Kanye West's Monster turns 7 today but when we talk about Monster it's rarely Yeezy we're talking about.

It featured Nicki Minaj's most iconic verse ever, one that launched her as one of the heavyweight rap stars and also became a centrepiece of Kanye's incredible My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy album.

On Twitter, Minaj has done some reminiscing about the verse and says that there was a point when it looked like Monster wouldn't be on the album. 

"Kanye called me to tell me Jay put a verse on this song & that he was still deciding if he would put it on his album," she wrote on Instagram. 

"It was like an hour long call where I tried to convince him to let the song stay on his album. He felt this verse would end up being the talk of the album. I said: YOU’RE KANYE WEST!!!!"

She further thanked Kanye for being the "genius" that he is.

"You always put others first. I fought u every step of the way but it worked out."

 

7 year anniversary of #Monster Kanye called me to tell me Jay put a verse on this song & that he was still deciding if he would put it on his album. Haha. It was like an hour long call where I tried to convince him to let the song stay on his album. He felt this verse would end up being the talk of the album. I said: YOU’RE KANYE WEST!!!! ???? I became the first female rapper to perform @ Yankee Stadium on the JAY/Eminem stadium tour. When I saw him, Jay said: “when u got so nice”? I said: “I been nice”! Ha! Kanye, thank you for being the genius you are. You always put others first. I fought u every step of the way but it worked out. (He wanted me to add more of that growling monster voice and I felt it was over kill.) He wouldn’t give in. In the end, maybe he was right. Ha! - this song featured Barbie and Roman. Chyna was my stunt double in the video. (Due to her ASSets). Amber had spoken highly of me to Ye n pushed for him to meet with me. The rest is history. Ye, Jay, Em...All 3 of them helped me in some way. Love

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