Nicki Minaj lashed out on social media after SZA highlighted her chart-topping achievements during their escalating online feud that began Tuesday (July 16) over a perceived subtweet and a long-simmering tension involving SZA’s manager.
The drama erupted after SZA shared a tweet—”Mercury retrograde .. don’t take the bait lol silly goose”—which Minaj interpreted as a jab, despite SZA’s denial.
That post lit the fuse for a barrage of insults from Minaj, who ridiculed SZA’s vocals, looks and career trajectory.
Minaj’s supporters, known as the Barbz, quickly jumped in. One user tweeted at SZA, “Baby, you inserted your self in some s### that didn’t involve you. You ARE NOT THE VICTIM.”
SZA fired back, “I wasn’t even talking about or to anyone I had just got off stage talkin bout retrograde. N##### @‘d ME. The F### YES IM MAD NOW DO YOU NEED THAT !??”
As the back-and-forth intensified, another Minaj fan tried to downplay SZA’s credibility, writing, “Girl you on a joint tour do that s### solo.” SZA clapped back with receipts, sharing a screenshot showing her SOS Tour grossed $100 million. “What the f### you wanna see lemme know,” she wrote, noting the milestone placed her alongside Tina Turner, Rihanna and Beyoncé as one of the few Black women to hit that mark.
She followed up with, “Lmao lemme go back to being calm shy and meek. Yall have blessed night ! See you tomorrow for night 2 Paris !!”
Minaj, clearly not done, responded with “Shutup ugly,” then added, “I’m in a meeting so idk if u was still talking s### or not so if you didn’t I’ll delete later. Hoe.”
SZA then pivoted to celebrating her own wins, announcing that her album SOS became the “first diamond album .. in under 3 years,” and that her earlier project CTRL had reached seven-times platinum status.
Minaj unleashed another tirade: “Wait. Does Sza think she’s more successful than me? 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. I’ve been to countries that never heard of you. I know you’re not THAT stupid are you?”
She continued, “Stadiums? Did you look at the venues I played on my OWN headlined FESTIVAL tour out of the country last year? B#### 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.”
Minaj then accused SZA of staying silent when her manager, TDE’s Terrence “Punch” Henderson, allegedly harassed her. “Why didn’t u speak up when your exec was bullying & harassing me ya dirty mangy c###?” she wrote.
The rapper also took aim at SZA’s release strategy, saying, “B#### put out a whole new album as a deluxe to an already existing album that was out for like a year or 2 so the original album could break records. Like what in the insecure lack of morals & integrity you doing? I thought she was like a real artist? Girl bye.”
Minaj didn’t stop there. She reposted alleged old tweets from SZA criticizing other female artists, writing, “Like do you know the level of inside HATE for yourself you had to have had to be this much of a c### for no reason to the women you later worked with? Now wanna act like you a mthfkn tarot card, b#### quit. What an odd little weirdo.”
Like do you know the level of inside HATE for yourself you had to have had to be this much of a c### for no reason to the women you later worked with? Now wanna act like you a mthfkn tarot card, b#### quit.
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) July 16, 2025
What an odd little weirdo https://t.co/GaNjYTRlTp