Steve Stout is giving his take on why Nicki Minaj is so upset about Jay Z claiming it’s over TIDAL.
On Friday (Sept. 20), music executive Steve Stout appeared on the The Pivot podcast and he had a lot to say about Nicki Minaj.
Recently Nicki has premiered their video interview with music executive Steve Stoute who had some choice words for Nicki Minaj.
On September 11th Nicki claimed she was never paid for her portion of the TIDAL deal.
According to XXL The Queen Barbz was among a bevy of artists who helped launch the streaming platform in March of 2015.
Nicki claimed she wasn’t paid a dime from Tidal after Hov sold it for $300 million.
On The Pivot podcast, Stoute was upset with rappers attacking Jay-Z for his decision to have Kendrick Lamar headline the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show in New Orleans instead of Lil Wayne.
The United Masters founder took issue with Nicki’s comments and addressed why she wasn’t paid for her Tidal deal.
“I think in that case, what Nicki did was wrong,” he began at the 1:14-minute mark in the video below. “To bring up Tidal, his streaming company, that he gave you equity in, that you didn’t sign the f**king paperwork and that’s the reason why you left millions of dollars on the table, that man [Jay-Z] didn’t do nothing to you.”
“That crabs in a barrel thing…we can’t do that. That’s black on black crime,” he added. “I don’t like that. I think Nikki is great, great, great artist. Very successful career. Don’t do that. Just like, let’s not do [that], do that in private.”
It didn’t take long for Nicki to reapond to Steve Stoute’s comments on The Pivot.
“I received a call advising tidal was sold & they made no money on the deal so all they could offer me was a million dollars. But wait, there’s more!” Nicki wrote in a post, which can be viewed below. “The lawyer advised that Desirat advised him that I HAD TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT IN 24 HOURS IF I WANTED THE 1MM or the ‘offer’ was off the table. Listen to the end of ‘Fractions’ for what my response was.”
“Every day a new man pushing 60 years of age gets fingered in the bussy then made to come on this internet & lie on me. God is in control. Bookmark this. I’d advise yall to never mention my name again,” she continued. “So Barbz, thank you for supporting something I was a part of. I love you. But I was scammed & offered a million dollars to be silenced. I declined. The grace of God is sufficient. I didn’t need their hush money.”
In another post, Nicki seemingly alluded that Stoute was trying to use her name to distract people from the recent arrest of Diddy for alleged sex crimes.
“They gotta keep the conversation on me so that no one asks about these charges against their BFF. I mean it seems the 30 year old tea here is FAR from stale. Patterns. Yet. SAS, UGLY ALIEN, STOUT, d**k breath, etc all talking about Onika? Why they talking bout Oniqua?!?!?!” she wrote.
Watch below:
Steve Stoute defends Jay Z against Nicki Minaj and says she was “wrong” and “way out of line.”
“I was surprised that she would be that personal with him [Jay Z] given all the doors and opportunities he has given us all, specifically her.
????: The Pivot pic.twitter.com/tka6UlabZI
— ego???? | connoisseur+ (@theeemprasss) September 20, 2024
Twitter reaction:
Nicki Minaj calls out JayZ & Steve Stout. Accuses them of being PDF Files DL Bandits and crooks. pic.twitter.com/hVxLB4SED9
— The Gworls Are Fighting (@baddietvv) September 22, 2024
And
Oop a day after Steve Stout attacked Nicki Minaj (allegedly on the behalf of Jay-z). Dame Dash has come out to tell the world that Jay-z sent Steve Stout to speak negatively about him in interviews.
Suddenly Onika is vindicated once again didn’t even take 24 hours pic.twitter.com/GiywJXpnvH
— Keeping Culture Alive (@Q4quise) September 21, 2024
