"Rich Sex" is a song by Trinidadian-born rapper

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featuring American rapper

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. It was released as the first promotional single from Minaj's fourth studio album ''

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'' (2018) on June 11, 2018, by

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Release

Minaj released "Rich Sex" as the first promotional single on June 11 along with the announcement of her upcoming second single "

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Live performances

Minaj first performed the song in a medley consisting of "

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" and "Rich Sex" at the

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held on June 23.

Lawsuit

In January 2021, rapper and co-writer of the song Jawara Headley sued Minaj for more than $200 million over the track. Headley, professionally known as Brinx Billions, claimed he should be credited as the sole author, composer, writer and producer of "Rich Sex". In his legal filings, the writer alleged he first showed Minaj "Rich Sex" prior to 2016, when she said to him "it would be extremely marketable and become a global hit".

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. *

– lead vocals *

– vocals *J. Reid – songwriting,

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*Aubry "Big Juice" Delaine – songwriting, production, mixing engineering *Jawara Headley – songwriting *

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– mixing *Manny Galvez – mixing engineering *Jeff Edwards – mixing engineering *Rashawn Mclean – assistant mixing *Mike Seaberg – assistant mixing *Jacob Richards – assistant mixing *Jason Delattiboudere – assistant engineering *Brian Judd – assistant engineering *Jamal Berry – assistant engineering

Charts

Release history

References

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