Barbz Upset Nicki Minaj Isn’t In Netflix’s ‘Women in Hip-Hop’ Trailer

“I think bc Nicki is working on her own doc…I don’t understand why Missy didn’t agree,” Allen—whose involvement with the project is not yet verified—said in a follow-up. He noted other producers on the project include Dream Hampton, MC Lyte, Raeshem Nijhon, and Justin Simien, and that anyone’s irritation with the streaming service is misplaced. « Netflix bought it but didn’t produce it, » he wrote.

The four-episode project hits Netflix on Aug. 9. In the meantime, here’s what Netflix said in an official press release: “This timely limited doc series recontextualizes the irrepressible women of hip hop and their role in the genre’s 50 years by reinserting them into the canon where they belong: at the center, from day one to present day. By giving flowers to originators like Sha-Rock and Roxanne Shante or hearing real talk from contemporary superstars like Saweetie and Coi Leray, Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop contextualizes the history of the music that changed the world within the wider social, racial, and political landscape of the times and, crucially, through a female lens.”