The tutorial to writing like Nicki Minaj

You're Nicki Minaj (or any Young Money rapper) and you have to write a 16-bar verse in 5 minutes.

Simple.

You're writing 16 lines, so that's 4 rhyme series.

Lines 1-4: Rhyme Series A, 5-8: Rhyme Series B, 9-12: Rhyme Series C, 13-16: Rhyme Series D

Now the good thing about this is that your rhymes can be really simple because you're Nicki Minaj.

You might notice that the rhymes I use in this tutorial aren't simple enough for Nicki Minaj.

Let's do A first.

Step 1: Think of 4 things that rhyme. They don't have to relate to each other. List them all:

Go to bed
Overfed
Loaf of bread
Motorhead

Step 2: Place a phrase before each rhyme that links with it.

Now these rhymes have nothing to do with each other but we can link them together poorly (because we're Nicki Minaj) with some boasting cliches. Let's start with "go to bed":

N*ggas always sleep on me... go to bed

Now for "overfed." Ah, that's to do with eating, so we can recall another boasting cliche: being hungry.

No one as hungry in this game... overfed

Now "loaf of bread." How can "loaf of bread" be turned into a boasting cliche? Ah, bread is made of dough. Nicki Minaj is known for witlessly boasting about her money (see: Monster).

N*ggas know I got the dough... loaf of bread

Now "motorhead." Well, she's bragging about money... may as well brag about cars. "Coat of red" could work as an internal rhyme.

Coat of red on the rims... motorhead

Yes, it really is as simple as that. Just pause after the phrase, and say the rhyme. The antecedent phrase is there to confuse listeners into thinking it's well thought-out.

Here are the 4 lines in all their glory:

N*ggas always sleep on me, go to bed
No one as hungry in this game, overfed
N*ggas know I got the dough, loaf of bread
Coat of red on the rims, motorhead


There's a quick tutorial on how to quickly write 4 Nicki Minaj bars. Just repeat that process 3 more times and you have a verse written in under 5 minutes. I call it the "Young Money Method."

You can see Nicki Minaj applying this formula in her Roman's Revenge verse:

4 rhymes:

Cacklin'
Panickin'
Vatican
Mannequin

Link them together with boasting phrases and then have a pause before the rhyme.

4 rhymes:

Overnight
Overwrite
Motorbike
Overbite

Link them together with boasting phrases and then have a pause before the rhyme.

You can also see Drake applying this formula in his "Forever" verse:

Nino
Nemo
Chemo