Monica to join Nicki Minaj’s tour as special guest in Hartford

Nicki Minaj with Monica
XL Center • 1 Civic Center Plaza, Hartford, CT 06103
April 6, 2024
Tickets are available via xlcenter.com

Monica to open for Nicki Minaj at the XL center in hartford connecticut in april 2024 — Monica

The news of the Pink Friday 2 tour comes on the heels of Monica’s recent feature alongside Keyshia Cole on “Love Me Enough” from the deluxe version of Nicki Minaj’s new chart topping studio album Pink Friday 2. Prior to that Monica spent fall 2023 supporting her latest single “Letters” – released this past summer with the official music video featuring The Game – a sultry and intimate clip directed by Richard Selvi (Lil Nas X, Eminem, Polo G) from award winning creative and production studio, Swiss Made Entertainment.

“Letters” follows 2022’s “Friends (ft. Ty Dolla $ign),” which scored a Top 20 spot on the R&B Billboard chart and was accompanied by a music video directed by Sarah McColgan(H.E.R., Miguel, Charli XCX), choreographed by Parris Goebel (Rihanna, SZA), and racked up more than 2.2 MILLION views in the first week. Both singles will be featured alongside “Trenches (ft. Lil Baby)” on Trenches – Monica’s first new studio album since 2015’s Code Red. The new album will also be the first LP for her independent record label MonDeenise Music, which was launched in 2019 with the #1 Billboard R&B hit “Commitment.”

In addition to releasing new music last summer, Monica launched her Apple Music show MoTalk Radio with an interview with basketball Hall of Famer & entrepreneur Shaquille O’Neal followed by a talk with Country Music Star Mickey Guyton. This fall Monica joined Quavo and NBA great Lou Williams for a special episode of The Shop’s UNINTERRUPTED Live Tour in Atlanta, where she talked about motherhood, her career and more. And in January 2024 Rolling Stone featured Monica’s hit “So Gone” at #56 in their “100 Greatest R&B Songs of the 21st Century,” commending her “unapologetic realness.”

Born and raised in Atlanta, GA, Monica began her career at 12-years-of-age and was the youngest female ever to have two #1 back-to-back hits on Billboard’s R&B chart. “The Boy Is Mine,” the title track from her sophomore album, garnered Monica pop success with a record-breaking 13 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Her success has continued throughout her exceptional and longstanding career. She achieved six number one hits on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, becoming the first artist to ever have chart-topping singles in three consecutive decades, putting her in the elite company of Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, James Brown, and Marvin Gaye who have had similar accolades.

Monica’s highly anticipated R&B album Trenches as well as her country album Open Roads (Executive Produced by Brandi Carlile) are slated for release in 2024.

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