Budding rapper Ming Luanli recently made an appearance on the “We In Miami” podcast, where she openly discussed her relationship with her older sister, Nicki Minaj.
According to Vibe in addition to talking about her music career, inspirations, and dating life, the 18-year-old revealed she was bullied as a child because of her connection to the music icon.
She also mentioned that despite sharing the same father but having different mothers, they were “never close.”
“I’ve never called her Nicki, by her name, at all. Calling her Nicki always felt weird, I’ve always called her Onika, too,” she admitted. “But we was never close, but we had a good bond. She was always, like, busy. She be busy and stuff like that, I be doing my sh*t, too. But at the end of the day, I know that I still got love for her, she still got love for me, and I’mma still be proud of her.”
The New York native also recalled the moment people began to piece together that she was related to thee Nicki Minaj.
“In elementary, middle school, high school, the moment people knew who I was, it was either like they would ask me about my sister or ask me, like, just weird things that’s gonna make me feel uncomfortable,” she recalled. “At the time, I felt not only attacked, I felt vulnerable. I felt like I was by myself.”
Speaking on her desire to pursue music like Minaj, she admitted that her career choice brought on much hate and comparisons — with her peers questioning why her sister doesn’t help her out.
However, despite it all, she did admit that she still strives to “impress” Minaj, although she knows she’ll “never be at the same level” as the Young Money vet.
Li actually released her first collaborative music video this year titled, “Do It Again” with Rakeem Love. On the track, she offers the versatility of rapping and singing (much like her sister), where she coos about the emotions felt from a heartbreak.
“You’re acting suspicious, you don’t know what you do to me/ You’re after these bi**hes and wanna act like you glued to me,” she rap. “You’re causing me glitches, the sh*t don’t compute to me/ Like 1+1+1 will never make 2 to me/ You’re treating me brutally.”
Take a look at her full interview with We In Miami podcast:
