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Nicki Minaj released her new song “Big Foot” on Monday, and so did the rapper disputed It's a dissident track that was widely perceived as an attack on fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion, who Minaj took aim at for days in a barrage of social media posts after she appeared to interpret Megan's song “Hiss” as dissident her.
Minaj released “Big Foot” on Monday, which is widely seen as a diss track against Megan Thee Stallion. … [+] (Photo by Christopher Polk/WWD via Getty Images)
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Important facts
Megan released her song “Hiss” on Friday in which she criticizes people who talk badly about her for “twenty-four hours of attention,” and fans believe the lyrics refer to rappers like Drake, Minaj and the previously convicted Tory Lanez to 10 years in prison for shooting Megan in the foot.
Although Minaj isn't mentioned by name in “Hiss,” fans pointed to one line — “These hoes ain't mad at Megan, these hoes ain't mad at Megan's Law” — as a possible reference to Minaj's husband Kenneth Petty, who is a registered sex offender, as Megan's Law requires police to release information about sex offenders to the public.
Petty, with whom Minaj had a child in 2020, was convicted of attempted rape in 1995 and sentenced to three years probation in 2022 for failing To as a sex offender.
A few minutes after “Hiss” dropped, Minaj took to Instagram Live to check out the lyrics to “Big Foot,” including lines like “She like six feet, I call her Big Foot,” a possible reference to Megan's height and hers Shot in the foot by Lanez at the same time as a flood of social media posts about Megan began.
Minaj wrote a long series of posts about X's attack on Megan, vocation She's a “pathological and manipulative liar” and a “terrible ACTOR who can't cry on cue” – and that too one where she tagged Megan and accused her of trying to provoke a fight while she was “afraid” of Minaj's reaction.
Minaj released “Big Foot” to streaming platforms on Monday, in which fans say she insinuated that Megan lied about the Lanez shooting, criticized Megan's rapping skills and made several references to Megan's mother, who died in 2019.
Cons
Before its release, Minaj denied that “Big Foot” was a dissident track. In response to a post from pop culture updates account Pop Base, the called “Big Foot,” a “Megan Thee Stallion diss track,” Minaj wrote: “Who actually said “diss track”????? Don't play tonight. Fix your tweet.” However, in “Big Foot,” Minaj mentions Megan by name several times.
Surprising fact
Megan hasn't directly addressed the feud on social media. She posted a picture of herself laughing on her Instagram Story Friday night after Minaj started her Instagram Live, but Megan hasn't mentioned Minaj by name on social media.
Big number
Five. So many more songs from Minaj said She's ready to leave if Megan “even breathes wrong.” Minaj also threatened to release every “receipt known to man” if Megan disputes anything Minaj has said about her.
tangent
The feud has helped both rappers achieve huge streaming numbers. With more than 1.6 million streams in the last day, “Hiss” is currently No. 1 on US Spotify. “Big Foot” debuted at number 10 on the US Spotify charts with 1.1 million streams. “Hiss” and “Big Foot” are at No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, on the US Apple Music charts.
Important background
Minaj and Megan's once-friendly relationship began in 2019 when the two shared a free conversation on Instagram in which Megan admitted to being a fan of Minaj since 2008. This summer, the two rappers teamed up on “Hot Girl Summer.” with Ty Dolla $ign, which peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100. “Hot Girl Summer” was a reference to Megan’s confident catchphrase that went viral. The next year, Minaj told Variety that she admired Megan's ambition, particularly her decision to pursue her rap career and her education at the same time. Speculation about possible tensions between the two grew when Megan teamed up with Cardi B, with whom Minaj had a long-standing feud, for her viral hit “WAP” in 2020. Megan denied that the collaboration changed her relationship with Minaj, but the two reportedly unfollowed each other on Instagram months later. In 2022, Megan denied a rumor that she tried to force Minaj to drink alcohol while she was trying to get pregnant. Minaj had previously described the incident on her “Queen Radio” show without naming names. Fans have interpreted several lyrics on Minaj's latest album, Pink Friday 2, as dissing Megan: On “Red Ruby Da Sleeze,” she said she hasn't “fucked horses since Christopher Reeves,” and on “FTCU,” she refers on the Lanez shooting. “Stay in your Tory Lanez, bitch, I'm not Iggy,” Minaj raps, referring to rapper Iggy Azalea, who wrote a letter in support of Lanez before his sentencing.
further reading
A Timeline of Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion's Friendship Feud (Billboard)
Nicki Minaj's Husband Kenneth Petty Serves House Arrest (Rolling Stone)
Megan Thee Stallion Warns Her Haters on “HISS” (TIME)
Nicki Minaj Drops Megan Thee Stallion Diss Track “Big Foot” (Rolling Stone)