Yesterday at HOT 97′s Summer Jam Concert (East Rutherford, New Jersey) various artists hit the stage to perform for a crowd of over 60,000 people. Missing from the line-up was Nicki Minaj, who canceled her performance after comments made by HOT 97 DJ Peter Rosenberg early on in the day.
Here is video footage of Peter Rosenberg’s comments that caused Nicki Minaj to cancel her performance at Summer Jam. While Rosenberg was introducing Kendrick Lamar and Schoolboy Q, he called her single “Starships” bullshit.
Lil Wayne took to his Twitter saying Young Money will not be at Summer Jam and Nicki Minaj and YMCMB backed him up.
Young Money ain’t doing summer jam.
— Lil Wayne WEEZY F (@LilTunechi) June 3, 2012
Wow. U niggaz just fucked up history. But the President has spoken. #YMCMB
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) June 3, 2012
Had a HELL of a fucking lineup. But we won’t b disrespected > RT @RushhRoulette: I’m sure @NICKIMINAJ was excited for tonight, that sucks
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) June 3, 2012
It is rumored that Nicki was going to bring out an all-star group of artists for her performance. This included Lil Wayne, Cam’ron, Birdman, Nas, 2 Chainz and more. It goes without saying that a big piece of the concert was missing.
I go above and beyond for my fans. But won’t ever go against wayne’s word. What he says, goes.
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) June 3, 2012
Radio personality with NO personality… fuck nigga!!! & u ain’t even black… But u still a FUCK NIGGA!!
— JAE MILLZ (@JAE_MILLZ) June 3, 2012
Not blak but on blak radio dissin blak women > RT @JAE_MILLZ Radio personality with NO personality… fuck nigga!!! & u ain’t even black…
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) June 3, 2012
Real niggaz do Real thangs We tha Realest.We tha busine$$ Playin kan getu Fuckup.YMCMB
— BIRDMAN (@BIRDMAN5STAR) June 3, 2012
I am sure gettin a lot of tweets today….#hot97summerjam is a movie
— Peter Rosenberg (@Rosenbergradio) June 4, 2012
Funkmaster Flex stood behind Hot 97 and sent some shots at Nicki Minaj during his DJ set and will be going on a rant tomorrow during his show. He even went as far to say he was going to end Nicki’s career!
I will deal with her when i step on that stage to tear this place down!!!
— Funk Flex !!!!!(@funkmasterflex) June 4, 2012
“Tune into me at 7 tomorrow as I ruin a career.”-Flex
— Joe La Puma (@JLaPuma) June 4, 2012
“If you lost the streets, it’s your fault. If you didn’t go gold, it’s your fault. I’m now dedicated to tearing you down.” -@funkmasterflex
— Christopher(@MrChrisGoins) June 4, 2012
Shout to @funkmasterflex … Listening to him Fridays and Saturday’s was why I started doing radio..I will speak in all this in 4 hrs #Hot97
— Peter Rosenberg (@Rosenbergradio) June 4, 2012
After all was said and done, Peter Rosenberg hit Twitter to defend his opinion. This isn’t the first time he’s dissed the song – frequently criticizing “Starships” on-air.
last night i said nothing different than I have ever said…it was not a personal dis..it was starships is shit..WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS TRUE
— Peter Rosenberg (@Rosenbergradio) June 4, 2012
Who do you think is wrong here? Could this have been handled better? Are you still a Nicki Minaj fan? This was a huge letdown for all the paying fans who expected to see her perform – especially in her home state of New Jersey. Nas stood in for Nicki performing several songs, while he was originally just a feature guest.
