Nicki Minaj took to Twitter to announce that she wasn’t throwing shade at Iggy Azalea in any way. She of course blames the media for putting words in her mouth. For one, the media always makes things up for “clicks” and/or controversy, so upon reading sites proclaiming that Onika was throwing darts in Iggy’s direction, I wondered how these blogs mustered up the gall to mention that her BET Awards speech was directed at Iggy.
The media puts words in my mouth all the time and this is no different. I will always take a stance on women writing b/c I believe in us!
— PillsNPotions (@NICKIMINAJ) July 2, 2014
I believe we’re smart enough to write down our own thoughts and perspective, just like the men do. I’ve been saying this for 5 YEARS
— PillsNPotions (@NICKIMINAJ) July 2, 2014
I fell in love with Lauryn Hill b/c I knew she was the author behind those amazingly profound and articulated songs on the MisEducation
— PillsNPotions (@NICKIMINAJ) July 2, 2014
I wondered how Lauryn tapped into my brain and wrote an album on love, betrayal, passion, pain, triumph, brokenness…. Did she read minds?
— PillsNPotions (@NICKIMINAJ) July 2, 2014
It’s the same reason I have a different level of respect for Missy. I know she’s a writer and a producer. Women MUST aspire for more.
— PillsNPotions (@NICKIMINAJ) July 2, 2014
I’ve congratulated Iggy on the success of Fancy, publicly. She should be very proud of that. All the women nominated should b proud.
— PillsNPotions (@NICKIMINAJ) July 2, 2014
That will never change my desire to motivate women to write. Our voices have to be heard. I hope I inspire up & coming females to do that.
— PillsNPotions (@NICKIMINAJ) July 2, 2014
UPDATE: Iggy Azalea responsed to all the nonsense with this post on her Instagram.
via: Gawker