--- title: Nicki Minaj by Lil Wayne: TIME 100 description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/collections/2016-time-100/4298230/nicki-minaj-2016-time-100/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-20T22:06:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-05T07:47:12.405Z article:section: Collection Item og:title: Nicki Minaj by Lil Wayne: TIME 100 og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. 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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt101a695c8e7ee523/69888fb1f887dcf190e9582e/time-100-2016-nicki-minaj.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 video:duration: 02:41 video:published: 2016-04-15 section: sports topics: Steph Curry, shooting, Michael Jordan comparison, basketball greatness, athletic growth, player development genre: interview, commentary tones: admiring, playful, enthusiastic emotions: admiration (high), joy (medium), amusement (low) sentiment: positive audience: basketball fans, sports enthusiasts, music and pop culture followers people: Nicki Minaj, Steph Curry, Michael Jordan organizations: TIME transcript_source: publisher captions transcript_reviewed: not applicable --- Apr 20, 2016 # Nicki Minaj > Sponsored content. Supplied in partnership with Ally. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. ## Video: TIME 100: Nicki Minaj [Watch (HLS stream): TIME 100: Nicki Minaj](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/JADkt6JF.m3u8) (2:41)  _Published 2016-04-15. Nicki Minaj talks to TIME about writing her own raps and becoming a mogul._ Description, summary, key points, chapters, key quotes, questions and transcript, where present, were produced automatically from the video or its captions and were not reviewed. ## Summary A short TIME 100 clip in which the speaker shares her view of Steph Curry as the greatest shooter she has seen. She compares his impact to Michael Jordan at his peak, discusses whether Curry is already better than Jordan, and praises his continued growth as a player and as a person. ## Key points - The speaker says Steph Curry is the greatest shooter she has ever seen. (00:00) - The speaker says she is having more fun watching Curry than anybody since Michael Jordan at his peak. (00:08) - The speaker asks whether Curry is better than Jordan. (00:12) - The speaker notes that Curry is about her size yet is doing what he is doing. (00:19) - The speaker says Curry's growth has been tremendous and very rare. (00:21) - The speaker says it is rare for someone already at the pinnacle to take their game another notch higher. (00:27) - The speaker describes Curry as a wonderful young man who is a lot of fun. (00:32) ## Chapters - [00:00 to 00:12] Opinion on Steph Curry as a shooter. The speaker declares Curry the greatest shooter she has seen and says she enjoys watching him. - [00:12 to 00:27] Curry compared with Michael Jordan. The discussion turns to whether Curry is better than Jordan and how his growth has been remarkable. - [00:27 to 02:41] Rarity of continued improvement. The speaker reflects on how rare it is for a top player to rise higher and praises Curry's character. ## Key quotes - [00:00] Nicki Minaj: "Steph Curry is the greatest shooter that I've ever seen." - [00:08] Nicki Minaj: "I'm having more fun watching him than anybody since Michael Jordan in his peak." - [00:27] Nicki Minaj: "It's rare when you get somebody who's already at the pinnacle, and then they take it another notch higher." - [00:32] Nicki Minaj: "He's a wonderful young man." ## Questions this video answers - Who does the speaker consider the greatest shooter she has ever seen? [00:00] - Is Steph Curry better than Michael Jordan? [00:12] - Why does the speaker find Curry's growth remarkable? [00:19] - How does the speaker describe Steph Curry as a person? [00:32] by Lil Wayne  Ben Hassett for TIME You know, in New York they used to have these street DVDs. It just so happened that I appeared in one, and when I looked at the finished product, Nicki Minaj was on a part of the DVD. I was like, “Woooooow!” She was just being Nicki without the glitz and glamour. When I heard the first two and four bars, it wasn’t even about her rapping better than any female rapper. It was about, man, she’s rapping better than other rappers—period. I always wanted more for my artists and saw Nicki’s potential from the first moment I laid eyes on her. She’s reached far beyond everything I would have imagined. Man, she’s so influential and doing all the right things. She’s an icon, a boss and a role model to all these young girls out here on how to do it the right way. Her work ethic speaks volumes and has yielded these results. The scary thing is she’s still going. Ha! Nicki Minaj will go down as one of the best to do it in the history of music. _Wayne is a Grammy-winning recording artist and producer_ ## Transcript [00:00] Steph Curry is the greatest shooter that I've ever seen. [00:04] You knew that I had an opinion on this. [ LAUGH ] And [00:08] I'm having more fun watching him than anybody since [00:12] Michael Jordan in his peak. I was gonna ask, is he [00:16] better than Jordan? He's pretty remarkable. He's not, [00:16] even Steph would say he's better than Jordan yet, but [00:19] he's The fact that he's about my size and he's doing [00:21] what he's doing. And I think the growth has been [00:25] tremendous. It's very rare. I can't imagine where it's [00:27] gonna go. It is, that's a great point. It's rare when you [00:30] get somebody who's already at the pinnacle, and then [00:32] they take it another notch higher. And he's a wonderful [00:34] young man. He's a lot of fun. 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