Rap-Up.com || Nicki Minaj Returns to Twitter, Announces ‘Starships’ Video Premiere

She’s back! Nicki Minaj has rejoined her Barbz in cyberspace. The Young Money rapper returned to Twitter on Wednesday to reconnect with her fans and announce the premiere date for her “Starships” video.

The Roman Empire rejoiced as their leader sent out her first tweet since April 15. “*salutes the nation of Pinkslam* *hugs the barbz* *kisses the barbz*,” she wrote.

She had yet to restore her 11 million followers. “State of the Union: Dear Barbz, our nation will not be fully reinstated to 11 million for another few days as per @twitter. It takes time,” she explained.

Nicki debated whether to return to Twitter in the days following her departure. “A voice in my head told me to delete my Twitter and that’s what I did,” she told Graham Norton during her trip to the U.K.

She also announced that the long-awaited “Starships” video will premiere on Thursday at 7:56 p.m. EST on MTV. The video for “Right by My Side” featuring Chris Brown will be shot later this week.

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72 Comments

Cha
April 25th, 2012 at 11:21 am
So glad she’s back. I love her.

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WWHO Reply:
April 25th, 2012 at 1:12 pm
@Cha, LoooL she did all of that because her album flopped.

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@Lewis_Bennett Reply:
April 25th, 2012 at 1:40 pm
@WWHO, Yeeep…thats right…it was a flop…>.>

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nojusthenry Reply:
April 25th, 2012 at 3:11 pm
@WWHO,
yeah going number 1 in 5 countries is such a flop.. hahah… oh and starships is still in the top 10 on billboards top 100 since its release with out a video… smh… her album might have not sold as much compared to her last album, but in the long run she will stay on top…

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jayman Reply:
April 25th, 2012 at 7:30 pm
@nojusthenry, EXACTLY!!! it was a flop but landed her #1 on billboards…. lol haters will say anything to try ND BRING SOMEBODY DOWN

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John Doe
April 25th, 2012 at 11:26 am
and not 2 sh*ts were given

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D&G Reply:
April 25th, 2012 at 1:19 pm
@John Doe, 1 of the most ridiculous publicity stunts ever

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.... Reply:
April 25th, 2012 at 5:21 pm
@D&G, exactly, a complete publicity stunt fail! what’s next “leaked” nude pics? another wardobe malfunction? creating a new “celebrity couple”? a suprise pregancy announcement? if she’s that desparate for attention, how about releasing better music? smh…

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Danielle
April 25th, 2012 at 11:28 am
who actually thought she was gonna delete her twitter for good? give me a break

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Shade Reply:
April 25th, 2012 at 11:59 am
@Danielle, I know right

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T
April 25th, 2012 at 11:28 am
Yusssssssssss! SLAY ME ONIKA w/ the Starships video. SLAY ME!

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Queens
April 25th, 2012 at 11:28 am
lol so she came back just for that smh lame she using them barbz to bad they cant see it

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NickiMinajLOVER Reply:
April 25th, 2012 at 1:00 pm
@Queens, haha. your so funny……*rolls eyes* bitcchhh. *nicki minaj voice*

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Jay
April 25th, 2012 at 11:31 am
Sweet! Gotta check that video out. And I didn’t even know she was doing a video for Right by My Side! Team Breezy man!! :)

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Hi
April 25th, 2012 at 11:33 am
She realized that her failed publicity stunt didn’t boost her album sales. So its back to twitter to promote more

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nicki the best Reply:
April 25th, 2012 at 11:57 am
@Hi, her album sale will go up anyway when her tour start lmaooooooooo but why u mad doe!

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Hi Reply:
April 25th, 2012 at 12:21 pm
@nicki the best, But whats gonna happen when shes irrelevant in about a year. Will you actually go out and achieve something in life or find a new artist to defend on the internet?

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Aj Reply:
April 25th, 2012 at 1:30 pm
@Hi, Amen!

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Outspoken Reply:
April 25th, 2012 at 3:46 pm
@Hi, Lmao the funniest thing I read today

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itsme Reply:
April 25th, 2012 at 12:22 pm
@Hi, #TRUTH

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coolio
April 25th, 2012 at 11:33 am
WOW she’s so pathetic. I’m never going to take her seriously …

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NickiMinajLOVER Reply:
April 25th, 2012 at 1:01 pm
@coolio, I can’t take you seriously when your name is “Coolio” pfft, bitch please.

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Rihanna Navy Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 12:02 pm
@NickiMinajLOVER, Lmfaoooo

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4real
April 25th, 2012 at 11:35 am
what was the purpose of disappearing, insecure

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NickiMinajLOVER Reply:
April 25th, 2012 at 1:03 pm
@4real, Ehem. Maybe because she needed a break from being the biggest rap/popstar in the world! Sometimes I think only her Barbz understand her…

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Haha Reply:
April 25th, 2012 at 2:00 pm
@NickiMinajLOVER, Well she could’ve just took a break from Twitter and not deleted it, going around telling people she might leave the game. GIMMICK

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coolio Reply:
April 25th, 2012 at 8:00 pm
@Haha, HAHAHA oh GAWDD I love your comment!

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NickiMinajLOVER Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 7:19 am
@Haha, Oh yeah. hhhhhaaaaahhahaha. so effin’ funny! Why yall be stayin on her shit everyday commenting if you don’t like her!?!? gosh get a life.

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NewShitBitch Reply:
April 25th, 2012 at 4:47 pm
@NickiMinajLOVER, That’s because her barbz are IDIOTS that follow a woman who blatantly disrespects them and pretends like she is CRAZY and pulls ridiculous antics to sell records….

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4real Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 11:41 am
@NewShitBitch, co-sign

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Tev
April 25th, 2012 at 11:40 am
it was obvious 4 real

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Claudio
April 25th, 2012 at 11:41 am
In yo fuckin face lil kim HATERS LMFAO ALL DAY LONG EVERYDAY RAGGEDY ANNKIMS

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@Taimiicel
April 25th, 2012 at 11:43 am
OMG CANT WAIT

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nicki the best
April 25th, 2012 at 11:55 am
nicki welcome back boo and f##k all u hating a## hoes u b##ches dont like her why u hoes care or want to comment on if she left twitter or came back damn u hoes follower her more then teamminaj do but they say when u winning hate comes with it teamminaj all day tricks!

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NickiMinajLOVER Reply:
April 25th, 2012 at 1:05 pm
@nicki the best, Girl you preach it! ;) lmfao! I can’t agree with you more! These TURKEY NIPPLE HOES are just lil kim followers. Just focus on Nicki and only Nicki and of course “TEAM MINAJ” allllllwwayyyyysss wins ;)

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NewShitBitch Reply:
April 25th, 2012 at 4:49 pm
@NickiMinajLOVER, Not everybody that hates nicki Minaj is a lil kim fan/follower keep in mind everybody starting to hate her except idiot fans like you

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jay&nickii_as1 Reply:
April 25th, 2012 at 9:11 pm
@NewShitBitch, well bitch sit yo silly ass down!!… “everybody’s starting to hate her”.. what kinda dumb bitch say’s shit like that?.. fact is if you a hater.. you just MAD!!.. cos she WINNING!..

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msteefromdc Reply:
April 27th, 2012 at 6:03 am
@jay&nickii_as1, UM IF THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE R SAYIN THESE THINGS ABOUT NICKI, THEN IT OBVIOUSLY HAS TRUTH TO IT. SHE’S A NUT CASE. HER RHYMES R WACK AS SHYT. AND I GUARANTEE SHE WONT HAVE A LONG CAREER CUZ SHE NOT BUILT FOR THIS INDUSTRY. SHE FOLDS AND CRUMBLES EVERY SINGLE TIME. MARK MY WORDS!

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jay_juvenile Reply:
April 27th, 2012 at 9:57 am
@msteefromdc, bitch its obvious that you a stereo typically mothafucka… thats why you using what “everyone” thinks to judge nicki… but I’m not mad, I’m just waiting for her to prove y’all wrong thats all.

jay_juvenile Reply:
April 27th, 2012 at 10:00 am
@msteefromdc, b*tch u obviously a stereo typical m*daf*ka, cos you using what “everyone” is saying to judge her, well i aint mad, I’m just gonna let her prove ya’ll wrong..u just wait n see..

NickiMinajLOVER Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 7:21 am
@NewShitBitch, I’m an idiot? ok bitch. I’m not gonna waste my time with an hater like you love. So have a blessed day sweetheart ;)

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TRP
April 25th, 2012 at 11:56 am
Dramatic, Dramatic, antics, antics.

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Hip-Hop Fiend
April 25th, 2012 at 12:06 pm
Are people really shocked that she came back? Artist have more value on Twitter than they doing going on MTV or BET now a days. Any artist who leaves Twitter for good is stupid as fuck… Can’t wait to see the ass shot in the Starships video

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HAHAH
April 25th, 2012 at 12:11 pm
Deleting her Twitter didnt boost the album sales, she came back. LMAO. Attention ho.

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Capristo
April 25th, 2012 at 12:21 pm
I love her but I think this whole twitter thing was a fake for some promo for starship

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itsme
April 25th, 2012 at 12:24 pm
PR stunt gone wrong…but as soon as Baby cash the check and buy all of her followers back she will have 11 million again…

Nicki you are done here! give it up…

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OnikaCarter
April 25th, 2012 at 12:36 pm
Im pretty excited for this one, bring it on Nicki!

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rob
April 25th, 2012 at 12:38 pm
yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy :)

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Shakur
April 25th, 2012 at 12:43 pm
Glad to see Nicki Minaj is back on tiwtter and can’t wait to see the Starships music video .And for everyone who is saying she did it for a stunt you sound stupid because alot of artist have taken down there twitter and came back . We all do it we all get feed up with sites like facebook and twitter and take a break from them. What makes Nicki case any different. The album is gonna get more sales once she goes on tour and singles get released and music videos come out .

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Claudio
April 25th, 2012 at 1:07 pm
In yo muthaphuqin FACE lil kim loverz Phuqa HATER ASZ BY0TCH RAGGEDY ANNKIMS

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Kilyan
April 25th, 2012 at 1:07 pm
She’s even more a joke that I thought she waS !

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@iJustoriginate
April 25th, 2012 at 1:12 pm
The Queen Has Returned

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itsme
April 25th, 2012 at 2:35 pm
Nicki restored her twitter just in time to promote starships video. She didn’t come back for you broke a$$ barbs. She is doing this for promo…and she needs to promote Pink FLOPday: ReBLOATED

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tune Reply:
April 25th, 2012 at 4:34 pm
@itsme, LMFAO Pink FLOPday: Roman ReBLOATED, you forgot to add the “roman” part lol

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Dylan Reply:
April 25th, 2012 at 4:39 pm
@itsme, get a life Nicki Minaj album the best grow up

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Snakes in the grains Reply:
April 25th, 2012 at 4:51 pm
@Dylan, If you think nicki minaj album good then you need to grow up

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nojusthenry
April 25th, 2012 at 3:13 pm
yeah… starships!! #king

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BEDSTUYFLY
April 25th, 2012 at 3:26 pm
Retard

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Billionaire
April 25th, 2012 at 3:47 pm
Shocker -_- that she returns a day before the release of her starship video. She did all that because she wanted attention and everyone to talk about the reason she left which would instantly draw ppl towards the LP to see why it flop which reversely work. Got to admit it was brilliant but still i do not buy what she’s selling!

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renny
April 25th, 2012 at 4:45 pm
only nicki minaj YOUNG ass stan base keep falling for this gimmick.. the real world is over her

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Mike Reply:
April 25th, 2012 at 5:46 pm
@renny, Right? smh

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R2D2
April 25th, 2012 at 5:06 pm
i see u nicki.

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PrettyLilKat
April 25th, 2012 at 5:58 pm
Yea… there’s deff only 3 songs that I would listen to on her new album and they go hard af but its deff NOT Starships or that shit w/Chris Brown. I like Nicki but she is a CLOWN foreal and I think she’s better on features than she is on her own shit smh, but to each his own. It’s deff not nothin to get excited about, she came back to Twitter lol big whoop, Jay Z retired like 30 times and came back to sell records, the shit didn’t work for her *shruggs lmao

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jaa
April 25th, 2012 at 8:04 pm
TREATS HER FANS LIKE SHIZZ AND THEY STILL UP ON THAT CLOWN COUTURE-TOTIN’ TRICK.. KARAZY *SMFH*

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Skelly Reply:
April 25th, 2012 at 10:08 pm
@jaa,
You said it right.

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jay_tha_juvenile
April 25th, 2012 at 9:20 pm
well i’m always gonna be a nicki fan.. but it can’t possibly be a coincidence that she came back to twitter just a day before starship’s video premiere.. not nice nicki.. not nice at all..

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Ryan Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 3:26 am
@jay_tha_juvenile, you fool. She’s only trying to make her barbz happy, i don’t think it’s because of the video

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Mike Reply:
April 26th, 2012 at 6:02 am
@Ryan, Your so naive and gullible.

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me
April 25th, 2012 at 9:30 pm
y’all some FOOLS! ya’ll knew damn well nicki did that shit to promote that vid. Im glad i don’t ride for this chick. and SO WHAT I POSTED!!!!

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TheDreamer
April 25th, 2012 at 11:07 pm
I think that her leaving twitter was for publicity. I can’t take her seriously anymore.

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maya
April 27th, 2012 at 6:42 am
she THIRST for attention.

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NickiLove
April 28th, 2012 at 7:27 am
Yeaaaaah! Nicki is the Best!!

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