Nicki Minaj made some barbed
comments during her acceptance speech for her fifth consecutive win as
Best Female Hip-Hop Artist at the BET Awards Sunday night that appeared
to be directed toward Iggy Azalea.
After quasi-plugging her upcoming album The Pink Print,
Minaj said, "What I want the world to know about Nicki Minaj is, that
when you hear Nicki Minaj spit, Nicki Minaj wrote it." Then she gestured
in a way that seemed like she was locking her mouth and mugged at the
audience. As the audience cheered, she said, "No, no, no, no, no shade,"
and smiled at Lil Wayne. The comment about writing her own verses
seemed to address rumors that Azalea, who was nominated in the same
category as Minaj, employed ghostwriters like T.I., according to Gawker.
Minaj
went on to tell a story about Lil Wayne making her perfect her verses
in the studio. "I'm still one of the only MCs that's out here spitting
metaphors and making you think," she said. "And I really don’t even care
if I get my credit or if I don't."
Outside
of her biting commentary, Minaj shared that she had a health scare that
she did not report to the media. "The other day, literally – I didn't
tell anyone this – I really thought I was about to die," she said. "Like
I was saying my prayers to die. And I didn't even wanna call the
ambulance because I thought, 'Well if I call the ambulance, it's gonna
be on TMZ. And I would rather sit there and die...' And it made me
realize, 'I don't care what anybody gotta say. I'ma do me.'"
Over the past few months, Minaj has been teasing The Pink Print,
releasing a surreal video for the ballady "Pills N Potion" in early
June. Although the album does not have an official release date, Minaj
said at the award show that it would come out this year.
The
award show also featured performances by Pharrell, Usher, Azalea, John
Legend and Robin Thicke, who dedicated his new song "Forever Love" to
estranged wife Paula Patton. "I miss you and I'm sorry," Thicke said,
with the singer displaying a photo of the couple. Jay Z and
Beyoncé closed out the show with a video performance of the remix to
Beyonce's hit "Partition."
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