According to the writers of Nicki's hit song "Starships", the song wasn't meant for her.
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As for Minaj’ Cobrs smash “Starships,” it wasn’t even written with her in mind. The hip-hop song was written for the pop-rock band Cobra Starship, who passed on the song. Minaj and her management swooped in to grab the song, and it became the first single from her second studio album, “Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded.”
Their name is Cobra Starship, meaning a song called Starships would make sense for them.
Stop trying to be shady. It's a song written by more than one person, hence different parts of the song are written by diff people. Obviously Nicki wrote most of the verses while the chorus + melody was written by the other writers.
