Nicki Minaj fires again at Stephen A. Smith after the sports activities commentator calls her “unappreciative” for criticizing Jay-Z’s involvement in choosing Kendrick Lamar over Lil Wayne for the 2025 Tremendous Bowl halftime present headliner.
Nicki Minaj Insults Stephen A. Smith for Criticism
On Thursday (Sept. 12), Nicki Minaj hopped on X to challenge a response to Stephen A. Smith, who had criticized Nicki on the newest episode of The Stephen A. Smith Present. Smith took purpose at Nicki after she had appeared to insult Jay-Z for choosing Kendrick Lamar as a substitute of Lil Wayne to carry out on the 2025 Tremendous Bowl halftime present in New Orleans.
“C’mon Nicki, I respect you, I respect your work, I respect what you have completed, who else you gonna get in a beef with?” Smith mentioned earlier than itemizing off a couple of singers and rappers Nicki is beefing with together with Cardi B and Lil’ Kim. “Everytime we flip round it is somethin’, Nicki. You disagree with the choice, you disagree with the choice. You ain’t bought to speak concerning the brother like that. And why are we speaking about Jay-Z like he is some rattling sell-out or somethin’? Want I remind y’all all of the hip-hop artists, all of the R&B individuals which have been performing on the Tremendous Bowl halftime over the previous few years since he been concerned since 2019? Did I not learn a few of these names to you?”
Smith went on to talk about how laborious it’s for a Black man to perform what Hov has. “How unappreciative are you able to be?” he continued. “It ain’t about you as a person, it is about us! All of us, as Black individuals!”
Nicki was fast to answer the hate on X.
“Oh look yall one other paid laughy taffy alien who solely comes off his knees to show round & again dat azz up,” she mentioned.” LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Stephen, we don’t care. Ima inform u proper now. We don’t care. If I say extra it’ll be your fault.”
Nicki then proceeded to confuse Stephen A. Smith with Shannon Sharpe, who had a intercourse tape leak on Instagram Reside on Wednesday (Sept. 11).
“Stephen wasn’t you simply moanin & groanin on dwell in your bed room? LMFAOOOO,” Nicki added. “And since we right here in girls’s enterprise…women; when ought to males simply shave their full head? Ought to it take its regular course like SAS Sassy a*s or ought to he look into lace fronts?”
She then corrected herself by commenting, “Oh that is not.”
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Nicki Minaj Appears to Go at Jay-Z Over Kendrick Lamar Alternative
After information broke over the weekend that Kendrick Lamar could be performing on the 2025 Tremendous Bowl halftime present in New Orleans subsequent yr, reactions began to pour in from each followers and rappers. On Monday (Sep. 9), Nicki sounded off on Weezy’s omission and appeared responsible Jay-Z, whose Roc Nation firm has served because the NFL’s dwell music leisure strategist since 2019.
“Denying a younger black man what he rightfully put into this sport for no different motive however your ego. Your hatred for BIRDMAN, Drake & Nicki bought you punishing Lil Wayne?!?!!! LIL WAYNE!!!!!!!!!! THE GOAT?!!!!!!!!!!!” questioned Nicki. “Nola what’s good?!!!!!! Eminem stood agency on having 50 Cent come out. A white man. Sh*t unhappy. Home NI***R TINGZ. but it surely’s GOOD FI DEM!!!!!!! No loyalty? Welp. then ni**az will preserve son’ing you!!!!!”
She concluded that rap would by no means be the identical with out Wayne or his affect and that he needs to be given an opportunity to carry out. Different rappers fired off their assist for Wayne, too, together with Birdman, Ma$e, Cam’ron and Juvenile.
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See all of Nicki’s tweets under, and watch the complete episode of Stephen A. Smith’s present.
