Maino Chooses Lil Kim Over Nicki Minaj

Young Money rapper Nicki Minaj may be responsible for bringing back a buzz for female rap, but with such as strong reputation comes along negative criticism. Since Minaj made a name for herself, rappers have been teaming up against her claiming that her style is fabricated and is a mimic of whatBrooklyn rapper Lil Kimrepresented during the peak of her career.

Nicki Minaj has worked hard to gain the respect of her male peers but during a recent interview with DJ Vlad, Brooklyn rapper Maino stated that Lil Kim will always hold the title as best female emcee.

“Kim is always gonna be, in my eyes, the best that ever done it, best female in the game. The best female that ever done it.”

Although Maino has no intentions of changing his mind about Lil Kim being the greatest, he does respect Nicki Minaj for taking ideas from one of the best and using it to her advantage.

“Nicki has that new energy and I’m liking that energy, I’m liking what she’s doing. A lot of artists borrow from great artists and make it they own. It’s easy for us to say Kim started the Barbie thing and now Nicki has her Barbiemovement going on but a lot of times, artists borrow from artists and they expand on that so I can’t really say she’s wrong for that, maybe she was a fan of Kim’s, I’m sure, growing up. And this was a part of what she was doing that she identified with and made it her own. I’m a fan of what she’s doing — I like to see anybody do their thing, especially if I know them… I like to see people excel because I’m excelling.”

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