Nicki Minaj Is Lil Kim Minus the Nose Job

Written by Rizoh. Posted in Music Videos

Published on December 09, 2009 with 49 Comments">49 Comments

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Young Money’s recent appearance on BET’s 106 & Park reminded me of the staggering similarities between Nicki Minaj and Lil Kim. Mack Maine and Nicki Minaj dropped by the show to plug Young Money’s new album, We Are Young Money, but it appeared that the latter was also there to plug her latest Queen Bee-inspired look. Remember when Kim was rocking blonde hair and eccentric body accessories in the 90s? This is yet another reason why Nicki Minaj is the most original female MC in the game. /s

Lil Kim honed her craft under the firm tutelage of Notorious B.I.G, as evidenced by these reference tracks. Nicki Minaj has Lil Wayne as her personal ghostwriter. Both are notorious for their steamy lyrics and sexually charged personae.

Nicki Kim

It’s not exactly a case of the chicken or the egg. We know which came first. Minaj has spent a good chunk of her career either channeling or paying homage to Lil Kim in various forms. Here’s the deal: If Ms. Doppelganger’s album is anything like Kim’s first solo LP, then all is forgiven.

TRU

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  • http://my.rawkus.com/xn/detail/u_3dm62ixtfhf8v moneda

    “If Ms. Doppelganger’s album is anything like Kim’s first solo LP…”

    I do not recommend anyone hold their breath in anticipation of this occurring.

  • http://my.rawkus.com/xn/detail/u_3dm62ixtfhf8v moneda

    “If Ms. Doppelganger’s album is anything like Kim’s first solo LP…”

    I do not recommend anyone hold their breath in anticipation of this occurring.

  • Michelé

    I find it ironic that by copying Lil Kim’s style you state that Nicki Minaj is the most original female MC in the game. Am I missing something?

  • Michelé

    I find it ironic that by copying Lil Kim’s style you state that Nicki Minaj is the most original female MC in the game. Am I missing something?

  • http://my.rawkus.com/profile/Rizoh Rizoh

    ^Yeah, you’re missing the /s

  • http://my.rawkus.com/profile/Rizoh Rizoh

    ^Yeah, you’re missing the /s

  • Dom Corleone

    The main difference is that Kim had some amount of skill on the mic.. Minaj does not. No /s

  • Dom Corleone

    The main difference is that Kim had some amount of skill on the mic.. Minaj does not. No /s

  • Ivan

    ^ Not to mention Kim had access to Biggie’s rhyme book, so to speak. Biggie >>>> Wayne. Why wouldn’t Kim be >>>> Minaj.

  • Ivan

    ^ Not to mention Kim had access to Biggie’s rhyme book, so to speak. Biggie >>>> Wayne. Why wouldn’t Kim be >>>> Minaj.

  • Walter

    …I be comin off the top, asbestos…

  • Walter

    …I be comin off the top, asbestos…

  • GetEmGenius

    why she tryna be Gaga.

  • GetEmGenius

    why she tryna be Gaga.

  • P.O.E

    Hardcore=Classic . That’s for a male or female album…production is top notch…but I do find when nicki raps in that weird flow she has, my mini me gets excited…does this equal a FAIL?

  • P.O.E

    Hardcore=Classic . That’s for a male or female album…production is top notch…but I do find when nicki raps in that weird flow she has, my mini me gets excited…does this equal a FAIL?

  • Samtheez

    Y’all all sound stupid. I see NO similarities between the two. They both shine like stars in there own light. And nicki has been FROM THE BEGGINING written her own material. From her mixtape playtime is over,

    ” how the fxck you in the game like ten years strong,
    You bitchs can’t still write yo own damn songs?”

    Then another

    ” …. Light skinned pig-a-ment
    WRITE my own shxt y’all copywritingin’infringMents
    I eat these rap bxtchs somebody get me a dinnerment…”

  • Samtheez

    Y’all all sound stupid. I see NO similarities between the two. They both shine like stars in there own light. And nicki has been FROM THE BEGGINING written her own material. From her mixtape playtime is over,

    ” how the fxck you in the game like ten years strong,
    You bitchs can’t still write yo own damn songs?”

    Then another

    ” …. Light skinned pig-a-ment
    WRITE my own shxt y’all copywritingin’infringMents
    I eat these rap bxtchs somebody get me a dinnerment…”

  • me

    ^ uh thats kinda wack

  • me

    ^ uh thats kinda wack

  • Belve

    Just because you rap and say you write your own lyrics.. don’t make it true.

    But let’s say Nicki does write her own material.. she needs 2 God-given flows.
    **Yea I said it**

  • Belve

    Just because you rap and say you write your own lyrics.. don’t make it true.

    But let’s say Nicki does write her own material.. she needs 2 God-given flows.
    **Yea I said it**

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  • em fatale

    Rizoh, this is a wack entry with no support for some bold claims. The only person u can compare Nicki with is Lil Kim, and only because she’s a black woman who raps a man’s lyrics about sex and who wears a blond wig. If your scope is truly that small then i feel for you.

    Plus bring it back to some older clips of Nicki spitting and you’ll see that flow didn’t come from Wayne. She’s been able to switch it up since day 1.

  • em fatale

    Rizoh, this is a wack entry with no support for some bold claims. The only person u can compare Nicki with is Lil Kim, and only because she’s a black woman who raps a man’s lyrics about sex and who wears a blond wig. If your scope is truly that small then i feel for you.

    Plus bring it back to some older clips of Nicki spitting and you’ll see that flow didn’t come from Wayne. She’s been able to switch it up since day 1.

  • Dee El

    Do you people not get sarcasm?

  • Dee El

    Do you people not get sarcasm?

  • CassavaLeaf.com

    i would do minaj over kim

  • CassavaLeaf.com

    i would do minaj over kim

  • mhelixa

    uh well if you knew anything about @nickiminaj, you’d know she writes her own stuff lols n although she’s KNOWN for her “sex appeal”, that’s only b/c that’s the only thing the masses notice. she’s actually a GENIUS, but you kinda gotta listen really hard n most people have really shitty attention spans jus sayinggggg

  • mhelixa

    uh well if you knew anything about @nickiminaj, you’d know she writes her own stuff lols n although she’s KNOWN for her “sex appeal”, that’s only b/c that’s the only thing the masses notice. she’s actually a GENIUS, but you kinda gotta listen really hard n most people have really shitty attention spans jus sayinggggg

  • Rome _09

    Yo y’all trippin Nicki is original lil kim has one unique flow and Nicki has plenty….as yall mentioned people on see wat they wanna see nicki is a great artist and just beginning her road to success

  • Rome _09

    Yo y’all trippin Nicki is original lil kim has one unique flow and Nicki has plenty….as yall mentioned people on see wat they wanna see nicki is a great artist and just beginning her road to success

  • VickiMinaj

    Lil Kim was one of da first females 2 bring sex into their raps. Queen Latifah n them damn sure wasnt,so any one else dat does it is gonna b compared 2 her. A blond wig doesnt mean anything. N a pose doesnt either. I dnt think Nicki wants 2 b like him,she is very unique.

  • VickiMinaj

    Lil Kim was one of da first females 2 bring sex into their raps. Queen Latifah n them damn sure wasnt,so any one else dat does it is gonna b compared 2 her. A blond wig doesnt mean anything. N a pose doesnt either. I dnt think Nicki wants 2 b like him,she is very unique.

  • *M$.VENIA! THE GRAND BITCH!!*

    * I AM M$.VENIA THE GRAND BITCH ! NOW IT’S TIME TO HEAR THE TRUTH ! I LIKE NICKI BUT, SHE AN’T GOT NOTHING ON M$. LIL’KIM THE QUEEN BITCH OF RAP !KIM IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE THE GREATEST FEMALE RAPPER NOW AND EVER ! SEE AND I ALSO NOTICE KIM KEEPS THE SPOT LIGHT ! THEM HOES STAY MAD,JEALOUS AT KIM ! LOOK AT FOXY BROWN SHE SWITCHED UP THE WAY SHE REALLY RAPS JUST TO RAP LIKE KIM AND SAYS HUH UH JUST HOW KIM DOES IT ! FACE IT THEM HOES WONNA BE THE QUEEN BEE BUT THEY CAN’T BE THAT’S WHY THEY MAD AT KIM :) ! *

  • *M$.VENIA! THE GRAND BITCH!!*

    * I AM M$.VENIA THE GRAND BITCH ! NOW IT’S TIME TO HEAR THE TRUTH ! I LIKE NICKI BUT, SHE AN’T GOT NOTHING ON M$. LIL’KIM THE QUEEN BITCH OF RAP !KIM IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE THE GREATEST FEMALE RAPPER NOW AND EVER ! SEE AND I ALSO NOTICE KIM KEEPS THE SPOT LIGHT ! THEM HOES STAY MAD,JEALOUS AT KIM ! LOOK AT FOXY BROWN SHE SWITCHED UP THE WAY SHE REALLY RAPS JUST TO RAP LIKE KIM AND SAYS HUH UH JUST HOW KIM DOES IT ! FACE IT THEM HOES WONNA BE THE QUEEN BEE BUT THEY CAN’T BE THAT’S WHY THEY MAD AT KIM :) ! *

  • Dat Bitch

    Nicki Minaj might be something worth looking at on TV all made up with her booty-pop underwear on, but it’s funny how she ALWAYS has nice verses on tracks with good rappers like Fab and Luda, but when she’s spitting with Young Money, she sounds just like Lil’ Wayne’s retarded ass. Obviously, she doesn’t write her own lyrics otherwise she would always sound good. Nicki Minaj as a female rapper is horrible. Looks don’t equal lyrical content. I don’t care how sexy you are … if you sound like a retarded 6-year-old boy when you rap, then you are not the baddest in the game. Lil’ Kim, Eve, Da Brat, Trina … those are real female rappers. Nicki is just another horrible craze financed by the tweens and teens of caucasian persuasion that don’t understand what real hip-hop lyrics are.

  • Dat Bitch

    Nicki Minaj might be something worth looking at on TV all made up with her booty-pop underwear on, but it’s funny how she ALWAYS has nice verses on tracks with good rappers like Fab and Luda, but when she’s spitting with Young Money, she sounds just like Lil’ Wayne’s retarded ass. Obviously, she doesn’t write her own lyrics otherwise she would always sound good. Nicki Minaj as a female rapper is horrible. Looks don’t equal lyrical content. I don’t care how sexy you are … if you sound like a retarded 6-year-old boy when you rap, then you are not the baddest in the game. Lil’ Kim, Eve, Da Brat, Trina … those are real female rappers. Nicki is just another horrible craze financed by the tweens and teens of caucasian persuasion that don’t understand what real hip-hop lyrics are.

  • Remedy34

    Is it just me or does this b@#ch sound stupid. Who told this retard that she can rap. The only thing she did is set female rappers back another 20 years.

  • Remedy34

    Is it just me or does this b@#ch sound stupid. Who told this retard that she can rap. The only thing she did is set female rappers back another 20 years.

  • teeyah

    NICKI MINAJ IS SOOOO FAKE…does she scare 2 be herself ? why she have 2 fake LIL KIM ooooh it would be so sad 2 lil kim diss nicki minaj..

  • teeyah

    NICKI MINAJ IS SOOOO FAKE…does she scare 2 be herself ? why she have 2 fake LIL KIM ooooh it would be so sad 2 lil kim diss nicki minaj..

  • teeyah

    Dat Bitch ^ u tellin the truth !!!!!!!

  • teeyah

    Dat Bitch ^ u tellin the truth !!!!!!!

  • CreativeDigz

    I think some people got it twisted…Nicki is Unique and does write her own raps, however, WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL?? Eve, Trina, DaBrat, all of them write their own raps too!! So I don’t get why people are going crazy about Nicki writing hers. Also whats wrong with having a ghostwriter?? If u sound good on wax and the track is HOT, why does that matter?? Some folks take hip hop too seriously, which is the reason why its transitioning now to music that is more appealing for the masses.

  • 1Truth

    Lil Kim and Nicki Minaj both have the same handlers. Sex-kittens to the Illuminati. She is not copying lil kim, her handlers told lil kim how to act then and they are telling nicki minaj how to act now. Nothing is new, and nothing has changed.

  • 1Truth

    Lil Kim and Nicki Minaj both have the same handlers. Sex-kittens to the Illuminati. She is not copying lil kim, her handlers told lil kim how to act then and they are telling nicki minaj how to act now. Nothing is new, and nothing has changed.

  • Jadelove1981

    niki has a big fan base (cuz of Drake).

  • JojoDash

    man fuck all that. NICKI RUNNING SHIT!!! okay, kim was a boss & was doing her shit BACK IN THE DAY, but now nicki is shining! the way i see it, if kim is sooo good & “better” than nicki, instead of talking shit, PROVE IT!! she should come out with an album or new track or something! i see nicki all over the place, doing her thing. the only time i hear kim name is when she comes out with another diss record (who gives a fuck??)
    The shit between Nicki & Kim is a desperate attempt, on Kim’s part, to remain relevant. With no new single, video or album in the works, Kim continues to run down Nicki’s character on gossip blogs & crap.
    bottom line, if you still got it & know you the best no matter what or who; it should be NO PROBLEM to show out, right? but if not #SitTheFuckDown!!

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