Trini Dem Girls
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Single by Nicki Minaj featuring LunchMoney Lewis | ||||||||||
from the album The Pinkprint | ||||||||||
Released | September 1, 2015 | |||||||||
Recorded | Eightysevenfourteen Studios (Los Angeles); Glenwood Place Studios (Burbank, California); The Record Plant (Hollywood)[1] | |||||||||
Genre | Electro-dancehall | |||||||||
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"Trini Dem Girls" is a song recorded by Trinidadian-born American rapper Nicki Minaj for her third studio album The Pinkprint (2014). It features guest vocals by American rapper LunchMoney Lewis. The song was written by Minaj, Jeremy Coleman, Jacob Kasher, Lewis, Theron Thomas of Rock City, Alexander Castillo Vasquez, Cirkut and Dr. Luke, and produced by latter with Cirkut, A.C and JMIKE.[1] The song is an electro-dancehall track, about Minaj's birth country Trinidad and Tobago.[2]
It was sent to rhythmic contemporary radio in the United States on September 1, 2015, as the album's seventh single.[3][4]
Live performance
Minaj opened the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards with a performance of "Trini Dem Girls" followed by "The Night Is Still Young" featuring guest Taylor Swift, who then performed "Bad Blood".[5]
Charts
Chart (2015) | Peak position |
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US Rhythmic (Billboard)[6] | 26 |
References
- 1 2 The Pinkprint (Media notes). Nicki Minaj. Mexico: Cash Money Records. 2014. p. 5-6. 4708787.
- ↑ Lockett, Dee (December 12, 2014). "Nicki Minaj’s The Pinkprint: A Track-by-Track Breakdown". Slate. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
- ↑ "Available For Airplay". FMQB. Archived from the original on August 25, 2015.
- ↑ O'Mance, Brad (August 13, 2015). "Nicki Minaj's next single will be 'Trini Dem Girls'". Popjustice. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
- ↑ Boardman, Madeline (August 30, 2015). "Nicki Minaj brings out Taylor Swift to open the 2015 MTV VMAs". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
- ↑ "Nicki Minaj – Chart history" Billboard Rhythmic Songs for Nicki Minaj. Retrieved September 17, 2015.