Nicki Minaj called out Jay-Z on Monday (July 8) in a heated post on X.com, claiming she’s owed hundreds of millions from the sale of TIDAL and has yet to see a dime.
The dispute stems from Jay-Z’s sale of TIDAL to Square Inc., now known as Block, in 2021. Nicki Minaj, who was part of the original artist ownership group, believes her equity was never fairly honored during the transaction.
The Hip-Hop star alleged she was shortchanged in the streaming platform’s acquisition and rejected a $1 million settlement offer. Nicki Minaj said she never received any compensation from the deal, stating she “didn’t even get one red penny.”
“We’ve calculated about 100-200MM so far. Jay-Z call me to settle this karmic debt. It’s only collecting more interest. You still in my TOP 5 tho. Let’s get it n####. And anyone still calling him Hov will answer to God for the blasphemy,” she wrote.
We’ve calculated about 100-200MM so far. #JayZ call me to settle this karmic debt. It’s only collecting more interest. You still in my TOP 5 tho. Let’s get it n####.
And anyone still calling him Hov will answer to God for the blasphemy. pic.twitter.com/m0mBuDyzwx
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) July 8, 2025
The Queens rapper also revealed plans to use the money she says she’s owed to support her #StudentOfTheGame initiative to fund college tuition, school fees and student loan payments for her loyal Barbz.
Beyond the financial feud, Minaj has also accused Jay-Z and Roc Nation of ruining hip-hop, football, basketball, touring, Instagram and Twitter.
Dear #JayZ & Desirat
You ruined hiphop
You ruined football
You ruined basketball
You ruined touring
You ruined instagram
You ruined Twitter
The jig is up.
All of this is alleged & for entertainment purposes only pic.twitter.com/1gSD0MQZ9d
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) July 8, 2025
Last month, Nicki claimed Jay-Z and Roc Nation were targeting her and aligning with Demoree Hadley, the estranged daughter of Roc Nation CEO Desiree Perez.
Hadley recently filed a lawsuit against her mother, claiming she was forcibly institutionalized under Florida’s Baker and Marchman Acts.
In a public interview, Hadley said Minaj is experiencing similar harassment.
“They’ve [Roc Nation] abused her [Nicki Minaj’s] freedom of speech, they’ve abused her family, they’ve attacked her husband, they’ve attacked her child…It should really scare the American people,” Hadley said. “Me, it should really scare you guys, too, right? Because I’m the daughter, so it’s like, at this point, if it’s happening to me, I think she’s really outspoken and I’m grateful that she’s being outspoken on it because I think she’s almost saying it like, ‘well, it happened to me, it’s happening to her, let me speak up on it, nobody is safe right now.’”
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