Watch: The Queen Bee Impersonates Adele on 'Carpool Karaoke'

Adele's rendition of Monster, while appearing on "The Late Late Show with James Corden" during a “Carpool Karaoke” segment in 2016, is the stuff of legend.

Both viewers and the musically-inclined host were left impressed by the 15-time Grammy Award winner's effortless flow and familiarity with the subject matter.

At the time the Queen Bee herself even co-signed the performance. She tweeted, "Adele is mad ratchet. I can’t take her #UK #WutsGood,” with the laughing emoji, seeming impressed with the take on her verse.

This past Thursday (Feb. 3) it was Minaj's turn to return the favor. While appearing on the talk show, she did her own take on the superstar chanteuse that was just as stunning.

“First of all, it’s Adele. Second of all, it’s ‘Monster.’ You guys made such an amazing freaking tag team,” Minaj said about the Adele impersination. “That made my day, my year. I probably got a thousand phone calls about that one thing.”

Nicki then got into character as Adele and spoke with a British accent.

“All right, in order for me to channel Adele, I sort of have to think like a black lady in London, right?” Nicki said while getting into the accent.

Adele is mad ratchet. I can't take her😂 #UK #WutsGood

— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) January 14, 2016

She continued, “Because the thing is, normally, everybody knows … my British accent is sort of like a posh white lady. A rich white lady, right? But with Adele, I sort of have, like, to transform. She might have used to sell crack. Maybe she used to be hustling nickels and dimes in the hood and then she got her big break.”

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Syl Johnson, Soul Singer Sampled by Hip-Hop Heavyweights, Dies at 85

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Chicago R&B legend Syl Johnson, whose soulful response to the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. helped make him a star, is dead at age 85.

“It is with extreme sadness that our family announces the passing of Soul & Blues Hall of Fame legend Syl Johnson,” his loved ones confirmed in a statement to the music site Pitchfork Sunday. “Dad, Brother, Grandfather, Great Grandfather, Uncle, Friend & Artist, he lived his life as a singer, musician, and entrepreneur who loved black music.”

The family did not release a cause of death for the artist, whose demise comes less than a month after his brother and fellow musician Jimmy Johnson died at the age of 93 on Jan. 31, according to a statement on his website.

Born Sylvester Thompson in Mississippi, Johnson rose to fame in the 1960s. His releases for Twinight Records, originally named Twilight Records, and Hi Records made him a prominent member of the Chicago soul scene.

It was 1969, "Is It Because I'm Black," a song inspired by the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., that would become Twinight's biggest hit and make him a star — reaching No. 11 on Billboard's R&B chart.

"I didn't want to be a militant," Johnson told The Los Angeles Times in 2012 of writing the song. "I didn't want to make something that alienated the white audience that I played for a lot." 

The poignant piece solidified his legacy, but it was a previous release that would preserve it for future generations. 

The hit song, "Different Strokes" from Johnson's 1968 debut album "Dresses Too Short," has become one of the most widely sampled pieces of music in hip-hop. Jay Z and Kanye West ("The Joy"), Public Enemy (“Fight the Power"), and Wu-Tang Clan  ("Shame on a N***a") are just some of the artform's heavyweights to employ his music in their craft. 

Kanye West Documentary 'Jeen-Yuhs' to Debut on Big Screen Ahead of Netflix Release

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Act 1 of “Jeen-Yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy,” the controversial upcoming Netflix three-part documentary about rapper Kanye West’s rise to fame is getting a theatrical release.

Feb. 10, a week before its Feb. 16 debut on the streaming service kicks off a three-week event centered around the documentary’s three parts, fans will have a chance to see the opening arc — focused on the artist's early years — in more than 1,100 theaters across the nation.

Filmmakers Clarence "Coodie" Simmons and Chike Ozah praised Netflix for working with them to share it in theatres.

"As filmmakers, it's a blessing to have our work presented on the big screen," they said in a statement announcing the news Friday.

It is a big move for the movie, chronicling over 20 years of West’s career and highlighting his progression from rapper to businessman and eventually presidential candidate. In January, two days ahead of the film’s anticipated premiere at the virtual Sundance Film Festival, the mercurial artist demanded final cut approval over the documentary.

"I'm going to say this kindly for the last time. I must get final edit and approval on this doc before it releases on Netflix,” the 44-year-old rapper wrote in an Instagram post.

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West continued, "Open the edit room immediately so I can be in charge of my own image. Thank you in advance."

In response, Simmons and Ozah told the New York Post, "We're still trying to work things out with Kanye and his team." Later the duo confirmed to Variety that West’s demands would not be met.

Tickets are on sale online at jeen-yuhs-tickets.com. A new trailer for the documentary was also released and can be seen below.