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Karu F. Daniels

With ‘Super Freaky Girl,’ Nicki Minaj becomes first woman to debut at No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100 since Lauryn Hill

The Queen of the Barbz is back on top — this time making history on her very own.

Nicki Minaj has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with her newly released single “Super Freaky Girl,” making the hip-hop superstar the first female rapper to debut at the top spot in decades.

Not since Lauryn Hill reached the apex in 1998 with “Doo Wop (That Thing)” has a woman in hip-hop debuted on the pop music chart during her first week out.

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