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Nicki Minaj, Kai Cenat and Adin Ross

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Key Takeaways:

• Nicki Minaj is contemplating livestreaming and reached out to prime streamers for insights on the very best platform.
• Kai Cenat highlighted Twitch’s discoverability, whereas Ross emphasised Kick’s flexibility and looser content material guidelines.
• Minaj’s curiosity in streaming builds on her digital historical past, together with a 2009 Ustream second with Soulja Boy.

Nicki Minaj is contemplating venturing into livestreaming, and he or she consulted the largest names within the recreation to assist her resolve the place she ought to arrange store. On Wednesday (July 9), the “Barbie Dreams” rapper spoke with Kai Cenat and Adin Ross to weigh her choices between Twitch and Kick.

“With Kick, you’re able to say more and do more in terms of not getting banned. You can say whatever you want, basically,” Cenat informed Minaj throughout one in every of his streams. “Twitch, in my opinion, is easier for the viewers. The viewers will be able to go to Twitch easier and be able to find you.”

The Streamy Award winner additionally emphasised that Twitch — favored by DDG, Lizzo and extra rappers who livestream — has extra “discoverability.” Later, Minaj, who initially assumed she’d have to stream weekly, reached out to Ross for extra particulars about Kick. “I know how active and stuff you are on Twitter. You can kind of do it on your own time,” Ross shared.

Cenat and Ross are two of the largest streamers in Hip Hop’s orbit proper now. The New York native beforehand hosted Minaj on his broadcast when she promoted her fifth studio album, Pink Friday 2. During that look, the artist even signed the pink throne chair she sat on, which followers have since noticed numerous instances in Cenat’s streams.

If Minaj joins Twitch or Kick, she is perhaps among the many first rappers to embrace livestreaming — at the least within the informal manner we see artists doing it at this time. Back in 2009, Soulja Boy posted a clip of the 2 broadcasting collectively on Ustream, which has since been acquired by IBM.

Musically, it’s been a gradual yr for the “Starships” hitmaker. She just lately linked up with Lil Wayne on “Banned From NO (Remix),” a bonus observe from his Tha Carter VI.