Roman Holiday

About Roman Holiday

Roman Holiday is a song by American rapper and singer Nicki Minaj, the opening track from her second album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. It was written by Nicki Minaj, Larry Nacht, Winston Thomas and Safarree Samuels, and produced by Blackout (Thomas) and Pink Friday Productions. Two months prior to the album's official release, Minaj performed what many viewed as a controversial rendition of the song at the 54th Grammy Awards ceremony on February 12, 2012 before its release, which received generally unfavorable reviews from critics. Reviewing the album, Jessica Hopper of Spin called the song itself "pure theater, the closest hip-hop's gotten to its own "Bohemian Rhapsody", full of thrilling crescendos and twitchy verses that verge on the ridiculous, but always shift toward the triumphant. In 2019, the song received a renewed popularity due to internet memes. more »