Nicki Minaj isn’t afraid of a little confrontation.
The "Chun-Li" rapper has been known to throw shade, directly call out online haters and put bullies on blast, both in person and in her music. Whether it's slamming fellow celebrities, awards shows or comments made about her music and look, Minaj always has a way of making sure her voice is heard.
She's mastered both fiery responses and subtle shade, and gone up against well-known musicians like Miley Cyrus, Lil' Kim and most recently, Cardi B. While some feuds have been now put to rest, others continue to thrive and reignite. Here are a handful of Minaj's most famous quarrels.
The bad blood between these two rappers began after they collaborated on the Migos track "MotorSport" in early 2018. In May, Minaj expressed during an interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music's Beats 1 show that Cardi showed her "no genuine love" and acted ungrateful towards her during their time working together. Cardi later tried to clear the air, telling Howard Stern on his Sirius XM show that she was "never feuding with anybody, there was a misunderstanding."
The two rappers seemed to be on good terms at the 2018 Met Gala, even taking pictures together. "I spoke to her at the Met Gala about it, and it's just like, see?" Cardi told Stern. "It's just something that had to be talked about because it was an issue."
Cardi was reluctant to talk about what caused all the drama, but did admit that she too had hurt feelings.
"I'm not gonna talk about it, but I really feel a certain type of way," she stressed. "My feelings was really hurt, and I was just on some, 'You know what? This is why I just keep to myself. This is why I cannot f**k with nobody.'"
But things appeared to have turned south on Sept. 7, when Cardi got in a physical fight with Minaj at the Harper's Bazaar ICONS party. An eyewitness at the event told ET that the rappers battled it outat around 11:30 p.m. ET, when Cardi approached Minaj in the hotel's hallway. The eyewitness claimed that Cardi tried to "kick and punch" Minaj, whose security quickly created a barricade between the two women. According to ET's eyewitness, Cardi then threw one of her shoes at Minaj, and was escorted out of the event.
Cardi later took to Instagram to seemingly comment on the incident, though she didn't name names. "I've let a lot of sh*t slide! I let you sneak diss me, I let you lie on me, I let you attempt to stop by bags, f**k up the way I eat!" she wrote. "You’ve threaten other artists in the industry, told them if they work with me you'll stop f**kin with them!! I let you talk bug sh*t about me!! I addressed you once in person, I addressed you a second time in person, and every time you copped the plea!!"
Minaj had it out for Scott after his album, Astroworld, was deemed No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 200 chart following the release of Minaj's album, Queen, in August. The "Anaconda" hip hop artist accused Scott of using girlfriend Jenner's fame to promote his new music.
“I put my blood sweat and tears into writing a dope album only for Travis Scott to have Kylie Jenner post a tour pass telling ppl to come see her and Stormi," she tweeted. "lol. I'm actually laughing."
She also had a problem with him selling merchandise and tickets for his upcoming tour with album downloads and having those count as album sales.
"What we're not gonna do is have that auto-tune man selling f**king sweaters telling you he sold half a million albums, because he f**king didn't," Minaj exclaimed on Queen Radio on Apple Music's Beats 1, referring to the 26-year-old rapper.
She then went after Jenner, adding, "You stupid f**k. You got your f**king homeboy talking for you and you got your girlfriend selling tour passes. Stop it. Knock it the f**k off."
A week later, Minaj clarified that she had nothing but love for Jenner, adding that she couldn't knock her for standing by her man. The beef seems to have settled between the three for now.
Two rap queens trying to rule the same land. The rivals have taken thinly veiled shots at one another through their records over the years, most notably in 2011, when Kim released "Black Friday" -- an obvious play on Minaj's debut album title, Pink Friday -- calling Minaj a "Lil' Kim clone" and a "wannabe."
As for Minaj, her songs "Roman's Revenge," "Tragedy," "Y.U. Mad," "Stupid Hoe" and "I Am Your Leader" are all thought to be about Kim.
In 2012, Kim addressed their issues in an interview with iHeartRadio's The Breakfast Club and once again accused Minaj of copying her, and not showing her proper respect.
"The problem with her is she was very catty about it," Kim said. "I never had a problem with her. I was always nice with her. She was a very obnoxious person."
When talking to ET in June, Kim took a cue from Mariah Carey infamously talking about Jennifer Lopez and said she didn't "know" Minaj.
"You know, Cardi is my girl! I don't know the other one," Kim pointedly told ET. "But Cardi is my girl and so I'm so excited for my girl Cardi. I can't wait for her to have the baby. I love you, Cardi!"
