Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion’s long-standing beef has escalated following the discharge of Megan’s newest observe HISS.
Followers of the rappers have speculated a couple of feud between the Tremendous Bass songstress, 41, and the Savage hitmaker, 28, and this has all however been confirmed following Nicki’s X meltdown after Megan’s new tune hit the airwaves.
In it, Megan appears to take a swipe at Nicki by means of her husband, Kenneth Perry, which noticed Nicki take to her social media pages to blast the rapper and dig at her late mom and profession.
The explosive row additionally noticed Nicki launch a brand new single, Large Foot, which sees her make numerous scandalous claims about Megan’s private {and professional} life.
Because the warring musicians proceed to row, that is the place their notorious rivalry started and the way HISS and Large Foot play into the narrative.
When did Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion’s feud start?
Nicki and Megan’s animosity predates the discharge of HISS and Large Foot, showing to stem from Megan’s rise to fame with Cardi B with the launch of WAP in 2020.
Their collaboration reportedly made Nicki jealous after she and Megan had labored collectively on 2019 single Sizzling Woman Summer time.
Shortly after, Megan unfollowed Nicki on Instagram, with Nicki doing the identical in 2021 which led followers to take a position the pair had been beefing.
In the identical yr, followers speculated Nicki’s single Seeing Inexperienced took a swipe at Megan with the lyric: ‘One Margarita pizza with Parmesan and garlic/These b***hes thirsty; I can see why they alcoholics.’
Three months later Megan launched Thot S**t, by which she seemingly responded: ‘B***h dry hatin’, tryna get observed. Man, ain’t no one come to see you, Otis, look.’
Final yr, Nicki took yet one more obvious swipe at Megan in her single Crimson Ruby Da Sleeze, which references horses, or stallions: ‘Seven-hundred on ’em horses once we fixin’ to depart (Uh-oh)/However I don’t f**okay with horses since Christopher Reeves.’
Why did HISS reignite their feud?
When Megan’s single HISS was launched on January 26, followers picked up on traces that would spark drama with Nicki, Kim Kardashian, and Tory Lanez.
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One controversial line within the tune that followers linked to Nicki references Megan’s Regulation, a federal statute which requires legislation enforcement to make the data of registered intercourse offenders obtainable to the general public.
She raps: ‘These h**s don’t be mad at Megan, these h**s mad at Megan’s Regulation/I don’t actually know what the issue is, however I assure y’all don’t need me to start out.’
Followers made the connection to Nicki resulting from her husband Kenneth being convicted of tried first-degree rape in reference to a 1994 assault.
In 2022, Kenneth acquired one yr of house confinement, three years probation, and a $55,000 (£43k) fantastic for failing to register as a intercourse offender when he moved to California alongside Nicki.
The lyric is also in reference to Nicki’s brother, Jelani Maraj, who was convicted of predatory sexual assault in 2017.
Following the discharge of HISS, Nicki started to vent whereas additionally liking and reposting assist from followers.
She later penned a put up which appeared to name Megan a ‘manipulative liar’ whereas mentioning her dispute together with her former document label.
‘Horrible ACTOR that may’t cry on cue,” Minaj wrote. “Don’t attempt to act bookie it’s a chop… Pathological & manipulative liar…Utilizing ghost writers & nonetheless SUCK.’
She continued by referencing Megan’s late mom and alleged that Megan lied throughout her 2022 interview with Gayle King which addressed her controversy with Lanez by which he shot her within the foot in 2020.
Nicki went on to repost Pardison Fontaine’s newest single THEE PERSON, which is alleged to be about his ex-girlfriend – Megan.
The Barbie World rapper additionally slated Megan on an Instagram Reside, by which she allegedly mentioned (per NME): ‘You mentioning 30-year-old tea from when this man was a 15-year-old youngster. You mentioning 30-year-old tea trigger no man will ever f*****g love you, and mendacity in your lifeless mom.’
Megan has indirectly addressed if the tune references Nicki, however talking to US radio present The Breakfast Membership, she mentioned: ‘A success canine will holler. Whoever really feel it, really feel it.’
When did Nicki launch Large Foot?
In response, Nicki dropped Large Foot on January 28, sharing an image of the album’s paintings alongside an image of Megan on Gayle King to announce the information.
The cryptic posts from Nicki stopped on Sunday when she lastly named Megan as the topic of her vitriol, writing on X: ‘You scary ass p***y ass broke ass heaux. Fearful of me placing a tune out however tryna spar with the mthfkng QUEEN. lied on yo DEAD @theestallion.’
After claiming she recorded her verse on Sizzling Woman Summer time without cost, she mentioned she was getting ready Large Foot however had held off releasing it so Megan might ‘get her lil streams.’
Nicki went on Instagram Reside the place she shared a sneak peek of the tune which took a dig at Megan: ‘Dangerous b***h she like 6 foot/I name her large foot/the b***h fell off/I mentioned stand up in your good foot,’ referencing Lanez.
In December 2022, Lanez was convicted of assault with a semiautomatic firearm following the incident, and was sentenced to 10 years in jail.
Megan has not but responded to Nicki’s posts or the discharge of Large Foot.
Metro.co.uk has contacted representatives for Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion for remark.
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