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No Frauds

December 15, 2023

Not to be confused with No Fraud.

"No Frauds" is a diss track by Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj, featuring Canadian rapper Drake, and American rapper Lil Wayne. It is a response to Remy Ma's 2017 song "Shether", a nearly seven-minute-long diss track aimed at Minaj. Produced by Murda Beatz and Cubeatz, the song was released as a single on March 10, 2017, by Young Money Entertainment, Cash Money Records, and Republic Records alongside "Changed It" and "Regret in Your Tears". In the song, Minaj criticizes Ma for her prison sentence and her record sales, among other things.

"No Frauds"
Single by Nicki Minaj, Drake and Lil Wayne
ReleasedMarch 10, 2017 (2017-03-10)
Recorded2017
GenreHip hop
Length4:32
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Nicki Minaj singles chronology
"Changed It"
(2017) 		"No Frauds"
(2017) 		"Regret in Your Tears"
(2017)
Drake singles chronology
"Both"
(2017) 		"No Frauds"
(2017) 		"Passionfruit"
(2017)
Lil Wayne singles chronology
"Changed It"
(2017) 		"No Frauds"
(2017) 		"Light My Body Up"
(2017)
Music video
"No Frauds" on YouTube

"No Frauds" debuted and peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100. Critics compared the song poorly to "Shether" and criticized Drake and Lil Wayne's appearances on the song. On April 19, the Benny Boom-directed music video for "No Frauds" was released, and showed the rappers in various locations throughout London. The video garnered backlash due to a scene featuring Minaj on the Westminster Bridge a month after the 2017 Westminster attack.

Background and release edit

 
"No Frauds" was written as a response to the diss track "Shether" by fellow American rapper Remy Ma (pictured).

Throughout the mid-2000s, American rapper Remy Ma, a member of the hip hop group Terror Squad, frequently referred to herself in lyrics as the "queen of rap" and the "queen of NY".[1] In 2007, Nicki Minaj released her debut mixtape, Playtime is Over, featuring the song "Dirty Money", on which she raps, "Tell that bitch with the crown to run it like Chris Brown," over the beat from Ma and Fat Joe's song "Yeah Yeah Yeah" from Terror Squad's final album, True Story. Ma, believing the verse to be directed towards her, confronted Minaj during a release party about the lyric.[2] Ma was later sentenced to eight years in jail on charges of first-degree assault in May 2008 after shooting a friend of hers, who allegedly stole several hundred dollars from Ma.[3] During Ma's time in jail, Minaj rose to fame. In August 2014, upon her release from prison, Ma spoke kindly about Minaj in interviews, stating that she was supported by Minaj during her time in jail and that she wanted to record a song with her.[4] By late 2016, Ma had rapped several verses which fans perceived to be against Minaj, including in a cypher during the 2016 BET Hip Hop Awards, on her song "Money Showers" with Fat Joe, on a remix of the Phresher song "Wait a Minute",[5] and in a freestyle on Funkmaster Flex's show on the radio station Hot 97.[6]

In February 2017, Minaj was featured on the Jason Derulo song "Swalla", on which she rapped, "I gave these bitches two years, now your time's up/Bless her heart, she throwing shots, but every line sucks," perceived by fans to be a diss towards Ma, with "two years" presumably referencing the two years Ma had spent out of prison at the time of the song's release.[7] Two days later, she released the song "Make Love" with American rapper Gucci Mane, where she rapped, "Oooohhh, oh you the qu-e-e-the queen of this here?/One platinum plaque, album flopped, bitch, where?", referencing the fact that Ma had recently received her first RIAA platinum certification for her song Fat Joe collaboration "All the Way Up", as well as the sales of Ma's album with Fat Joe, Plata O Plomo. Minaj went on to rap, "You see, silly rabbit, to be the queen of rap/You gotta sell records, you gotta get plaques", a reference to Ma's declaration that she was the "queen of rap".[8]

One day after the release of "Make Love", Ma recorded and released the song "Shether", a nearly seven-minute-long diss track against Minaj which sampled the instrumental from Nas's song "Ether" in which she attacked Minaj for allegedly using a ghostwriter, her alleged plastic surgery, her fashion, her record deal, and the child sexual assault charges against Minaj's brother, and more.[9] Minaj responded on Instagram by posting a screenshot of an article showing the opening week sales of Plata O Plomo as well as a video of American singer Beyoncé calling Minaj a "rap queen".[2] Ma later released a second diss track directed at Minaj, "Another One".[10]

On March 10, 2017, Nicki Minaj released three singles: "Regret in Your Tears", "Changed It" with Lil Wayne, and "No Frauds" with Drake and Lil Wayne, as part of her "#3PackFromParis" collection, recorded during her time at Paris Fashion Week.[11] All three singles were intended to appear on her fourth studio album, Queen, but were ultimately kept as standalone singles.[12][13] Following its release, Minaj posted to Instagram, writing that she was issuing a challenge to Ma, giving her "72 hours to drop a hit" and promising her half a million dollars if she was able to "book any show or interview" without mentioning Minaj, adding "Here @ Young Money, we don't do diss records, we drop HIT RECORDS & diss u ON them."[10] She also responded to critics who criticized the delayed timing of her response to Ma, writing, "The greats took 3 months to respond to diss records. Queens don't move on peasant time."[14]

Composition and lyrics edit

 
"No Frauds"
On "No Frauds", Minaj attacks Remy Ma for her prison sentence for shooting her friend and her song "Another One", a diss track against Minaj which samples Drake's diss track "Back to Back".
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"No Frauds" is a diss track aimed at Remy Ma. The song's title and chorus are a response to a lyric from Ma's second diss track against Minaj, "Another One", where she raps, "I swear to God, this chick a real fraud."[15] In the song, Minaj criticizes Ma for her time in jail and her record sales, while also accusing Ma of getting plastic surgery and not being able to get clearance from Jay-Z to include the remix of "All the Way Up" on Plata O Plomo.[10][16] She also makes mention of her own relationship with comedian Ellen DeGeneres, rapping, "I am the generous queen, ask Ms. Ellen."[17] She goes on to criticize "Another One" while suggesting that Ma uses a ghostwriter, rapping, "Tried to drop 'Another One', you was itchin' to scrap / You exposed your ghostwriter, now you wish it was scrapped."[15] The song has a "tense" and "sneaky" beat.[18] Social media users compared the song's production to that of Drake's song "Summer Sixteen", also produced by Cubeatz.[19]

Promotion and reception edit

For Billboard, Sowmya Krishnamurthy wrote that "No Frauds" "completely misses the point of 'Shether'", adding, "The biggest impediment against 'No Frauds' – lyrics notwithstanding – was timing." Krishnamurthy also considered Drake and Wayne's appearance on the song "misaligned", writing that Minaj was "more than equipped at a solo response".[14] Tom Breihan of Stereogum remarked that the only artist on "No Frauds" who "still sounds as good as ever" is Nicki, calling her verse "a great rap diss verse" and "vicious and righteous and petty and regal", but went on to write, "Remy still won, and I don't think Nicki will ever be able to do anything to change that."[18] Writing for DJBooth, Brian "Z" Zisook called "Shether" "more cutting" and "more impressive" than "No Frauds", adding that Minaj "will be declared the winner by the public internet...as its ['No Frauds'] star power will basically guarantee more play than the quality of the song should merit". Zisook also criticized the appearance of Drake and Lil Wayne on the song, writing that "neither of them addressed the situation" and "the first lesson in Diss Records 101 says you don't bring backup to a rap battle".[20]

"No Frauds" sold 78,861 copies during the first week of its release, debuting and peaking at number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100 during the week dated April 1, 2017. The song fell 70 spots to number 84 in its second week.[21] Minaj performed "No Frauds" at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards and the 2017 NBA Awards.[22][23] She also performed the song at the Hot 107.9 Birthday Bash concert, where Ma was also performing.[24]

Music video edit

 
Rah Ali, an American television personality and Remy Ma's co-star on the reality television series Love & Hip Hop: New York, is mentioned by Minaj in "No Frauds" and makes an appearance in the song's music video.

The music video for "No Frauds" was released on April 19, 2017, a month after the song's release, and directed by Benny Boom. The video was filmed in various locations throughout London, including in front of Big Ben and in a club, and features Minaj, Drake, and Lil Wayne posing in those locations. In the video, Minaj wears clothing from Alexander McQueen and Agent Provocateur,[25] Demode, and Osmose.[26] Ma's Love & Hip Hop: New York co-star and former friend, Rah Ali, also makes a cameo in the video.[27] The video was described as "flashy" and "luxurious" by Nolan Feeney of Entertainment Weekly.[28]

Reception edit

Out's Justin Moran called the "No Frauds" video "surprisingly snoozy", writing, "Boom's treatment seems to rely heavily on Young Money's involvement, as Minaj ultimately gets outshined by the fire looks she wears throughout. Truthfully, her 'No Frauds' video should be credited as, 'Looks, featuring Nicki Minaj'."[29] In 2019, Kelsey Klemme of E! listed "No Frauds" as one of Minaj's best music videos.[30]

The music video received some backlash and criticism from fans and the media in the United Kingdom for featuring footage of Minaj on the Westminster Bridge, which had been the site of a terror attack weeks earlier. Previously, it was noted that clips of the bridge in the video would be cut. "When everybody involved in the project heard the news they were devastated and thought it would be in bad taste to feature it. The other London scenes will remain, but it's highly doubtful the bridge footage will make the cut", said an unnamed source from Minaj's camp via The Sun. Despite the statement, the scenes still ended up in the final cut of the video.[31][32]

Personnel edit

Adapted from TIDAL.[33]

Production

Technical

  • 40 – engineering
  • Jeff Edwards – engineering
  • Aubry "Big Juice" Delaine – engineering
  • Nicki Valentin – assistant engineer
  • Yann Bordejo – assistant engineer
  • Jaycen Joshua – mixing
  • Dave Nakaji – assistant mixer
  • Iván Jiménez – assistant mixer

Charts edit

Certifications edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[54] Gold 40,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[55] Silver 200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history edit

Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various March 10, 2017 Digital download

[56]

United States March 14, 2017 Rhythmic contemporary [57]

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Not to be confused with No Fraud No Frauds is a diss track by Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj featuring Canadian rapper Drake and American rapper Lil Wayne It is a response to Remy Ma s 2017 song Shether a nearly seven minute long diss track aimed at Minaj Produced by Murda Beatz and Cubeatz the song was released as a single on March 10 2017 by Young Money Entertainment Cash Money Records and Republic Records alongside Changed It and Regret in Your Tears In the song Minaj criticizes Ma for her prison sentence and her record sales among other things No Frauds Single by Nicki Minaj Drake and Lil WayneReleasedMarch 10 2017 2017 03 10 Recorded2017GenreHip hopLength4 32LabelYoung Money Cash Money RepublicSongwriter s Onika Maraj Dwayne Carter Jr Aubrey Graham Brittany Hazzard Shane Lindstrom Tim Gomringer Kevin GomringerProducer s Murda BeatzCubeatzNicki Minaj singles chronology Changed It 2017 No Frauds 2017 Regret in Your Tears 2017 Drake singles chronology Both 2017 No Frauds 2017 Passionfruit 2017 Lil Wayne singles chronology Changed It 2017 No Frauds 2017 Light My Body Up 2017 Music video No Frauds on YouTube No Frauds debuted and peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 Critics compared the song poorly to Shether and criticized Drake and Lil Wayne s appearances on the song On April 19 the Benny Boom directed music video for No Frauds was released and showed the rappers in various locations throughout London The video garnered backlash due to a scene featuring Minaj on the Westminster Bridge a month after the 2017 Westminster attack Contents 1 Background and release 2 Composition and lyrics 3 Promotion and reception 4 Music video 4 1 Reception 5 Personnel 6 Charts 6 1 Weekly charts 6 2 Year end charts 7 Certifications 8 Release history 9 ReferencesBackground and release edit nbsp No Frauds was written as a response to the diss track Shether by fellow American rapper Remy Ma pictured Throughout the mid 2000s American rapper Remy Ma a member of the hip hop group Terror Squad frequently referred to herself in lyrics as the queen of rap and the queen of NY 1 In 2007 Nicki Minaj released her debut mixtape Playtime is Over featuring the song Dirty Money on which she raps Tell that bitch with the crown to run it like Chris Brown over the beat from Ma and Fat Joe s song Yeah Yeah Yeah from Terror Squad s final album True Story Ma believing the verse to be directed towards her confronted Minaj during a release party about the lyric 2 Ma was later sentenced to eight years in jail on charges of first degree assault in May 2008 after shooting a friend of hers who allegedly stole several hundred dollars from Ma 3 During Ma s time in jail Minaj rose to fame In August 2014 upon her release from prison Ma spoke kindly about Minaj in interviews stating that she was supported by Minaj during her time in jail and that she wanted to record a song with her 4 By late 2016 Ma had rapped several verses which fans perceived to be against Minaj including in a cypher during the 2016 BET Hip Hop Awards on her song Money Showers with Fat Joe on a remix of the Phresher song Wait a Minute 5 and in a freestyle on Funkmaster Flex s show on the radio station Hot 97 6 In February 2017 Minaj was featured on the Jason Derulo song Swalla on which she rapped I gave these bitches two years now your time s up Bless her heart she throwing shots but every line sucks perceived by fans to be a diss towards Ma with two years presumably referencing the two years Ma had spent out of prison at the time of the song s release 7 Two days later she released the song Make Love with American rapper Gucci Mane where she rapped Oooohhh oh you the qu e e the queen of this here One platinum plaque album flopped bitch where referencing the fact that Ma had recently received her first RIAA platinum certification for her song Fat Joe collaboration All the Way Up as well as the sales of Ma s album with Fat Joe Plata O Plomo Minaj went on to rap You see silly rabbit to be the queen of rap You gotta sell records you gotta get plaques a reference to Ma s declaration that she was the queen of rap 8 One day after the release of Make Love Ma recorded and released the song Shether a nearly seven minute long diss track against Minaj which sampled the instrumental from Nas s song Ether in which she attacked Minaj for allegedly using a ghostwriter her alleged plastic surgery her fashion her record deal and the child sexual assault charges against Minaj s brother and more 9 Minaj responded on Instagram by posting a screenshot of an article showing the opening week sales of Plata O Plomo as well as a video of American singer Beyonce calling Minaj a rap queen 2 Ma later released a second diss track directed at Minaj Another One 10 On March 10 2017 Nicki Minaj released three singles Regret in Your Tears Changed It with Lil Wayne and No Frauds with Drake and Lil Wayne as part of her 3PackFromParis collection recorded during her time at Paris Fashion Week 11 All three singles were intended to appear on her fourth studio album Queen but were ultimately kept as standalone singles 12 13 Following its release Minaj posted to Instagram writing that she was issuing a challenge to Ma giving her 72 hours to drop a hit and promising her half a million dollars if she was able to book any show or interview without mentioning Minaj adding Here Young Money we don t do diss records we drop HIT RECORDS amp diss u ON them 10 She also responded to critics who criticized the delayed timing of her response to Ma writing The greats took 3 months to respond to diss records Queens don t move on peasant time 14 Composition and lyrics edit nbsp No Frauds source source On No Frauds Minaj attacks Remy Ma for her prison sentence for shooting her friend and her song Another One a diss track against Minaj which samples Drake s diss track Back to Back Problems playing this file See media help No Frauds is a diss track aimed at Remy Ma The song s title and chorus are a response to a lyric from Ma s second diss track against Minaj Another One where she raps I swear to God this chick a real fraud 15 In the song Minaj criticizes Ma for her time in jail and her record sales while also accusing Ma of getting plastic surgery and not being able to get clearance from Jay Z to include the remix of All the Way Up on Plata O Plomo 10 16 She also makes mention of her own relationship with comedian Ellen DeGeneres rapping I am the generous queen ask Ms Ellen 17 She goes on to criticize Another One while suggesting that Ma uses a ghostwriter rapping Tried to drop Another One you was itchin to scrap You exposed your ghostwriter now you wish it was scrapped 15 The song has a tense and sneaky beat 18 Social media users compared the song s production to that of Drake s song Summer Sixteen also produced by Cubeatz 19 Promotion and reception editFor Billboard Sowmya Krishnamurthy wrote that No Frauds completely misses the point of Shether adding The biggest impediment against No Frauds lyrics notwithstanding was timing Krishnamurthy also considered Drake and Wayne s appearance on the song misaligned writing that Minaj was more than equipped at a solo response 14 Tom Breihan of Stereogum remarked that the only artist on No Frauds who still sounds as good as ever is Nicki calling her verse a great rap diss verse and vicious and righteous and petty and regal but went on to write Remy still won and I don t think Nicki will ever be able to do anything to change that 18 Writing for DJBooth Brian Z Zisook called Shether more cutting and more impressive than No Frauds adding that Minaj will be declared the winner by the public internet as its No Frauds star power will basically guarantee more play than the quality of the song should merit Zisook also criticized the appearance of Drake and Lil Wayne on the song writing that neither of them addressed the situation and the first lesson in Diss Records 101 says you don t bring backup to a rap battle 20 No Frauds sold 78 861 copies during the first week of its release debuting and peaking at number 14 on the US Billboard Hot 100 during the week dated April 1 2017 The song fell 70 spots to number 84 in its second week 21 Minaj performed No Frauds at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards and the 2017 NBA Awards 22 23 She also performed the song at the Hot 107 9 Birthday Bash concert where Ma was also performing 24 Music video edit nbsp Rah Ali an American television personality and Remy Ma s co star on the reality television series Love amp Hip Hop New York is mentioned by Minaj in No Frauds and makes an appearance in the song s music video The music video for No Frauds was released on April 19 2017 a month after the song s release and directed by Benny Boom The video was filmed in various locations throughout London including in front of Big Ben and in a club and features Minaj Drake and Lil Wayne posing in those locations In the video Minaj wears clothing from Alexander McQueen and Agent Provocateur 25 Demode and Osmose 26 Ma s Love amp Hip Hop New York co star and former friend Rah Ali also makes a cameo in the video 27 The video was described as flashy and luxurious by Nolan Feeney of Entertainment Weekly 28 Reception edit Out s Justin Moran called the No Frauds video surprisingly snoozy writing Boom s treatment seems to rely heavily on Young Money s involvement as Minaj ultimately gets outshined by the fire looks she wears throughout Truthfully her No Frauds video should be credited as Looks featuring Nicki Minaj 29 In 2019 Kelsey Klemme of E listed No Frauds as one of Minaj s best music videos 30 The music video received some backlash and criticism from fans and the media in the United Kingdom for featuring footage of Minaj on the Westminster Bridge which had been the site of a terror attack weeks earlier Previously it was noted that clips of the bridge in the video would be cut When everybody involved in the project heard the news they were devastated and thought it would be in bad taste to feature it The other London scenes will remain but it s highly doubtful the bridge footage will make the cut said an unnamed source from Minaj s camp via The Sun Despite the statement the scenes still ended up in the final cut of the video 31 32 Personnel editAdapted from TIDAL 33 Production Cubeatz producer songwriting programming Murda Beatz producer songwriting programming bass drums Drake songwriting vocals Starrah songwriting Lil Wayne songwriting vocals Nicki Minaj songwriting vocals Technical 40 engineering Jeff Edwards engineering Aubry Big Juice Delaine engineering Nicki Valentin assistant engineer Yann Bordejo assistant engineer Jaycen Joshua mixing Dave Nakaji assistant mixer Ivan Jimenez assistant mixerCharts editWeekly charts edit Chart 2017 Peak positionAustralia ARIA 34 58Australia Urban ARIA 35 3Austria O3 Austria Top 40 36 73Belgium Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia 37 39Canada Canadian Hot 100 38 25CIS TopHit 39 424France SNEP 40 148Germany Official German Charts 41 95Ireland IRMA 42 71New Zealand Heatseekers RMNZ 43 3Portugal AFP 44 92Scotland OCC 45 42Sweden Sverigetopplistan 46 94Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 47 50UK Hip Hop R amp B OCC 48 2UK Singles OCC 49 49US Billboard Hot 100 50 14US Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs Billboard 51 8US Rhythmic Billboard 52 17 Year end charts edit Chart 2017 PositionUS Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs Billboard 53 92Certifications editRegion Certification Certified units salesCanada Music Canada 54 Gold 40 000 United Kingdom BPI 55 Silver 200 000 Sales streaming figures based on certification alone Release history editRegion Date Format Label Ref Various March 10 2017 Digital download Young Money Cash Money Republic 56 United States March 14 2017 Rhythmic contemporary 57 References edit Lang Cady March 3 2017 A Comprehensive Guide to the Nicki Minaj vs Remy Ma Feud Time Retrieved November 8 2020 a b Lamarre Carl February 28 2017 A Timeline of Nicki Minaj amp Remy Ma s Rocky Relationship Billboard Retrieved 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