A little spark rose between the Queens of Pop/Hip Hop today, as Taylor Swift tweeted back to a tweet by Nicki Minaj ranting about not getting a MTV Video Music Award nomination for βVideo of the Yearβ category. Nicki believes that βAnacondaβ music video should be nominated and she tweeted:
If I was a different "kind" of artist, Anaconda would be nominated for best choreo and vid of the year as well. πππ
β Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) July 21, 2015
By βdifferent kindβ of artist, she meant a βwhiteβ artist. She continued the rant on Twitter:
When the "other" girls drop a video that breaks records and impacts culture they get that nomination. ππππππππππππππππππππππππππππππππππππππ
β Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) July 21, 2015
Then she tweeted this, clearly attacking Taylor Swift for her nomination.
If your video celebrates women with very slim bodies, you will be nominated for vid of the year πππππππππππππ
β Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) July 21, 2015
Taylor Swift replied to this tweet (who has a nomination for Music Video of the Year):
@NICKIMINAJ Iβve done nothing but love & support you. Itβs unlike you to pit women against each other. Maybe one of the men took your slot..β
Currently this plus other tweets are taken out of Taylorβs twitter feed.
Then things escalated as Nicki tweeted directly to Taylor Swift about her comment.
Huh? U must not be reading my tweets. Didn't say a word about u. I love u just as much. But u should speak on this. @taylorswift13
β Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) July 21, 2015
Both tried to pretend as if the whole thing was coincidental, but it was a fake acting session all over. However Nicki continued to make comments regarding Taylor Swift.
I'm so glad u guys get to see how this stuff works. Taylor took her music off spotify and was applauded. We launched Tidal & were dragged.
β Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) July 21, 2015
However, the cold war turned completely in favor of Nicki Minaj. Taylorβs final remark in the conversation was βYouβre invited to any stage Iβm ever on,β and Nicki Minaj continued to make her case with various tweets from fans and other resourceful personnel. Taylor Swift completely shut down from the conversation.
It was ugly, to say the least. Nicki should not cry about not getting a nomination. βAnacondaβ music video is about her βbootyβ and it should not be regarded as a βcultural phenomenon.β If thatβs where we are at, our music culture is doomed.
