From where I sit, Nicki Minaj has beef with nearly everyone, especially women who have any kind of success. On the other side, Megan Thee Stallion has been through hell and back over the past five years, losing her mother and grandmother and then getting shot by Tory Lanez in 2020. After the shooting, Tory and the toxic men of the music industry decided to smear Megan for years. Megan was not only the victim of gun violence, she lost many friends and allies after the shooting. That being said, Megan still has friends in high places – Beyonce is firmly on Team Stallion, as is Cardi B and many other high-profile women. Well, on Friday, Megan released a new single called “Hiss,” in which she included ONE LINE which is a reference to Nicki Minaj.
Megan Thee Stallion and Nicki Minaj went from “Hot Girl Summer” to hissing back and forth. Megan Thee Stallion released her new single “Hiss” on Friday, which details the three-time Grammy Award winner’s trials and triumphs throughout the past few years.
Though the rapper has topped the charts with buzzy collaborations alongside Cardi B, Beyoncé and more, she’s faced public scrutiny and trauma after fellow rapper Tory Lanez shot the Houston native in July 2020. Lanez, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the shooting in August.
In her previous single, “Cobra,” about life post-shooting, Megan Thee Stallion opens up about her mental health struggles, rapping, “I’m sittin’ in a dark room thinking, probably why I always end up drinking; (Yes), I’m very depressed.” In her first song of the year “Hiss,” she raps that people “don’t be mad at Megan,” but that they’re “mad at Megan’s Law.” The bars are an apparent reference to Minaj, who is married to registered sex offender Kenneth Petty.
Megan’s Law is a federal law that requires registered sex offenders to provide their personal information to local law enforcement agencies. Petty was sentenced to probation and house arrest for failing to register as a sex offender in California.
In response to the “Savage” rapper’s shade, Minaj took to Instagram Live shortly after “Hiss” was released to preview a song of her own.
“She like 6 foot, I call her big foot,” Minaj raps, before saying someone “fell off, I said get up on your good foot.” The verse is an alleged reference to the 2020 shooting; Lanez was accused of shooting Megan in her feet.
“You have three Grammys and you have to learn how to rap on the beat and being comfortable in the music,” Minaj said before mocking Megan Thee Stallion’s rap flow. Minaj also liked several tweets from users that were aimed at her former collaborator. Megan Thee Stallion responded with an Instagram story where she was doubled over with her left hand covering her mouth, seemingly laughing at Minaj’s response to “Hiss.”
I’m using USA Today’s reporting because they did a good job with the bare-bones timeline of it all. What they aren’t covering is the fact that Nicki was on Instagram Live most of the weekend, ranting to her Barbz and sounding increasingly detached from reality. USA Today also skips the part of Minaj’s “Big Foot” where she criticized Megan because her mother died. And… like, don’t skip over the fact that Megan was like “you’re married to a convicted sexual predator” and Nicki was like “YOU HAVE BIG FEET!” Childish doesn’t even cover it.
Now that Minaj has dropped the track, people are laughing at her because it basically just sounds like a drugged-out rant (much like Nicki’s IG Live this weekend).
to save you a stream: it’s a coke rant set to music where she quotes tweets with a bridge where she repeats “lyin on your dead mama” over and over and then there’s like, a spoken word part at the end where she sounds like she is off a perc insane
— ashley ray (@theashleyray) January 29, 2024
lmao she accuses meg of getting a nose job so…yeah there’s really no substance here and she makes it clear she thinks meg lied about being shot, she’s real trash
— ashley ray (@theashleyray) January 29, 2024
They done synthesized sister Minaj down to this and I laughed. I did. pic.twitter.com/pyK9j2bUAs
— Kevín (@KevOnStage) January 27, 2024
Photos courtesy of Avalon Red.
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- NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, USA – SEPTEMBER 12: Megan Thee Stallion wearing a Brandon Blackwood dress and Jacob and Co. jewelry arrives at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards held at the Prudential Center on September 12, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey, United States.,Image: 805040888, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: Megan Thee Stallion, Credit line: Xavier Collin / Image Press Agency / Avalon
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- NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, USA – SEPTEMBER 12: Nicki Minaj arrives at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards held at the Prudential Center on September 12, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey, United States.,Image: 805042339, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: Nicki Minaj, Credit line: Xavier Collin / Image Press Agency / Avalon
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- NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, USA – SEPTEMBER 12: Nicki Minaj arrives at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards held at the Prudential Center on September 12, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey, United States.,Image: 805042459, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: Nicki Minaj, Credit line: Xavier Collin / Image Press Agency / Avalon
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- NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, USA – SEPTEMBER 12: Megan Thee Stallion wearing a Brandon Blackwood dress and Jacob and Co. jewelry arrives at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards held at the Prudential Center on September 12, 2023 in Newark, New Jersey, United States.,Image: 805054376, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: , Model Release: no, Pictured: Megan Thee Stallion, Credit line: Xavier Collin / Image Press Agency / Avalon
Nicki Minaj is a bully. She made at least 2(?) songs in which she dissed her and mocked her for being shot. ‘Megan references her in one line and she goes ballistic. This is the same person who defended her brother who is now serving time for raping a minor. Nicki is garbage. It’s not Megan’s fault that she has no friends and she’s married to a sex offender who can’t seem to stay out of trouble. I follow this publicist on twitter and she said that Nicki is not well liked in the industry.
What’s the Twitter handle ?
Just to add, because I think it is important to truly know how exactly and who exactly Minaj is:
her brother was convicted for raping his stepdaughter for years, while her brother was in the same room, threatening them both he’ll kill them if they say anything. Minaj paid for his defense, who tried to slut shame the victim in court.
Nicki is reaping what she has sowed for years. I remember watching a behind-the-scenes video of her years ago and seeing her slap her make up artists hand away, and that right there sealed it for me. Nicki is bitter, not well liked, insecure, and a defender of rapists. She can’t hide who she is anymore but she thinks that she is still untouchable. All of her songs of recent memory have been poorly written lines over hooks from more popular songs. She’s over 40 and she knows that in this age obsessed culture, she is falling off. And I am positive her rapist husband is not doing anything to benefit her well-being. Nicki has been a bully for years and has weaponized her fanbase to terrorize anybody who speaks against her. They did it again this weekend with a former fan who made a TikTok. They doxxed him and his family and flooded him with threats. I really hope that this is Nicki‘s final downfall because she is a straight up menace. The female rap game has moved beyond her and would be better off without her.
Her fans even hate and have beef with anyone who does a collab with any of the many women Nicki has beef with.
They’re always fighting with everyone, including non-plussed fans that wonder why they suddenly get attacked by the Barbz after their favorite artist collabs with one of her enemies.
When she first hit the scene I felt neutral about her. She had some decent hits i liked but her personality was meh. But these last few years she just a cringe show.
I’m going to ask the same question here I asked on Twitter: was Megan actually talking about Nicki or if Nicki just mad bc the shoe fits? Is there any evidence of beef between them before this? Randomly going after someone for no reason is not Meg’s style, it’s Nicki’s.
Please see my comment above. Nicki is the one who started all this. She’s bitter because she can’t control these young girls and they aren’t afraid of her.
I don’t think Megan has ever said anything about Nicki. The (brilliant) “Megan’s Law” lyric was definitely aimed at her though- Nicki has had issues with Megan for a while, potentially related to her relationships with her enemy Cardi (never forget the infamous shoe slap fight) and former (?) friends (?) Beyoncé/Jay Z? It comes across as pure jealousy.
Precisely this, the Megan’s Law line is BRILLIANT both in its broad and specific applicability.
That’s one of the best things about this whole drama. Megan hasn’t said a damn thing about Nicki, she’s kept quiet and lived her best life this whole weekend, partying with friends. Meanwhile Nikki was at home in her basement melting down on Instagram live. That Megan‘s Law line was vague enough that it could’ve been about anything, and yet it sent Nicki off into an over 72 hour meltdown. And prompted her to release that lame diss track that is so low quality and poorly produced that it is only hurting her brand. I only indulge in petty from time to time, but watching this whole situation happen this weekend was *chefs kiss*
You’re right honestly, she could plausibly say the line is about any number of the creeps that have harassed her. It just so happens Nicki’s husband has been convicted under that law and her brother is also going to be subject to it (GROSS)!
Not to mention it’s clever and catchy as hell, she’s probably been sitting on it for a little while in her notebook somewhere.
I wasn’t sure if Meg having a line about Megan’s law was actually about Nikki’s husband or it was just a line. It seems Nikki is taking it personal when it was not meant to be
Nicki happily supports pedophiles and rapists, and has been trash for a long time. also the fact that she refers to her husband being convicted for rape as “30 year old tea” says it all.
it’s funny – she was so mad at Lil Kim for starting beef with her when she was up and coming, and yet she’s done the same to every female rapper who gets really popular. guess Ice Spice is next lol.
Nicki Minaj isn’t just related to one predator and married to another, she’s a predator too.
Nicki’s going out sad. By every metric she’s a success, a titan of her industry, an og at this point, and yet she’s so insecure, so threatened by anyone else’s success that all she’s done for the last few years now is gatekeep and actively try to keep new women in the game down. And it’s not even just what she says publicly; it’s behind the scenes, surrounding herself with literal p*d0s and misogynists, using her influence to try and turn other industry players against anyone she deems a threat.
Nicki’s not a mentor, she’s not a role model, she’s just a hater. Bottom line, Megan is insanely talented and beautiful and Nicki can’t handle it. To women like Nicki, there can only be one – if another beautiful or talented woman exists, their own beauty or talent is diminished.
Cardi isn’t perfect, but one thing about her is that she has never had a problem sharing a stage with a new girl or giving an up-and-comer a needed boost. Or LAUGHING, having a sense of humor, same for Megan. You absolutely cannot say the same about Nicki Minaj – she has conducted herself with nothing but transparent jealousy and insecurity, completely unable to take a joke or have a laugh. And honestly, we’d probably be okay with it if the music hadn’t fallen off so badly. Trash talk doesn’t hit the same when it’s coming from a loser, Nicki.
When Megan wanted to do a project with BTS, her label seemed to have issues with that.
BTS’s legal team helped her out then.
She is very beloved amongst BTS fans and I have supported her since then, when I became more aware of her other work as well. I remember even some BTS fans who were lawyers wanted to help her out.
https://www.koreaboo.com/news/bts-megan-thee-stallion-butter-label-dispute-help/
In addition to the above, we all know what the “we did it!” refers to:
https://youtu.be/Q2osiIR9nj8?feature=shared&t=226
I am going to stream Hiss a lot. I wish her all the success that she deserves.
Her label tried to straight up BLOCK it and BTS sent in their lawyers to help. ARMY jumped their asses too.
I was on TikTok and they were saying the Barbz were trying to get ARMY to take her side because they collaborated once. But BTS not only collaborated with Megan too, they met in person and hung out and performed together. ARMY is firmly Team Megan.
And if you know how crazy ARMY gets when any of the members are around women, a female getting ARMY stamp of approval is rare indeed. It’s her, Halsey and Becky G.
Yeah, that was wild. I remember everyone was so mad at her label 😀
That whole thing cemented the support for her.
“And if you know how crazy ARMY gets when any of the members are around women,”
I think this is not as common as it’s sometimes made out to be. There are some fans that are that crazy, but IU just posted an MV of her and Taehyung being married and in love, and it’s praised by ARMY. Never seen any hate for Youjeen either. Everyone loved it when Lady Gaga kissed Taehyung as well, and wanted an Ariana collab (this was before her messiness of last year) after she posted a pic of her and Jungkook as her screensaver.
Really recommend IU’s MV:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JleoAppaxi0
I know we are all not that crazy and possessive but IU is basically the Taylor Swift of Korea and is in a serious relationship. Youjeen is 46 and not deemed a threat. Ariana was also is a serious relationship, again, not deemed a threat.
I don’t know Lady Gaga’s relationship status but that was just Grammy schmoozing that Taehyung initiated.
Nicki really went off the rails this weekend but she has been off them for quite sometime. I feel like the most common comment on what she says or has done over the last year is “it’s giving coke” and it is. Her mumbling trying to read a teleprompter on her live performances should have everyone worried for her tour. I really don’t like her but I have tried to have some empathy because of her growing up in a house where there is at least one SA offender and the family dynamics around that but she is an adult now and she has the resources to go see a therapist but she continues to work with despicable people to the point where she even goes to the worst people to sample keeping the same energy. If you haven’t looked up Rick James and his trial I suggest you do. I saw the tiktok from the guy that the barbz doxxed and it was bad for her. talking about how she once gave a 13 year old a lapdance and did a collab with an at the time16 year old boy with a song call old enough- The lyrics was not reassuring either. I saw someone else post a video snippet I don’t know if it was from a video or promo material but her asking this young person if he was in to older women was creepy even if it was a long time ago.
Just an FYI. The tiktoker the Barbz doxxed is a trans woman, not a man.
I love Hiss. I wasn’t especially a fan of Megan but I’m becoming one. She ethered Drake on that track also. He must be so grateful for Nicki’s circus.
I remember what Drake said about her.
Good for her.
She is not one to back down:
https://twitter.com/theestallion/status/1588398931381088256
Minaj is *so* over. It was only a matter of time, really. I hope Megan continues to ignore her!
I support Meghan.
Nikki is a terrible person. Truly. She openly threatened her husband’s SA victim (after attempting to bribe her), she financially supported her r*pist brother’s legal defense. She is the epitome of a Pick Me. She hates women – especially other Black women. I am hoping people (mainly her fanbase – who unfortunately can be as unhinged as she is) will stop supporting her.
She was/is totally a pick me girl- especially when she was new to the game.
It gets worse. At one point yesterday, Nicki instructed her fans to deface Megan’s mother’s grave and posted the address and plot number. TRULY DISGUSTING. They doxxed Megan’s producer for not giving Nicki a beat. They doxxed Victoria Monet for dancing with Megan at a party. Nicki is disgusting and unhinged. The only silver lining is that everyone in the general public can see how coked out and crazy she is.
That’s disgusting and awful!! Hopefully this woman will get finally cancelled, her support of rapists is already indefensible.
wait WHAT?
WTF did I just read?
What the freakity f*ckity f*ck?
Yup, you read that right. She told her fans to deface a dead woman’s grave over ONE LINE in a rap song. Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
I didn’t know that much about this feud, but this is just…. wow.
It’s a new low, that’s for sure. Hopefully it hastens her exit.
NOOO that’s awful!!!
PLUS MESSING WITH VICTORIA MONET!? The queen of singer-songwriters? 😭
The fact that Nicki’s Roman “Alter ego” is based on predator Roman Polanski and she give a 13 year old boy a Laplace when she was in her 20s says it all.
This is why she doesn’t see anything wrong with her husband or brother actions or any other rapist that she has worked with after them being contacted. This is where she is most comfortable with her people.
Minaj strikes you as one of those people for whom fame brought out all the worst flaws in her. Kind of a shame because she was a lot of fun early on.
Something that is not mentioned enough is that Nickki has a child. We never see him and God Knows who is looking after him if she is on SM ranting for days at a time. I hope somebody is doing a welfare check on him because she seems to really be losing whatever mental health she had left. It is very sad to see her go out like this but she has been a terrible person for a long time and karma must have noticed
So true. That poor baby is surrounded by volatile abusive creeps and hangers on. Having those two as parents is a total disaster.
Here for Meg. What a woman. ❤
I got to see Meg live once, she is a born star ❤️✨. She has so much talent and works so hard.
Nicki is a mean-girl shadow queen and she is getting what she deserves. From where I am sitting, my girl Megs is WINNING….
I haven’t liked Nicki for years, she’s always seemed to be bitter about other female rappers becoming successful & only pulls that “support women” bs when she’s on the losing end. She’s made good music, that cannot be denied, but she’s been slowly spiraling for sometime & adding on she’s one of those celebs who riles her fans up to do her dirty work (they’ve been doxing people all weekend). Megan has stayed silent this entire time, which is smart because a hit dog will holler & everyone can watch.
nicki is just so f-cking exhausting at this point.
how sad, she really fell off, huh. she could have been an eternal legend.