Nicki Minaj came to Genius on Aug. 15 for our Lyrical Queen event to break down her most classic bars with Genius' Head Of Artist Relations Rob Markman. During the discussion, she went into detail about lines from songs such as “Can Anybody Hear Me,” “Monster,” “Chun-Li,” and “Barbie Dreams.”

In the process, Nicki explained why she always writes her own rhymes, remembered why Def Jam wouldn’t sign her because “she wasn’t Lauryn Hill,” and revealed that she uses Google to help write her lyrics.