Nicki Minaj dismisses Meek Mill dating rumors
Newly-single Nicki Minaj has brushed off reports suggesting she has embarked on a new romance with fellow rapper Meek Mill, although she insists she is "not on the market".
The Starships hitmaker recently split from her longtime love Safaree Samuels after more than a decade together, and she was rumored to have rebounded with Mill after teaming up in the studio for a pair of collaborations.
However, Minaj is adamant her relationship with the Ima Boss rapper
is purely platonic.
During a radio interview on The Rickey Smiley Morning Show, she
explains, "I am not in a relationship with Meek Mill, but I do
think he is really really dope (cool) and he is on my album two
times and I was a fan of his from before and he was a fan of mine.
I don't know where the rumors came from. I don't know who started
it."
But Minaj suggests she isn't exactly single either, by adding, "I'm
not on the market."
Meanwhile, the hip-hop star admits adjusting to life without
Samuels after 11 years together has been tough, but pouring out her
emotions on songs like The Crying Game and Bed of Lies for her new
album The Pinkprint has been therapeutic.
In a new interview with Rolling Stone magazine, she says, "I had to
learn to do something as simple as sleep alone. I struggled with,
'Do I express these feelings (on my album)?' And I decided there's
no reason for me to hide. I'm a vulnerable woman, and I'm proud of
that."
The Rolling Stone comments emerge days after Minaj and Samuels
clashed on social media, after the MC accused her ex of being
ungrateful and reportedly attempting to threaten and blackmail
her.
Samuels fired back at Minaj, insisting he was disappointed in her
for airing out their issues online in a "ridiculous" rant.
It's not known what sparked the war of words between the former
lovers.