GRAMMY Pro caught up with GRAMMY-nominated songwriter and producer Andrew “Pop” Wansel for their “Songwriter Week” series a couple of days ago to ask him all about Nicki Minaj‘s “Your Love” single, which was his very first hit.

Pop explained why he wrote the song, how he came up with the idea, sending it to Nicki by mistake, what he thinks makes the track memorable, how he feels when he hears it today, and more.

You can read everything the Philadelphia producer said about the Young Money Barbie and her “Your Love” single after the jump below!

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Carrying on with her interview with DJ Smallz, Shanell spoke on being an original member of the Young Money Entertainment record label, as well as what the status of her debut studio album is.

SnL discussed the early days on Young Mula when Lil Wayne first had the idea to start up the label and group, why her debut album that she says is currently untitled has been delayed for so long, re-releasing “My Button“, and more.

You can watch the conversation after the jump below!

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Majid Jordan recently sat down with Genius for an interview about how their “My Love” single featuring Drake came together.

The OVO Sound music artists revealed that it was Drizzy who came up with the concept of the song, as well as discussed how the beat was created.

You can watch the conversation after the jump below!

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Christina Milian recently made an appearance on Fox Business Network’s “Risk & Reward” program to talk to Deirdre Bolton about social media and why she invested into the French Girls app.

As well as Tina Turn Up, the founder of the app Chris Jones also spoke on the show about how he came up with the idea for people to draw portraits based on people’s selfies.

You can watch the interview after the jump below. Click here to check out the French Girls app on the Apple Store!

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“It was Jay’s idea,” Thicke said about how Nicki Minaj came to be on “Shakin’ It 4 Daddy.” “We were in the studio, and I played him the whole album. He was like, ‘You should get Nicki Minaj on that. She’s got that voice. She’s got that swag.’ So I leaned over and was like, ‘Somebody get Nicki Minaj on the phone! Jay-Z said so!’ Next thing you know, we called Nicki. She was excited. But once we told her it was Jay-Z’s idea to get her on the track, she started screaming on the phone. She was all excited. She’s a super, super talent. I can’t wait to do a video with Nicki. There’s a power in her. It’s not just that she’s sexy and that’s the only way she can get you to like her. She’s got charm — not just sex. Some women may use sex to get what they want; others have charm. She’s got charm.”

Via MTV