"High School" | ||||
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Single by Nicki Minaj featuring Lil Wayne | ||||
from the album Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded – The Re-Up | ||||
Released | April 16, 2013 | |||
Recorded | 2012 | |||
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Length | 3:38 | |||
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"High School" on YouTube |
"High School" is a song by rapper Nicki Minaj, featuring American rapper Lil Wayne. It was released on April 16, 2013 by Young Money, Cash Money and Republic as the third and final single from the reissue of Minaj's second studio album, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded – The Re-Up (2012).
The song was written and produced by Boi-1da and T-Minus, with additional songwriting provided by Minaj and Lil Wayne. "High School" is a hip hop and R&B song that lyrically discusses adultery. The song peaked at number 64 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and additionally reached numbers 15 and 20 on the Billboard Hot Rap Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs component charts. Elsewhere, the track charted moderately throughout international singles charts, including number 31 on the UK Singles Chart, and has been certified Silver in the country for moving 200,000 units as of December 2021. It has also been certified 2× Platinum in the United States by the RIAA as of June 2022.
An accompanying music video was directed by Benny Boom, in which Minaj is depicted in the midst of an affair with Lil Wayne. The clip additionally includes footage of the "Pink Pill", a variation of the "Beats Pro" speaker created by Beats Electronics in collaboration with Minaj.
In 2021 the song gained popularity on the social media app TikTok, and the song's audio has accumulated over 1 million videos propelling to the song to accumulate over 100 million streams on Spotify. The song also gained popularity in Asia, reaching the top 50 on the Indian Apple Music Charts, whilst also reaching the top of 100 of Shazam in many countries worldwide such as Singapore, Thailand, South Korea, Malaysia and more.