Nicki Minaj courts controversy. It is what she does. She has an inventory of beefs a mile lengthy, and seemingly provides to it with every passing 12 months. Minaj turned up the warmth, nonetheless, even by her requirements, when it got here to JAY-Z. She destroyed the Roc Nation boss for not selecting Lil Wayne because the Halftime Present performer on the subsequent Tremendous Bowl. The rapper’s anger rapidly turned again on her, although, as followers and trade commentators criticized her for making the Halftime controversy about her.

Nicki Minaj took a step again following the backlash, and laid low on social media. She resurfaced on September 18, and did so by tweeting lyrics from an previous tune of hers. The tune in query in titled “All Issues Go.” It is a softer, extra melodic choice from her 2014 album The Pinkprint, however the lyrics are very a lot relevant to the way in which Minaj is being perceived proper now. “Lemme make this clear,” she raps. “I am not tough I am simply bout my enterprise. I am not into pretend trade events and faux agendas.” Minaj is probably drawing a line within the sand between her authenticity and the “pretend trade” that somebody like JAY-Z represents, no less than in her eyes.

Nicki Minaj’s closing line additionally appears rigorously repurposed. “Rock with ppl for the way they make me really feel,” she provides. “Not what they provide me.” As soon as once more, a line is seemingly drawn between these she is on the facet of and people she is not. She’s repeatedly stood up for Younger Cash artists like Drake and Lil Wayne, aka the individuals she rocks with. The second a part of the road may very well be interpreted as a response to the viral tweet Memphis Bleek despatched out within the midst of the Halftime Present controversy. Bleek reposted a video of Hov claiming that rappers get mad at him for “issues he did not do” for them.

By asserting that Nicki Minaj is not involved with what different individuals “give” her, she’s mainly rebuking Memphis Bleek‘s critiques. It is a extra cryptic method than followers are used to seeing from the rapper. She often has no drawback getting on Instagram Reside or Twitter and roasting her goal for hours on finish. Minaj has greater fish to fry for the time being, although. The rapper and her husband have been not too long ago accused of dodging funds on a $500K settlement involving a safety guard. The guard claimed the rapper threw a shoe at his head after a 2019 live performance.