Joe Budden recently disclosed that he declined Nicki Minaj’s offer for a surprise guest appearance on her tour.
During the most recent episode of the Joe Budden Podcast released on Saturday, the rapper-turned-media personality mentioned that Minaj contacted him about the chance to perform together at the Pink Friday 2 Tour in Newark, New Jersey.
According to COMPLEX Joe said:
“Nicki hit me last night,” said Budden at the 41:29 mark. “She hit me when she was about to go on in Jersey, I was home. She didn’t say, ‘Yo, come out to Jersey’ and do that. She was 30 minutes from going on stage and she hit me. I said, ‘I want to go to the New York show.’ And she said, ‘Yeah, you’re gonna come out and do ‘Pump it Up.’”
Joe Budden turning down a Nicki Minaj Sold Out Arena performance invite is diabolical????
Us Millenials were listening to Pump It Up via Limewire especially after watching You Got Served dance break????Do it for LilSaint#JoeBudden #JBP #NickiMinaj #GagCity #HipHop #GagCityNewYork pic.twitter.com/JRkDKsxQ9H
— Chris (@RealDealChris) March 30, 2024
Despite trying to laugh it off as a joke, Minaj apparently told Budden she was “deadass” to which Budden said he’s “retired.”
Budden said on the podcast that he feels “pussy” about it but not as much as his co-hosts suggest.
While he admitted that he did give the opportunity some thought and that he still remembers the words to his 2003 hit single, Budden implied it’s about the physical nature of the performance that gave him doubts.
“It ain’t the words, it’s my body. I gotta go out there and act hype, and I don’t know, I ain’t hype … I ain’t hype no more,” said Joe.
Despite Budden not making it to Gag City Newark, Minaj brought out surprise guests Fivio Foreign and Jadakiss. Monica, who appears nightly on the Pink Friday 2 Tour, also performed as scheduled.
Nah yall @nickiminaj brought out fivio omgggg #GagCityNewark pic.twitter.com/DdcrrnI6YC
— nay????????♀️ (@LoveAlwaysNayy) March 29, 2024
and
Omg Nicki brought out Jadakiss toooooo #GagCityNewark pic.twitter.com/4eELUF0OOi
— nay????????♀️ (@LoveAlwaysNayy) March 29, 2024
and
NICKI BROUGHT OUT 50 CENT #GagCityMSG pic.twitter.com/q80nfMv4yb
— NATE (@NATERERUN) March 31, 2024
This is ‘Pump It up’:
Would you have liked to see Joe on stage? Or did he make the right call?
