Taylor Swift takes an interesting angle in Nicki Minaj’s riff with MTV Earlier today, Nicki Minaj voiced her displeasure with her extremely popular, record-breaking video, “Anaconda,” not being recognized in certain nomination categories, like “Video of the Year” and “Best Choreography.” Minaj mentioned that had the video been made by “other” girls, it likely wouldn’t have been omitted. Shortly after her brief rant, Taylor Swift jumped in, apparently taking issue with Minaj’s comments.
@NICKIMINAJ I’ve done nothing but love & support you. It’s unlike you to pit women against each other. Maybe one of the men took your slot..
— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) July 21, 2015
@NICKIMINAJ If I win, please come up with me!! You’re invited to any stage I’m ever on. — Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) July 21, 2015
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 — NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) July 21, 2015
That last tweet seemed to be a tad bit shady, and Minaj thought so as well. She responded with the following.
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 — NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) July 21, 2015
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.
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) July 21, 2015
Then, Minaj went on to RT this tweet, which then helped it get shared by nearly 14,000 people, that seemed to illustrate her point perfectly.
nicki was making valid points about the history of racism in the music industry, taylor should be standing by her not making it about her
— becca (@margaerytyreII) July 21, 2015
The back-and-forth doesn’t say “beef,” but rather Swift completely missing the point Minaj is attempting to make. Whether or not you believe Nicki has a point in her original argument, it has nothing to do with pitting females together. As her Twitter follower pointed out, the narrative was initially centered around racial bias, and not gender prejudice.
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It actually seemed to be more of a body issue than race or gender…Where did race come in at all though? Like I was honestly thrown af by that part. If it’s supposed to just be implied as if white people have slim bodies…then I guess mine missed the memo? This whole thing is kind of pathetic though to be honest, Nicki’s body gets celebrated ALL the time, she’s part of the reason asses are so glorified right now. She just seems bitter af to be honest.
o nvm. it makes sense, just this article is poorly written and didn’t tell the whole story. my bad >->