Here's What's Going On With The Drama Between Nicki Minaj And SZA
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The drama started yesterday when SZA posted a tweet that Nicki appeared to interpret as shade. At the time, she had been tweeting about Terrence "Punch" Henderson, the president of SZA's label, TDE, whom she claimed "bullied" her after she "rejected his business proposition."
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"Mercury retrograde ... don't take the bait lol silly goose," SZA tweeted. Quote-tweeting the post, Nicki wrote, "Go draw your freckles back on bookie." She also criticized SZA's singing abilities, writing that she sounds like a "fkng dead dog."
Twitter: @NICKIMINAJ
"Bitch looking & sounding like she got stung by a fucking bee," Nicki wrote, "😩 dot dot dot *Draws on my fake freckles*"
Twitter: @NICKIMINAJ
SZA said, "I don't give a fuck bout none of that weird shit you popping." She also denied speaking negatively about Nicki after a fan accused her of inserting herself in the drama with Punch, saying,"I wasn't even talking about or to anyone I had just got off stage talking bout retrograde . [N-words] @'d ME ."
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For reference, SZA is currently on the Grand National Tour with Kendrick Lamar.
SZA then tried to move on from the drama, writing, "LMAO lemme go back to being calm shy and meek . Yall have blessed night ! See you tomorrow for night 2 Paris !! ❤️🫶" But Nicki continued to tweet her, telling her, "Shutup ugly." She also proceeded to body-shame her and take aim at her music career.
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"Wait. Does Sza think she's more successful than me?" Nicki wrote after SZA reacted to an unrelated post about SOS nearing diamond certification. "Lol yall catch me up pls."
"Sza if every song you've ever done vanished right now the music business wouldn't even miss you," she continued. "I've been to countries that never heard of you. I know you're not THAT stupid are you? Stadiums? Did you look at the venues I played on my OWN headlined FESTIVAL tour out of the country last year? Bitch have you ever headlined to 80K ppl? Btch what have you ever done besides yodel with auto tune that needed retuning?"
"Boo im an icon. You're not. The end," Nicki stated, despite SZA's glowing track record, which includes multiple Grammys, two mega successful albums, and two No. 1-charting hits, "Kill Bill" and "Luther." Her CTRL album spent 422 weeks on the Billboard 200, while SOS spent 135 weeks on the chart and broke a record previously held by Michael Jackson's Thriller.
But Nicki didn't stop there. She also questioned, "Why didn't u speak up when your exec was bullying & harassing me ya dirty mangy cunt? These botted numbers on all platforms have yall losing yall mother fkng minds. You the type that would've been quiet in school trying to fit in. You still have no clue who you are! I know you went nights w/o washing that musty face. Btch how u remember exactly where every freckle go?"
At that point, she was basically talking to herself, because SZA didn't publicly respond to any of those tweets. But as you can see, fans had a lot to say about the drama:
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Punch responded, too.
@LorenLorosa / The Breakfast Club / Via Twitter: @LorenLorosa
When The Breakfast Club host Loren Lorosa asked him about the origins of the drama, Punch claimed everything began in 2020 when Nicki allegedly contacted him for a SZA feature. Loren said, "He responded and told Nicki Minaj that SZA was in album mode heavy and that he would get it over to her, and that was it. They never spoke again. [The] feature didn't happen, but he says he's lost after that as well." So far, Nicki hasn't publicly responded to his claims, but we've reached out for comment.
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