Nicki Minaj has proven to be both a hip-hop and pop threat, but her versatility doesn't stop there. Through the years, the Trinidad-born hitmaker has dabbled in dancehall, showing off her Caribbean swag, making her most recent splash with labelmate Busta Rhymes on the remix to his new reggae-drenched single, "Twerk It."
This isn't the first time Nicki has embraced dancehall, either. Back in 2010, she hopped on a remix of Jamaican reggae singer Gyptian's hit "Hold You," and earlier this year, she contributed to French Montana's Lil Vicious-sampling single "Freaks." Though Montana's single is technically a rap song, Nicki's verse was drenched with island slang. "I feel like this song brings back the essence of the dancehall," French told MTV News about "Freaks" back in March. "I feel like just the dances alone in this song is gonna take it somewhere else."
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