Coi Leray wants to make history by gathering as many female rappers as she can for a 2023 version of Lil Kim‘s 1997 classic, “Not Tonight (Ladies Night Remix).”
In a series of tweets on Tuesday night (June 13), the New Jersey star pointed to the recent news that there has not been a rap song to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2023 – and shared her plans to change that.
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“Ain’t been a number one rap song at all this year,” she wrote. “Calling all the female rappers to front. Hear me out. Ladies night. Hip-hop. Unity.”
When a fan responded that the abundance of current female rappers would call for up to part 30 of the song to include them all, Coi Leary had an idea. “Some of us can share verses. Split it up. Back and forth. Ad-libs,” she said.
The original version of Lil Kim’s “Not Tonight” lived on the Brooklyn rapper’s debut album, Hard Core. The following year, she released its “Not Tonight Remix” featuring Da Brat, Missy Elliott, Angie Martinez and the late Left Eye.
This isn’t the first time Coi Leray has paid homage to Lil Kim as of late. Last month, the “Players” rapper shared the cover art to her forthcoming sophomore effortCOI (due out June 23), where she channels Kim’s iconic squat pose from her Hard Core poster.
Days later, the the rapper took to Instagram to offer fans a preview of the LP, revealing David Guetta, Saucy Santana, Giggs, Lola Brooke and Skillibeng as guests, with a posthumous feature from James Brown as well. “Bitch Girl,” “My Body” and her TikTok hit, “Players,” will all live on the project.
Coi’s musical peers Spice, Stefflon Don and Baby Tate, among others, expressed their excitement about the project in the comments. “Claming Bitch Girl,” Baby Tate wrote.
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Another fan noted that Coi Leray might have a method behind her madness: “She smart af. she finna get in that pop bag.”
COI serves as the follow-up to the rapper’s debut album, Trendsetter, which was released in April 2022. The project features appearances from Nicki Minaj, Lil Durk and more. Unfortunately, it only reached No.89 on the US Billboard 200 upon its release, as first-week sales were relatively low.
