A new beef has entered the music world.
Platinum-selling rapper Nicki Minaj took to social media on Tuesday, July 15, to air her grievances, going on to spark a feud with Grammy-winning singer SZA, dissing everything from the “Snooze” singer’s music to her appearance.
The exchange came after the “Starships” artist claimed SZA’s manager and Top Dawg Entertainment label president, Terrence “Punch” Henderson, was “bullying” her. SZA, 35, seemingly indirectly addressed the claims by writing, “don’t take the bait lol silly goose.”
The assumed subtweet got Minaj, 42, riled up, igniting a series of profanity-filled digs. Minaj replied to the post: “Go draw your freckles back on bookie,” and later claimed the “Kill Bill” artist is “looking & sounding like she got stung” by a bee.
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Minaj continued slighting the singer’s career, going as far as to say, “SZA if every song you’ve ever done vanished right now the music business wouldn’t even miss you. I’ve been to countries that never heard of you.”
The rapper also aimed at SZA’s record-breaking album “SOS,” her 2022 9x platinum album that made the singer the longest-running Black artist on the Billboard 200’s Top 10 chart, surpassing Michael Jackson’s “Thriller.” SZA celebrated the feat earlier in the day, writing: “I’m really bout to have my first diamond album .. in under 3 years.”
She “put out a whole new album as a deluxe to an already existing album that was out for like a year or 2 so the original album could break records,” Minaj tweeted. “Like what in the insecure lack of morals & integrity you doing?”
SZA expressed anger at the attacks, saying she “wasn’t even talking about or to anyone.” She also went back and forth with Minaj’s at times viciously loyal fanbase, referred to as the “Barbz.”
“I get bullied by millions online every day then step … out onna (sic) packed stadium tour where ppl show me REAL love . IN REAL LIFE,” said the singer, currently on the international leg of her Grand National tour with Kendrick Lamar. “My parents are healthy and I’m the most successful I ever been.”
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Nicki Minaj, SZA feud: Artists spar over X
