Nicki Minaj Drops Steamy Hot Music Video for "Red Ruby Da Sleeze"
The Y2K-inspired track samples Lumidee’s “Never Leave You (Uh Oooh, Uh Oooh).”
UPDATE (May 15, 2023): After months of teasing, Nicki Minaj has finally dropped a new music video for “Red Ruby Da Sleeze.”
The track is a perfect combo of a modern-day sound and the early aughts as it samples Lumidee’s 2003 hit “Never Leave You (Uh Oooh, Uh Oooh).”
Check out Minaj’s latest music video above.
UPDATE (March 15, 2023): A few weeks after Nicki Minaj dropped her latest single, “Red Ruby Da Sleeze,” she took to social media to share a preview of the upcoming music video for the song.
In the clip, Minaj is rockin’ a sexy black one piece and a red kimono accessorized with gold heels and matching jewelry. She previously revealed the music video was shot in Trinidad.
Watch the teaser below.
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UPDATE (March 3, 2023): Nicki Minaj has finally dropped her new single, “Red Ruby Da Sleeze.”
“Red Ruby Da Sleeze,” which samples Lumidee’s 2003 hit “Never Leave You (Uh Oooh, Uh Oooh),” is Minaj’s first solo music release of the year.
Minaj raps, “Only on them C’s if it’s breeze, Red Ruby Da Sleeze (Uh-oh, uh-oh)/ Chinese on my sleeve, these wannabe Chun-Lis/ Anyway, nǐ hǎo (Nǐ Hǎo, uh-oh)/ Who the f-ck told bitches they was me now? (Uh-oh, ooh)/ I knew these bitches was slow/ I ain’t know these bitches senile.”
Listen to the track below.
ORIGINAL STORY (February 23, 2023): Nicki Minaj has taken to social media to share a preview of her upcoming single, “Red Ruby Da Sleeze,” as well as the cover art.
“Official artwork #RedRubyDaSleeze,” she captioned a photo of herself posing in a kitchen. “Coming on 3/3. #QueenRadio. 3/3 @ 3pm PST.”
She also shared other details pertaining to the music video and her outfit. She added, “[Shout-out] to @skeng.don for making that lil vid that we shot last night in TRINI!!!! #RattyGang & Beetham RastaCity 7family grung yktv. Vintage Jean Paul Gaultier pon mi dress. St. Laurent on the heel. Thank you so much to @ptaondavenue.”
Recently, Minaj made headlines for being dubbed the best female rapper of all time by Billboard. The rapper ranked No. 10 out of 50. Other artists who ranked higher than her on the list were all male.
Billboard says Minaj has “undeniably blazed the trail for the next generation of female MCs, while at the same time, building a legacy whose impact is hardly limited to the hip-hop world: Nicki is one of only a dozen artists to have more than 100 Billboard Hot 100 entries, and earned the MTV Video Vanguard Award in 2022 for her provocative music videos.”
Stay tuned for more updates and keep scrolling for her artwork and preview of “Red Ruby Da Sleeze,” out on March 3.
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