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Originally posted by MusicTalker
I wouldn't be surprised if Wayne doesn't like the direction her image, & some of her music, has taken. He's very into pop himself (Dirty Dancer, How to Love & Lollipop, Down, & more), but it's not the same as she has done. It's probably not the direction he wanted her to go in. He maintains a hip-hop image despite being a force on pop. So does Drake. Nicki has crossed farther into pop in a shorter amount of time & her image is verging on popstar. I still consider a rap artist but clearly some people think she's a popstar now.
Drake does everything Wayne wants. Nicki might not. I could be completely wrong though. Maybe it's what he wanted for her. But they don't seem to talk about each other as much as they used to. Wayne & Drake constantly praise each other.
Drake will stay on Young Money/Cash Money for sure. It'll be sad if Nicki & Drake are separated.
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You're saying that because of Super Bass, and people seing her as a pop act for this song's success in particular. Moment 4 Life, her previous single, was a complete smash in Urban, and even mainstream Top 40 format radio stations started picking it up, and I'm sure that's what Wayne envisioned in Minaj when she signed her. Nicki is very versatile and can do either Pop, Hip-Hop, Rap or even R&B (Save Me), really well.
So if Nicki did Super Bass, Wayne also did How To Love, where he never raps at all in the song, so I guess they're even in this department.