"FTCU" | ||||
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Single by Nicki Minaj | ||||
from the album Pink Friday 2 | ||||
Released | January 10, 2024 | |||
Recorded | 2023 | |||
Genre | Trap | |||
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Producer(s) | ATL Jacob | |||
Nicki Minaj singles chronology | ||||
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"FTCU" on YouTube |
"FTCU" is a song by rapper Nicki Minaj from her fifth studio album Pink Friday 2 (2023). The song impacted rhythmic radio as the album's fifth single on January 30, 2024, through Young Money and Republic Records. Produced by ATL Jacob, it contains a sample of "Fuck the Club Up" by Waka Flocka Flame featuring Pastor Troy and Slim Dunkin. A remix entitled the "Sleezemix" featuring Travis Scott, Chris Brown and Sexyy Red was released on April 19, 2024.
The song samples lyrics from "Fuck the Club Up" [1] and contains trap production. [2] It finds Nicki Minaj asserting her dominance in the hip hop music industry. [3] [4] In addition, she seemingly takes shots at fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion in the second verse with lyrics mentioning rappers Tory Lanez and Iggy Azalea: "Stay in your Tory lane, bitch, I'm not Iggy"; Lanez had shot Megan Thee Stallion in 2020. Azalea had written a letter in support of him to the court in the legal case of the shooting. [2] [5]
Robin Murray of Clash called the song a "foul-mouthed club salute". [6] Nick Malone of PopMatters described the bass in the song's production as a "pimp smack to the jaw". [7] Fred Thomas of AllMusic regarded the song to be one of the "concise burners" from Pink Friday 2. [8] However, Julianne Escobedo Shepherd of Pitchfork commented "Minaj should be taking a victory lap—she is one of the most important rappers of this century—and yet she seems to feel like she has to keep reiterating her position and punching down, hitting a low point on the Waka Flocka-sampling 'FTCU' when she raps, 'Stay in your Tory lane, bitch, I'm not Iggy.'" [4]
Minaj appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on December 20, 2023, and performed a freestyle over the beat of FTCU, "battling" Colbert. [9] A remix of the song entitled "Sleezemix" featuring rappers Travis Scott, Sexyy Red and singer Chris Brown was released on April 19, 2024.
Chart (2023–2024) | Peak position |
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Australia ( ARIA) [12] | 58 |
Australia Hip Hop/R&B ( ARIA) [13] | 10 |
Canada ( Canadian Hot 100) [14] | 23 |
Global 200 ( Billboard) [15] | 31 |
Greece International ( IFPI) [16] | 41 |
Ireland ( IRMA) [17] | 44 |
New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ) [18] | 23 |
UK Singles ( OCC) [19] | 40 |
UK Hip Hop/R&B ( OCC) [20] | 14 |
US Billboard Hot 100 [21] | 15 |
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs ( Billboard) [22] | 6 |
US Rhythmic ( Billboard) [23] | 1 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States ( RIAA) [24] | Platinum | 1,000,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format | Version | Label | Ref. |
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Various | January 10, 2024 | Original | [10] | ||
United States | January 30, 2024 | Rhythmic contemporary radio | [25] | ||
Various | April 19, 2024 |
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Sleezemix | [11] |