Nicki Minaj On Iggy Azalea Fight: The Truth Behind Her BET Awards Diss

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When Nicki Minaj seemed to diss rapper Iggy Azalea during her acceptance speech for Best Female Hip Hop Artist at the BET Awards on June 29, people were totally shocked. It looked like Nicki was throwing major shade at Iggy — but was she? Nicki’s finally speaking out.

When Nicki Minaj, 31, accepted her BET Awards trophy, she proudly said: “I thank God that I’ve been placed in a position to do something and represent women in a culture that is so male-driven.” She then added: “What I want the world to know about Nicki Minaj is, that when you hear Nicki Minaj spit, Nicki Minaj wrote it.” Ouch! It seemed like she was talking directly to Iggy Azalea, 24. But Nicki says that’s not true!

Nicki Minaj On Iggy Azalea Fight: The Truth Behind Her BET Awards Diss

First, it looked like Nicki dissed Iggy onstage. Then, more fuel was added to the fire when reports stated that Nicki discovered rapper T.I. secretly writing songs for Iggy! Speaking out on the first time since the supposed diss, Nicki claimed on July 2 that she never threw shade at Iggy.

“The media puts words in my mouth all the time and this is no different. I will always take a stance on women writing b/c I believe in us!” Nicki tweeted first on July 2. In a series of follow-up tweets, Nicki said:

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“I believe we’re smart enough to write down our own thoughts and perspective, just like the men do. I’ve been saying this for 5 YEARS”

Then, after calling out females who do write their own music (like Lauryn Hill), Nicki tweeted:

“I’ve congratulated Iggy on the success of Fancy, publicly. She should be very proud of that. All the women nominated should b proud.”

And:

“That will never change my desire to motivate women to write. Our voices have to be heard. I hope I inspire up & coming females to do that.”

So, Nicki never said she DIDN’T diss Iggy explicitly, but she did open up about how she thinks Iggy should be proud of her success. The mystery deepens!

Nicki Minaj: Releasing New Single With Ariana Grande & Jessie J!

Two singers Nicki’s definitely NOT feuding with? Ariana Grande and Jessie J! The trio are working on a joint single called “Bang Bang” — and it will be released on July 29 via Republic Records. How exciting! The song will be on Jessie J’s upcoming album Alive AND on Ariana’s upcoming album My Everything. We can’t wait to hear it!

Do YOU think Nicki was dissing Iggy, HollywoodLifers? Or do you think her words were twisted?

– Megan Ross

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I don’t think that it was really that bad what nicki said and t.i. Could be writing iggy songs for her

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Nicki there is no reason to hate Iggy azalea she trying to get her stuff together so she can be big like you.

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nickyminaj is just jealous because iggy is rising up to her

You all can say whatever cause we all have different opinions. But I personally do think she was dissing Iggy. I mean come on guys..she even mocked Iggy’s dance at the BET awards -.- and she knew it sounded shady and just because she cleared her case..or tried, doesn’t mean that she was being fully honest or even answering the real question of if she dissed Iggy or not. I think she just needs to grow up cause its not cute to do this in your thirties..and she just needs to keep it 100.

Only dumb women see a diss. She said she is in an industry dominated by men. She writes her own song.as a woman . To me she is saying she as good as drake or lil wayne or any other man. Where the iggy diss comes from. How does anybody know if Iggy wrote her song or not. Implying that iggy did not write her songs is exactly what Nicki was complaining about . Disrespect for women. People saying she saw TI writing for her. She never said that. If T.I. wrote fancy he is gay ,,listen to the song

Yes She Did And She Is Real Phony For That Before No Other Female Rapper Was Performing At The BET Awards Only Nicki Minaj And As Soon As Another Female Come And Perform She Say “When Nicki Minaj Spit She Wrote It” Why Did She Say She Hope BET Continue To Support REALNESS?. WHY Didn’t She Say That Last Year’s Or The Year Before? Because There Was Nobody To Compete With Before .If Your Gonna Support Women Then Support Women All That Extra Stuff Isn’t Call For Expecially In a Male Dominant Industry