Nicki Minaj is set to release her “Barbie World” collaboration with Ice Spice this week, but she’s being accused of stealing the idea from Saweetie.
Compton rapper JasonMartin (formerly known as Problem) took to social media on Sunday (June 18) to claim he was a writer on a track that originally belonged to Saweetie but is now being put out by Nicki — and he wants his credit.
According to him, a song he created with Saweetie was sent over to Nicki Minaj for a collaboration that she agreed to do. But instead of Saweetie being on the track, he’s alleging Nicki took the record and repurposed it for her new collaboration with Ice Spice.
“Y’all gon’ give me what I deserve,” Martin said on Instagram Live. “Now, if Saweetie don’t wanna trip, that’s on her … But we crafted a record that was sent over to Nicki to hop on to submit to the Barbie soundtrack.
“She said she was gonna do it … Then all of a sudden, a new version was created. Yes, it’s a sample, you can do what you want. But n-gga, you can’t hear one thing, say you’re gonna do this, then go do your version. It ain’t happening like that.”
He added: “Anybody that’s in this business knows that that’s not how this works.”
Jason Martin Speaking On How Nicki Minaj Allegedly Stole The “Barbie World” Idea From Him And Took Saweetie Off The Song For Ice Spice. #Barbiepic.twitter.com/oUUrWDqtJP
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Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice’s song, “Barbie World,” is set to be released on Friday (June 23), built around a sample of Aqua’s 1997 hit of the same name.
Jason Martin went into more detail about his claims on Twitter, revealing his disappointment about Saweetie not being on the song and how he’ll make sure he gets paid for his work.
“As a writer on this, I can confirm this song and idea was sent to her last year to submit for the Barbie movie,” he wrote. “It’s sad to see that the original artist has been pushed off a song…
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