A Timeline of Nicki Minaj & Megan Thee Stallion’s Friendship-Turned-Feud

Nicki Minaj and the Houston Hottie joined forces in Aug. 2019 alongside Ty Dolla $ign for his or her bubbly “Sizzling Lady Summer time” anthem which peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Sizzling 100.

Previous to the music, Meg first linked up with Nicki throughout an Instagram Dwell the place they showered one another with love and Thee Stallion revealed she’d been a Barb since ’08.

“We’re gagging proper now, we’re lifeless. B—h, we love you! Since 2008, after I was in eighth grade, and I might take heed to you,” Meg stated.

Nicki defined that there have been no plans for her to hop on the file however she fell in love with it and obtained to writing that very same evening. “However as soon as I heard the music I fell in love. Wrote it b4 I went to sleep,” she wrote on Twitter. “None of that was deliberate. I had no thought meg was on stay or that she would need to go stay 2gthr.”

A few weeks after their preliminary IG Dwell, Nicki and Meg linked up for the “Sizzling Lady Summer time” video shoot, the place they went on Dwell as soon as once more, however this time, they had been really collectively on set.

Rocking matching purple hair, the duo travel about who was going to be “driving the boat.” Directed by Munachi Osegbu, the spicy “Sizzling Lady Summer time” video has gone on to hit over 133 million views.

In an period of feminine rap the place each time an rising rapper determined to work with both Cardi B or Nicki Minaj set off drama, Megan Thee Stallion cashed in on the chance to do each.

Meg teamed up with Cardi for “WAP” in August 2020, and the raunchy collaboration made historical past as the primary feminine rap collab to debut atop the Billboard Sizzling 100.

On the time, Nicki Minaj took the excessive highway, as she was quoted lending reward to Megan as a girl and an artist in a Selection characteristic on the Houston Hottie.

“One in every of my favourite issues about Meg is her need to additional her schooling. It’s so vital for ladies to really feel impressed to attain objectives outdoors of social media, the place the main focus is normally positioned on their our bodies or who they’re courting on the time,” Minaj stated.

“Girls are extra than simply child mamas, and we are able to proceed to show that by being goal-oriented, bettering ourselves and being impartial. Megan is the proper instance that we are able to have enjoyable and be sensible on the similar time.”

Megan checked in with Chicago’s 107.5 WGCI, throughout which she revealed that she didn’t speak with Nicki about working with Cardi however felt her relationship with Minaj shouldn’t change because the days of “Sizzling Lady Summer time” due to that.

“I didn’t really feel like I needed to name her first. I imply, as a result of on the finish of the day, I’m nonetheless an artist and I needs to be free to work with whoever I need to work with. My private relationship with anyone doesn’t have an effect on what I select to do as an artist,” she stated.

“Even me and Cardi’s relationship furthered after the music, like, she’s nice on her personal. I really like her as an individual, we speak usually, we speak lots. Me and Nicki, our relationship hasn’t modified since we did ‘Sizzling Lady Summer time.’”

Meg continued: “I really feel like girls, we actually do know the right way to coexist and we actually do know the right way to not be catty, so regardless of fashionable Web opinion, that’s actually not the case.”

Nicki distanced herself from Megan as she reportedly hit Thee Stallion with the unfollow on Instagram circa January 2021. The “Savage” rapper finally returned the favor and the pair of hip-hop titans nonetheless don’t comply with each other as of press time and don’t anticipate that to alter anytime quickly.

Nicki Minaj reissued her 2009 Beam Me Up Scotty mixtape on streaming providers in Could 2021 and gave a nostalgic dessert for Younger Cash followers by reuniting herself with Drake and Lil Wayne on “Seeing Inexperienced.”

Followers now consider that the Queen’s “alcoholics” bar was a jab at Megan Thee Stallion. “One Margarita pizza with Parmesan and garlic. These b—–s thirsty I can see why they alcoholics,” she raps on the observe. (Scroll to the subsequent slide beneath for correct context)

Nicki is rarely afraid to spill some tea throughout episodes of Queen Radio, and she or he accused Megan Thee Stallion of shoving alcohol down her throat in addition to allegedly suggesting she might get an abortion throughout a time she was making an attempt to get pregnant. Minaj would finally give beginning to her first son, Papa Bear, in 2020.

“Think about telling somebody you didn’t need to drink since you had been, on the time, presumably pregnant. Since you had been actively having a child,” Nicki stated in September 2022 on the Apple Music airwaves. “Think about if that particular person stated, ‘Oh lady, you’ll be able to go to the clinic.’“

Nicki continued: “Think about posting images that you’re pregnant and the particular person doesn’t even prefer it or say congratulations. However then if you publish that Beyoncé despatched you flowers congratulating you, the particular person then tried to ship you flowers pondering that, ‘Oh, I can use this chance,’ as she does everybody else. ‘She’ll publish the flowers.’ I didn’t even allow them to s—s in motherf—–g home.”

A fan alerted Megan of Nicki’s claims and she or he put an finish to the controversy by vehemently denying the allegations which she labeled a “LIE” on Twitter.

Minaj trotted out of the gates in 2023 together with her Lumidee-sampling “Crimson Ruby Da Sleez,” which reached No. 13 on the Sizzling 100.

Followers linked the dots with a few bars being darts thrown in Megan Thee Stallion’s route. “700 on them horses once we fixing to go away/ However I don’t f–okay with horses since Christopher Reeves,” she rhymes.

Nicki additionally makes a reference to Doritos which might stem from Meg’s Tremendous Bowl business marketing campaign with the chip large. “Dorito b—-s mad that they nachos,” she quips.

There have been additionally some followers on the market that believed “that .40 cal a make them dance like a go-go” was a jab on the Houston Hottie with reference to her being drunkenly shot within the ft by Tory Lanez in 2020. Lanez has since been sentenced to a decade behind bars.

Megan Thee Stallion returned together with her second single heading into her third album on Friday (Jan. 26) and the scathing “Hiss” noticed her taking no prisoners.

She presumably assaults Minaj in addition to her hubby Kenneth Petty –– who’s a registered intercourse offender — whereas using shrewd wordplay referencing Megan’s Regulation which requires the disclosure of details about registered intercourse offenders for public safety.

Petty was convicted of raping a minor 16-year-old lady in 1995. He ended up serving 4 years behind bars.

“These h–s don’t be mad at Megan, these h–s mad at Megan’s Regulation/ I don’t actually know what the issue is, however I assure y’all don’t need me to begin/ B—h, you a p—y, by no means finna verify me/ Each likelihood you get, guess your weak ass received’t handle me,” she unloads.

It wasn’t lengthy earlier than Minaj obtained wind of the haymakers and determined it was time to step into the ring for herself although.

The Younger Cash icon didn’t waste any time as she hopped onto Instagram Dwell mere minutes after “Hiss” arrived to preview what’s now referred to as “Large Foot” whereas firing again at Megan and referencing Lanez capturing her within the foot.

“Unhealthy b—h she like six foot, I name her Large Foot/ The b—h fell off, I stated rise up in your good foot,” Nicki raps.

Minaj chuckled at her rhymes and ran again the bristling observe a number of instances earlier than sniping at Meg for her rapping skill throughout the identical IG Dwell: “You might have three Grammys and you need to learn to rap on the beat and be comfy within the music.”

She continued to tease Megan whereas posting a photograph of her manicured ft and liking fan tweets clowning the Houston rapper.

Megan by no means gave Minaj the satisfaction of a public response to the diss however shared a photograph of herself hysterically laughing on her Instagram Story.

Following the arrival of “Hiss,” Nicki was relentless and didn’t let Megan seemingly come up for air as she was on her head slamming her about numerous points of her life.

“You mentioning 30-year-old tea from when this man was a 15-year-old little one. You mentioning 30-year-old tea trigger no man will ever f—ing love you, and mendacity in your lifeless mom,” Nicki said on IG Live. (Megan’s mom died in 2019.)

Minaj didn’t cease there. She spoke additional on the matter throughout a dialog Friday on radio app Stationhead. “You let everybody be thrown below the bus,” Nicki is heard saying about Meg in a video posted to X (previously Twitter). “You let DaBaby be thrown below the bus, Tory, your greatest good friend, your mother … You higher go conjure up your mom and apologize. That’s disgusting.”

Nicki has additionally shared quite a few posts on X, calling Megan a “disgusting serpant” and writing, “Megan’s Regulation. For a free beat you can hit #Meganraw.”

“Instructed me to drink & go to the clinic if I used to be pregnant,” she added on Twitter referencing the time Megan allegedly tried to power her to drink. “All b/c I wouldn’t let your funky butt pour liquor down my throat? B!ch assume she a bully cuz she get a Roc Nation brunch yearly.”

Minaj continued in one other tweet that she “doesn’t condone ‘bullying,’” however referred to as Stallion a “pathological & manipulative liar,” alleging that she’s “utilizing ghost writers & nonetheless SUCK.”

After some doable clearance issues with the producer LilJuMadeDaBeat — who works extensively with Megan — the anticipated “Large Foot” arrived on Monday (Jan. 29) and despatched social media into a direct frenzy.

Nevertheless, lots of the scathing bars contained subject material Minaj beforehand tried out on social media which incorporates references to her late mom, allegations of touching a minor, ghostwriters, hooking up together with her good friend’s man, hanging with DaBaby, and the Tory Lanez capturing.

“This lil’ beggin’ w—e talkin’ ’bout Megan’s Regulation/ For a free beat, you can hit Megan uncooked (Ooh)/ In the event you a ghostwriter, social gathering in Megan jaw/ Photographs thrown, however I nonetheless ain’t let Megan rating/ Unhealthy bitch, she like six foot, I name her Large Foot/ The bitch fell off, I stated, ‘Stand up in your good foot,’” she empties the clip.

Nicki downplayed Megan’s Grammy Awards and criticized her circulation: “They obtained you all them Grammys, however your circulation’s nonetheless a no.”

With out losing a lot time, debate broke out on social media between the Barbz and detractors on each side of the coin arguing back-and-forth over who received spherical one between “Large Foot” and “Hiss.”

Both approach, Nicki’s response reportedly earned her the biggest debut on the U.S. Apple Music charts for a female artist with “Large Foot” slotting in at No. 5.