Stephen A. Smith unleashed on Nicki Minaj for her heated rant after Kendrick Lamar was introduced because the headliner for the Tremendous Bowl LIX Halftime Present. Minaj believed Lil Wayne ought to have been chosen to carry out in New Orleans and subbed Hov in a string of tweets.
Smith addressed the criticism on his podcast, calling out Nicki Minaj and defending JAY-Z.
“I respect you, I respect your work, I respect what you achieved [but] who else [are] you going to get in a beef with?” he requested earlier than itemizing artists she’s had points with previously. “Each time we flip round it’s one thing, Nicki. You disagree with the choice, you disagree with the choice, [but] you bought to speak to a brother like that?”
The veteran broadcaster then gave the Roc Nation boss his flowers, declaring his position in getting Hip-Hop acts to carry out on the Tremendous Bowl.
“And why are we speaking about JAY-Z like he some rattling sellout or one thing?” Smith questioned. “Want I remind y’all all of the Hip-Hop artists, all of the R&B individuals which have been acting at Tremendous Bowl Halftime over the previous few years since he’s been concerned in 2019?”
Smith then talked about acts that carried out within the coveted present earlier than Hov’s involvement, together with The Who and Coldplay.
“Have you learnt how laborious it’s for a Black man to tug off what JAY-Z pulled off? How unappreciative are you able to be?” Smith yelled. “It ain’t about you as a person it’s about us. All of us. As Black individuals. And that brother proper there, JAY-Z, has been entrance and middle in pushing the envelope. You gon’ name him a sellout? You gone use the n-word to explain him?… He don’t deserve that.”
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Nicki Minaj Calls Out JAY-Z
Whereas Nicki Minaj didn’t identify JAY-Z in her posts, the implication was clear.
“Denying a younger black man what he rightfully put into this sport for no different cause however your ego,” Nicki Minaj wrote. “Your hatred for BIRDMAN, Drake & Nicki bought you punishing Lil Wayne?!?!!! LIL WAYNE!!!!!!!!!! THE GOAT?!!!!!!!!!!! Nola what’s good?!!!!!! Eminem stood agency on having 50Cent come out. A white man. S### unhappy. Home N###ER TINGZ. however it’s GOOD FI DEM!!!!!!! No loyalty ? Welp. then n###az will hold son’ing you!!!!! #DTLR #GagCityDC LMFAOOOOOOOOOO GOODAZ FI DEL GAL U AH GOODAZ FI DEM.”
