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and Lil Baby. It was released on February 4, 2022. The music video runs nine minutes long and is inspired by the 2010 movie ''Salt''. In the United States, the song debuted and peaked at number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and topped the

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chart. Internationally, it reached number three in South Africa, and 14 in Canada. It was included on Minaj's first greatest hits album, '' Queen Radio: Volume 1'' (2022).

Background

On September 30, 2020, Minaj gave birth to a son, nicknamed "Papa Bear", and announced a break from music to focus on raising her child. After being featured on the remix of Bia's 2021 single, "

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" and Jesy Nelson's 2021 debut single " Boyz", Minaj began teasing new music in January 2022 and released a teaser for "Do We Have a Problem?" on January 31. She also shared a hotline and asked fans to respond with problems they were facing in their lives, which she would respond to. In an interview, Minaj said that motherhood had changed her approach to writing lyrics and that she wanted to now stray from penning songs that were too overtly sexual and that she wanted to return to the

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-style bars she used earlier in her career. In an interview with

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on Apple Music 1, Minaj said that upon hearing the track's beat for the first time she immediately knew she wanted to include Lil Baby on it because it was his "vibe" and the song was "to bring back rap records" with the "natural essence of rap".

Critical reception

Jessica McKinney of '' Complex'' complimented Minaj's delivery on the first verse, saying that she "demonstrates her skill, weaving in and out of different flows while paying homage to fallen rappers", while Eric Skelton said that she was "clearly trying to push herself into new territory." Skelton also called the song ambitious and said that "for the most part hellip;Nicki pulled off what she was going for".

Accolades

Commercial performance

"Do We Have a Problem?" charted within the top 20 in four territories. The song debuted at number seven on the ''Billboard'' Global 200 chart dated February 19, 2022, earning Minaj her eleventh entry and her first top-10 entry, and marked Lil Baby's fifth. In the United States, "Do We Have a Problem?" debuted at number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart issue dated February 19, 2022. It marked Minaj's 20th career top-10 entry on the Hot 100, and Lil Baby's ninth; it concurrently tied as Lil Baby's highest-charting entry since his

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collaborations "

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" and "

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" both debuted and peaked at #2 in March and September 2021 respectively. Additionally, "Do We Have a Problem?" debuted atop the

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chart with 48,000 digital downloads sold in its first week, marking Minaj's ninth chart topper Lil Baby's first on the chart. The song drew 24.4 million on-demand streams, allowing it to debut at number two on the Streaming Songs chart. "Do We Have a Problem?" also topped the

and Hot Rap Songs charts, earning Minaj her seventh number-one and Lil Baby's first on both. It spent thirteen weeks on the Hot 100. In Canada, the song debuted at number 14 on the

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. In the United Kingdom, the track entered the

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at number 31, while debuting at number 16 on the UK R&B Chart, for the week ending February 17, 2022. In Ireland, it landed at number 48 on the

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, while reaching number seven in Hungary singles sales chart. The song reached a peak of number six on the New Zealand Hot Singles chart, the ranking of songs out of the

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, and peaked at number three in South Africa.

Music video

Minaj released the teaser for the music video on January 31, 2022. The video is themed around the 2010 movie ''

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'', which Minaj describes as "one of her favorite films". The nine-minute visual, directed by

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, features actors Cory Hardrict and

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and sees Minaj play a double agent. She released the official music video on February 4, 2022. The video received the award for Best Hip-Hop Video at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards.

Track listing

Digital download / streaming # "Do We Have a Problem?" – 3:27 Digital download / streaming – instrumental # "Do We Have a Problem?" (Instrumental) – 3:27

Charts

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Certifications

Release history

References

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