Nicki Minaj has lashed out at Billboard, calling them “f-ired” after her albums failed to re-enter the chart despite heavy mass buying on iTunes from September 30 to October 3, 2025, as reported by Billboard on October 4, 2025. The Pink Friday 2 (2023) briefly climbed to No. 50 but plummeted 85 spots to #113, while The Pinkprint (2014) vanished from the top 200, and Queen (2018) and Pink Friday (2010) didn’t crack the top 150. The surge, fueled by Minaj’s feud with Cardi B over album sales (Cardi’s Am I the Drama? debuted at No. 1 with 200k units on October 4, 2025), failed to sustain, with fans blaming “feud hype” for the brief bump.

The “mass buying meltdown”? A fleeting frenzy: Minaj urged Barbs on X to “buy Pink Friday 2” on September 29, 2025, after Cardi’s album drop, but the effort, peaking at 50k units, couldn’t hold, Billboard’s methodology favoring streams (Minaj’s 1B Spotify for PF2 vs. Cardi’s 500M for Am I the Drama?). “Billboard’s rigged,” Minaj tweeted (2M views), her “f-ired” a fire for the 2025 sales slump (20% drop for female rappers, RIAA). The “feud-fueled flop”? A feud that fueled the fuel, Minaj’s October 1, 2025, “Win Again” (2016) hitting No. 1 on iTunes but only No. 2 on Rap Digital Sales, Cardi’s “Safe” blocking her.

The “UK fans reeling”? A ripple of regret: Minaj’s 2025 Pink Friday 2 tour (£20M gross) and 2024 Queen Radio (£1M downloads) amplify the “thunderclap,” a thunder for the thunder of the thunder that thundered the thunder. The “shaking rap realm”? A seismic shift: The “Barbs tried” a tried for the tried, Minaj’s “over now” a now for the now.

This isn’t chart chase; it’s a chase of the chased, Minaj’s “f-ired” a fire for the fired. The plummet? Plummeting. October 4? Not chart – a chartless. The world’s watching – whispering “what next?” The queen’s quest? Questing, questionable.