3/10/2024 0 Comments Bars vs line of music![]() This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at for further information. (SOUNDBITE OF MEGAN THEE STALLION SONG, "HISS")Ĭopyright © 2024 NPR. MCCAMMON: That's NPR Music's Sidney Madden. It can move the culture but not when they move to putting real-life people, the celebrities and the fans included, in danger. In the past, people have leaked where people's kids go to school, photos of their children, and it's all in the name of a feud between two celebrities that they don't actually know. It's just something that's happening online that is now way too casual of an occurrence. And actively right now they are doxing people, which means their personal information is being leaked online in a way that can put them in danger. Nicki's fans - they're called Barbz in the past. But more importantly, in the age of social media toxicity, a lot of rap beefs are purported and sometimes false but that they kind of spiral out of control based on how the fanbase is mobilize around this information or misinformation. And Nicki, as a fierce competitor - we can just say right now that "Bigfoot" is not her best work. First, we should say that this is a very active beef, and there's still more songs and more disses and more jabs to come from this. MADDEN: There's a couple different variables at play here. MCCAMMON: So, Sidney, how has this fight between Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion - how is it different from other rap beefs that you've seen? MADDEN: Exactly, bringing us back to 2020, 2021, when a lot of people publicly ridiculed and disbelieved Megan in the public eye. MCCAMMON: So sort of casting doubt on her whole story. Like a bodybuilder, I keep raising the bar. NICKI MINAJ: (Rapping) Kylie kicked you out and made you stumble to the car. The biggest diss on the song is that Nicki made fun of the fact that Meg was shot in 2020, not believing that Megan was shot in the first place. And then at midnight - I mean, technically, Monday morning - this song "Bigfoot" drops. Nicki spent the entire weekend responding on social media and dropping hints that she'd be releasing a response record to this. MADDEN: From there, it clearly got personal for Nicki. MCCAMMON: So how did Nicki Minaj respond to all this? So even though she didn't say Nicki's name in the track, it was clear that she was talking about Nicki and her family. MADDEN: And it was clear that this was a shot at Nicki's husband, Kenneth Petty, because he is a registered sex offender, and he was actually on house arrest last year for failing to register as one. And it's a federal law requiring law enforcement to make info about registered sex offenders available to the public. Megan knew everyone would go do their Googles to find out what that means. MADDEN: And you can hear there she says they're mad at Megan's Law. MEGAN THEE STALLION: (Rapping) These don't be mad at Megan. So on the track, she throws a subliminal diss at Nicki's husband. And she's airing out everybody, including Nicki. And so the single "HISS" that she dropped on Friday was basically a response to everything she's been through in the last couple years. ![]() And she dealt with a lot of fallout even as a victim of that incident. And she went through a very public trial. She was ridiculed, slut shamed and doubted for being assaulted that way. She was shot in the foot in 2020 by Tory Lanez. We got to talk about everything that's coming out of Megan's single, "HISS." So Megan as an artist, her rise in the public eye and the rap game - it's happened very simultaneously as she's endured a lot of tribulations these last few years. But in order to get into what's happening this weekend, we got to back up a little bit. MADDEN: Yeah, they were one-time co-collaborators and co-signers of each other. ![]() And at one time they seemed to support each other but not so much lately, I gather. MCCAMMON: So Megan and Nicki have worked together in the past. So what prompted this falling out? Well, NPR Music's Sidney Madden is here to explain. Her target was Megan Thee Stallion and the new single she dropped on Friday. Overnight, Nicki Minaj released a rapid-fire response track. Two of hip-hop's biggest stars are now going after each other. ![]()
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