Lil' Kim comes under fire for Nicki Minaj feud

It is no longer news about the way veteran femcee, Lil' Kim, feels about newcomer Nicki Minaj. With the female rap game in shambles, Nicki Minaj saved it. Now, the rappers of Lil Kim's generation are a distant memory. Along the way, Minaj has incorporated Kim's style into her own. Lil' Kim says all she wants is homage.

But, because of the way she has gone about asking Nicki Minaj for respect, Drake said she does not deserve it. Growing up a fan of Lil' Kim, Drake has lost all respect for her. In response to him, his former role model, Lil' Kim, called him a little pussy. She also had a lot of respect for him. Nicki Minaj refused to use any of her fire to light Lil' Kim's candle.

Even her longtime friend, Jadakiss, said she was taking things too far with Nicki Minaj. After explaining herself, Kim said she had problems with her for over a year. Jadakiss feels she is corny for bringing it up a year later. It comes off as Lil' Kim wanting attention by going against a star. Jadakiss thinks if the beef was real, she would have addressed it right then, instead of waiting until Nicki Minaj became famous to take her on.

Dissed by one friend, another in Ja Rule said Lil' Kim was completely wrong for dissing the up-and-coming female rapper. He said Lil' Kim is out here embarassing herself and for no reason. There is no real beef there and Ja Rule feels it can be ended in a quiet manner. At this stage in her career, Rule feels she is a little too old to worry about petty feuds. After all, he was in a similar situation to Lil' Kim when he first addressed his feud with 50 Cent and look at him now. Without a doubt, Ja Rule wishes he had handled things differently because he may still have been on top. He does not want the same thing to happen to one of his friends he entered the game with.

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Olivia to open up on G-Unit on New Album

Olivia has been in the game for a long time. Most people credit Alicia Keys as the first artist signed to J Records. However, before Alicia Keys was signed, Olivia was and she released her debut album in 2001. Because her image did not catch on with the fans, she was dropped after the release of Olivia.

During the summer of 2004, Olivia would end up signing with G-Unit Records. At the time, 50 Cent was obsessed with taking everything that made Ja Rule successful. For most of his career, Ja Rule made hits because of his trusty female singing sidekick Ashanti. In an effort to emulate their success, 50 Cent teamed up with Olivia.

Perhaps because their union was created out of spite, 50 Cent and Olivia did not catch on past their chart-topping hit, “Candy Shop.” In the time since then 50 Cent had planned to release her debut album in 2006. But, the lead single, “Best Friend (remix),” was not the success that G-Unit had expected it to be.

Early in 2007, 50 Cent revealed that Olivia was no longer signed to G-Unit. At the time, he said that there was no feud. Instead, he said that it was hard to work Olivia into the system when she had her own team. 50 Cent said that at one point the only way to get up with her was to speak with Missy Elliott. He would also hint to a physical relationship between the two.

However, last year Olivia had negative things to say about 50 Cent and G-Unit. She said that they wanted to fill her album with verses from Lloyd Banks, 50 Cent, and Tony Yayo. That was something that she could not agree to. Olivia revealed this, not her being unavailable, as the reason that she was dropped from G-Unit. 50 Cent later said he spent $2 million on her with no return and she argued that he should have spent $4 million.

Finally free from G-Unit and in a contract with Universal Records, Olivia is finally ready to release her long-awaited sophomore album. Tentatively titled Show the World, Olivia is planning to open up on what really happened with G-Unit. Even though she has said some things about G-Unit, she plans to expose even more.
There is no set release date for Show the World.

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