During a conversation with Elliott Wilson as part of his CRWN interview series held in New York City last night, Minaj insinuated that Lamar has been ripping off her style.
“You said that you didn’t get the voices before, but liked them on here: why? Because you listened. Because you listened. Because people you respected were on the track, and that’s fine, I understand that… I got a call from Mister Cee after he heard ‘Bottoms Up,’ and he said he had to give me my props. ‘Bottoms Up’ was very animated, but he took the time to listen, you know what I’m saying? It takes skill. And then I see people doing it now. Sometimes, when I hear the animated things that Kendrick Lamar does… I respect and like him, but when I paid attention to certain things he does, I think to myself: ‘I did that.’”
