Minnieโs debut cover single โMoney,โ released August 8, 2025, introduces a rapper from Hawthorne with enough confidence and clarity of purpose to cut straight through the noise. Known offstage as Sharmayn, she arrives with a DIY spirit, writing her own lyrics, shaping her own voice, and leaning into a sense of purpose thatโs been brewing for years. Her influences are obvious. She gets her gist from Nicki Minaj, but Minnie carves out her own lane and fuels the fire. This track is her first step toward the bigger stage sheโs already eyeing.
โMoneyโ taps into the universal pressure cooker of financial stability and ambition, but Minnie flips the narrative with a perspective thatโs less stressed-out grind culture and more cool-headed realism. The production glides with chilled-out, immersive beats, with those laid-back, late-night rhythms that come as if theyโre floating just above the ground. The bass hums, the drums tap with understated confidence, and the whole track moves with an easy swagger that matches her delivery perfectly.
Minnie slides into the verse totally nonchalant, a little smug, intentionally unbothered, as if sheโs already got that money sheโs eyeing on, and made peace with the chaos that money brings. She keeps it simple and sharp, cutting straight through the beat with lines that feel tossed out casually but land with precision. Hypnotically, she refrains, โMoney to the left, money to the right,โ manifesting that money with complete assurance so that it loops in your head. Itโs a mantra thatโs half flex, half survival strategy.
What makes โMoneyโ land is how grounded it feels. Just a young artist stepping into her voice, she shows what she intends to build from here. Minnieโs not pretending to be anything other than hungry, focused, and ready, and thatโs exactly the kind of energy that can carry her into the long game.
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Review by: Naomi Joan