Nicki Minaj Says Kanye West Didn't Wanna Do Fashion Collab Because Of Kim Kardashian

Nicki Minaj revealed she approached Kanye about working together on a fashion project “a while ago” but her request was turned down out of respect for Ye’s then-wife, Kim Kardashian The rapper began by recalling how Fendi sales skyrocketed following her namedropping the brand on Chun Li illustrating her influence in the fashion industry. She believed that would be enough to persuade the Yeezy founder to work with her on her next collection. “I told Kanye about [my impact on Fendi’s sales]. I was like, ‘Hey look, I’m about to do something and I just wanted to make sure I spoke to you first,’ because I have so much respect for him,” she said. “And he was like, ‘Well, if I did something with you, I think my wife probably wouldn’t love that idea because I should be giving that to my wife instead. If I was doing a female version of the Yeezys or whatever, it should probably go to my wife. Nicki Minaj admitted she “understood” Kanye’s position, but still couldn’t grasp why he was so quick to turn her down Kanye was very vocal about the fashion industry not letting him in at one time,” she continued. “So if a Black female rapper who you know has just shown her self to be sellable … then when I come to you as a Black man that I look up to, I’m doing that because you inspired me, because you said if the fashion industry didn’t want to let us in, even though we’re so influential. “And then when I did ask, just put it on his radar, he said how he thought his wife would feel about it, and we didn’t really speak much more about it. Now, I’m not saying that [Kim Kardashian] said that, but that’s what he thought how she would feel about it. “We have to be careful that when we put those things out there and when a door is opened, that we do figure out a way to have another Black face there in that space.”

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