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"Roman's Revenge" is a song by rapper Nicki Minaj featuring Eminem, as well as Lil Wayne on a remix version (this tag includes both versions). The song is strongly believed to be directed toward fellow rapper Lil' Kim following their feud, due to the near direct references to Kim's negative comments about Minaj.
The song is titled after Nicki Minaj's 'alter-ego' Roman Zolanski, who she states is her twin brother whose character she assumes when she's angry, as she does on this track. In her final verse she also raps as another alter-ego 'Martha Zolanski;' mother of Roman, who also appears on 'Roman Holiday' and as the fairy god mother in the Moment 4 Life music video. Eminem also raps as his alter-ego 'Slim Shady' on the track.
The song was released exclusively on iTunes on October 30, 2010 as a promotional release for her debut album Pink Friday. The track saw reasonable commercial success peaking at #56 on the US Billboard Hot 100 as well as entering the Hot Rap Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop songs at #23 and #85 respectively. It also reached the top 40 on the UK R&B chart. The song was also praised by critics, especially Minaj's verse's, for their fierceness and her ability to compete with rap titan Eminem. Both rappers wrote their own verses while Swiss Beatz produced the beat.
A remixed version with a Lil' Wayne verse replacing Eminem's was released on January 19, 2011, also an iTunes exclusive. Originally titled Roman's Revenge 2.0, the song has been renamed Roman's Revenge and has been added to Pink Friday (Complete Edition) ; an extended version of Pink Friday released in celebration of the album's 10 year anniversary in 2020.
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