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 –
approximately N50m – to jump on a track with him.
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.
'It's an on-going project', a source tells NET. 'He has
to now go back to Los Angeles again to try and get
her on the track'.
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.
There were however recent reports of a pending
collaboration with KCEE who, like Iyanya, is an
MTN Ambassador.
Iyanya's manager, Ubi Franklin tells our
correspondent a Nicki Minaj collabo is not in the
works.
'Who said that, where did you hear that? He asked;
adding 'there's no gist like that, if anything like that
would happen, you'll hear from our publicist.'
When probed further, however on the existence or
otherwise of such a paid collaboration with Nicki
Minaj, Franklin said: 'I'll be so glad if it happens,
I'm very open to the idea of doing a song with her.'
It is not the first time a Nigerian music act would be
paying for collaborations with foreign acts, with the
likes of D'Banj and P-Square among those who
have paid huge sums for collaborative efforts with US
stars.
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