Nicki Minaj sent viewers, social media and the blog-o-sphere into a frenzy at last Sunday’s BET Awards 14 with her awkwardly entertaining acceptance speech. By now you are already aware that Nicki, who beat out ‘Fancy’ rapper Iggy Azalea in the category for ‘Best Female Rap Artist’ took the title home for the 5th year in a row and when she accepted her award she threw out daggers of shade directed at “females who don’t write their own raps”. Naturally many speculated that the comments were aimed at Iggy who was a strong contender that many thought would beat Nicki’s winning streak.
Well after almost a week of chatter, the Aussie bred rapper finally addressed Nicki’s comments via an Instagram post, which she put up on Wednesday.
In an ironic twist, Nicki Minaj also decided to finally address her alleged shade, after many cited her as a hypocrite for not giving props to Iggy and shunning her, just as Nicki claimed vet rapper Lil Kim had done to her years ago. In a bid to clean up her words which she claims were taken out of context and not directed to Iggy, Nick took to Twitter and issued the following responses.
Meanwhile, in other Iggy news the femcee has made another power move and broken her record with her hit single ‘Fancy’. According to Billboard:
Iggy Azalea makes history on the Billboard Hot 100, as “Fancy,” featuring Charli XCX, rewrites the record for the longest-leading No. 1 by a female rapper. With a sixth week at the summit, she passes Lil’ Kim, who spent five weeks at No. 1 with the all-star collaboration “Lady Marmalade” in 2001.
With her sixth week at No. 1, Azalea now stands alone atop the exclusive list of female rappers who’ve spent the most time in the lead. Here’s an updated look at the mere four such No. 1s, ranked by most weeks on top:
6 weeks, “Fancy,” Iggy Azalea featuring Charli XCX, 2014
5 weeks, “Lady Marmalade,” Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Mya and P!nk, 2001
2 weeks, “Doo Wop (That Thing),” Lauryn Hill, 1998
1 week, “Stand Up,” Ludacris featuring Shawnna, 2003
“Fancy” continues its Hot 100 command with a third week at No. 1 on Radio Songs, although it decreases by 2 percent to 147 million in all-format audience, according to Nielsen BDS. It logs a seventh week at No. 1 on Streaming Songs, down by 5 percent to 11.1 million U.S. streams, according to BDS. On Digital Songs, “Fancy” drops 2-3 (after leading for four weeks until last week) with 178,000 downloads sold, down 9 percent, in the tracking week ending on June 29, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
“Fancy” crowns the sales/airplay/streaming-based Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Songs charts for a sixth and 11th week, respectively. It also tops the Songs of the Summer ranking for a fifth week, remaining the only song that has ruled since the chart returned after Memorial Day.
