What is Playtime Is Over (mixtape)?
{{Infobox album| | name = Playtime Is Over | type = Mixtape | artist = [[Nicki Minaj]] | released = July 5, 2007 | recorded = 2006–2007 | genre = {{hlist|[[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]|[[hip hop soul]]|[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]}} | length = 44:10 | label = {{hlist|Dirty Money Records}} | producer = Hosted by [[Big Mike (rapper)|Big Mike]] | next_title = [[Sucka Free]] |next_year = 2008 }} '''''Playtime Is Over''''' is the debut [[mixtape]] by [[Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidan]]-[[Americans|American]] rapper [[Nicki Minaj]]. It was released on July 5, 2007 by Young Money Entertainment and Dirty Money Entertainment. The mixtape includes guest appearances from Hell Red, Red Café, Murda Mook, Ransom, [[Gravy (rapper)|Gravy]], [[Lil Wayne]], Angel De-mar, and Ru Spits. Before releasing the mixtape, Minaj released five songs with rap group the Hoodstars. She left the group to start up a solo career.<ref>{{cite web|title=A Look At Nicki Minaj Before She Blew Up|url=http://realtalkny.uproxx.com/2010/07/topic/topic/pictures/a-look-at-nicki-minaj-before-she-blew-up/|website=Uproxx|type=Blog|access-date=2015-09-01|archive-date=2013-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801102426/http://realtalkny.uproxx.com/2010/07/topic/topic/pictures/a-look-at-nicki-minaj-before-she-blew-up/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She used to upload songs on her [[Myspace]] page.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Davis|first1=Todd|title=Nicki Minaj: On the Rise|url=http://www.rapindustry.com/nicki_minaj.htm|website=RapIndustry.com|access-date=2015-09-01|archive-date=2012-07-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718013505/http://www.rapindustry.com/nicki_minaj.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> With that she met Fendi, CEO for Brooklyn label Dirty Money Entertainment. Through that she met Lil Wayne who saw her appearance on the DVD ''The Come Up''.<ref name=lipshutz>{{cite web|last1=Lipshutz|first1=Jason|title=Nicki Minaj Catches Eyes On Lil Wayne's Young Money Tour|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267795/nicki-minaj-catches-eyes-on-lil-waynes-you