(AllHipHop News) Nicki Minaj gave the disclaimer of “no shade” during her acceptance speech for the BET Award for Best Female Hip Hop Artist after implying other female rappers did not write their own lyrics.
On her personal Twitter account, Nicki Minaj stated the perceived feud between Iggy Azaela and herself is merely a product of the media’s sensationalism. According to Nicki, she has congratulated Azaela on her success in the past and her speech was simply to empower women to write their own lyrics:
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!
— PillsNPotions (@NICKIMINAJ) July 2, 2014
I’ve congratulated Iggy on the success of Fancy, publicly. She should be very proud of that. All the women nominated should b proud.
— PillsNPotions (@NICKIMINAJ) July 2, 2014
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.
— PillsNPotions (@NICKIMINAJ) July 2, 2014
[ALSO CHECK OUT: Nicki Minaj Laughs At Forbes’ Article About Iggy Azalea Running Hip Hop]
Back in May, Nicki appeared on The Breakfast Club and addressed Forbes’ article dubbing Azaela as the queen of Hip Hop. According to Nicki, Forbes proclamations in Hip Hop are not only uninvited but also baseless:
We rely on Hip Hop journalism and blogs for THAT kind of information. So we appreciate that, but no thank you.