Nicki MinajNicki Minaj will be launching her own record label underneath Republic Records.
The iconic artist revealed the news via her Queen Radio show on Amazon's AMP platform on the 3rd of March. She hasn't announced its name but has teased that artists including Nana Fofie, Tate Kobang, Rico Danna and London Hill could be on the roster.
She said, “When I get behind an artist, y’all know how I do shit for people that’s not even signed to me. Imagine what Imma do for the ones that’s signed,
“Don’t think my label is just rap, or Black, or anything. We got some other genres of music.”
Minaj said that she was texting Republic Records' co-president Wendy Goldstein during the show which triggered her to share the news. She revealed the beginning of the planning of the label saying, "I said, ‘Wendy, we got to do this big. I’m a female; you a female, mamma. You got to do this right. We gotta do it right. I don’t want no little itty-bitty ting ting. I want to do it right’."
She also revealed that her longtime friend Patty Lauren serve in an A&R role.
Its name and further details are expected to be revealed via a formal announcement soon.
