{"id":1735,"date":"2014-09-12T07:47:03","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T07:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=1735"},"modified":"2014-09-12T07:47:03","modified_gmt":"2014-09-12T07:47:03","slug":"kukere-master-iyanya-offers-nicki-minaj-300000-for-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=1735","title":{"rendered":"Kukere Master, Iyanya Offers Nicki Minaj $300,000 For Collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IYANYA_Cover-600x568.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1736\" alt=\"IYANYA_Cover-600x568\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IYANYA_Cover-600x568-300x284.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IYANYA_Cover-600x568-300x284.png 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/IYANYA_Cover-600x568.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nNigerian pop sensation, Iyanya Mbuk is trying to secure a duet with sexy American rapper, Nicki Minaj, Nigerian Entertainment Today has reliably gathered. A top industry source confirmed the Project Fame winner is willing to pay as much as $300,000 \u2013 approximately N50m \u2013 to jump on a track with him.<\/p>\n<p>With talks already having reached an advanced stage between both camps, Iyanya, who just returned to the country from London where he performed at a classy society wedding, is set to jet back to the United States to seal the deal. \u2018It\u2019s an on-going project\u2019, a source tells Naijapals.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018He has to now go back to Los Angeles again to try and get her on the track\u2019. Minaj, who has won 4 American Music Awards, 8 BET Awards, two MTV Music Awards, 5 Billboard Music Awards among others, is signed to Young Money Entertainment. She has never collaborated with a Nigerian act.<\/p>\n<p>There were however recent reports of a pending collaboration with KCEE who, like Iyanya, is an MTN Ambassador. Iyanya\u2019s manager, Ubi Franklin tells our correspondent a Nicki Minaj collabo is not in the works.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Who said that, where did you hear that? He asked; adding \u2018there\u2019s no gist like that, if anything like that would happen, you\u2019ll hear from our publicist.\u2019 When probed further, however on the existence or otherwise of such a paid collaboration with Nicki Minaj, Franklin said: \u2018I\u2019ll be so glad if it happens, I\u2019m very open to the idea of doing a song with her.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>It is not the first time a Nigerian music act would be paying for collaborations with foreign acts, with the likes of D\u2019Banj and P-Square among those who have paid huge sums for collaborative efforts with US stars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigerian pop sensation, Iyanya Mbuk is trying to secure a duet with sexy American rapper, Nicki Minaj, Nigerian Entertainment Today has reliably gathered. A top industry source confirmed the Project Fame winner is willing to pay as much as $300,000 \u2013 approximately N50m \u2013 to jump on a track with him. 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