators of utilizing her platforms to exhibit her outspokenness as she weighed in on the capturing dying of Rock.
“After [the death of] Pop Smoke there’s no means we as rappers or our family members are nonetheless posting places to our whereabouts,” she started. “To indicate waffles and a few fried hen???! He was such a pleasure to work with. Condolences to his mother and household. This makes me really feel so sick. Jesus.”
The message rubbed some the incorrect means because it was believed to deduce Rock’s girlfriend, who had posted a location-tagged photograph in LA’s Roscoe’s Home of Hen & Waffles, was responsible for his killing.
As soon as the detraction discovered its means again to Nicki, she doubled down on her authentic sentiment about her late ‘Fendi’ co-star.
