2020Released
2:36

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Nicki Minaj dropped this trap banger on February 7, 2020. The Pooh Beatz-produced track finds a fiery and confrontational Minaj assuring us all she's still the Queen of Rap.

The song includes jabs at Minaj's ex-boyfriend Meek Mill, with whom she had a heated online exchange leading up to the song's release. Yikes, I play tag and you It for life Yikes Yikes, you a clown, you do it for likes The lyric is a reference to Stephen King's 1986 horror novel It, whose main character, Pennywise, is a clown. After Meek said that that he liked a meme that took a shot at Minaj's husband, Kenneth Petty, the Queen's MC lashed out at her former boyfriend on social media. She called the Philly rapper a clown and alleged he abused her, his sister and his mother. Minaj further ridiculed the Dreams and Nightmares hitmaker by showing old photos of him in 2017 wearing feminine-looking pants. Sources claim Minaj delayed the song so that she could add the shots at Meek.

When Minaj first teased the song on her Twitter on February 4, 2020, she received a backlash for a reference to Rosa Parks. The release of the snippet was not good timing - it coincided with the late civil rights activist's 107th birthday. The Rap Queen didn't care: She responded saying, "Never said this. Had no clue anyone was mad. Don't care. #Yikes."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Yikes.
G♯Key
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
150BPM

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The album Yikes is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Yikes.
Young Money/Cash Money Records
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