Jan 15, 2016
By now, chances are you've seen Adele's Carpool Karaoke, a new episode of the celebrity segment on The Late Late Show With James Corden. Not only did the segment cement Adele as one of the funniest, most down-to-earth pop superstars around, but it proves that she can seriously spit a bar or two.
Among singing her own songs and a brilliant Spice Girls rendition, the "Hello" singer rapped Nicki Minaj's game-changing guest verse from Kanye West's 2010 track "Monster," from one of, if not his best album to date, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.
The video itself has already surpassed 24 million viewss. Now, the original track, which also featured Rick Ross, Bon Iver and Jay-Z, has been so well-received on the video that it has actually shot back up into the iTunes hip-hop top ten, five years after it first came out.
The video has climbed so far, in fact, that Nicki Minaj herself responded to the rendition:
Adele is mad ratchet. I can't take her😂 #UK #WutsGood
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) January 14, 2016
While the song is climbing the hip-hop charts, it has not, however, reached the main chart's top 100. The top spot is currently owned by Justin Bieber's "Love Yourself." Furthermore, in an awesome tribute to the late artist, more than twenty tracks on the top 100 are by David Bowie.