Nicki Minaj lashed out on social media after SZA highlighted her chart-topping achievements throughout their escalating on-line feud that started Tuesday (July 16) over a perceived subtweet and a long-simmering pressure involving SZA’s supervisor.
The drama erupted after SZA shared a tweet—”Mercury retrograde .. don’t take the bait lol foolish goose”—which Minaj interpreted as a jab, regardless of SZA’s denial.
That put up lit the fuse for a barrage of insults from Minaj, who ridiculed SZA’s vocals, seems and profession trajectory.
Minaj’s supporters, generally known as the Barbz, rapidly jumped in. One consumer tweeted at SZA, “Child, you inserted your self in some s### that didn’t contain you. You ARE NOT THE VICTIM.”
SZA fired again, “I wasn’t even speaking about or to anybody I had simply bought off stage talkin bout retrograde. N##### @‘d ME. The F### YES IM MAD NOW DO YOU NEED THAT !??”
Because the back-and-forth intensified, one other Minaj fan tried to downplay SZA’s credibility, writing, “Lady you on a joint tour try this s### solo.” SZA clapped again with receipts, sharing a screenshot exhibiting her SOS Tour grossed $100 million. “What the f### you wanna see lemme know,” she wrote, noting the milestone positioned her alongside Tina Turner, Rihanna and Beyoncé as one of many few Black ladies to hit that mark.
She adopted up with, “Lmao lemme return to being calm shy and meek. Yall have blessed night time ! See you tomorrow for night time 2 Paris !!”
Minaj, clearly not carried out, responded with “Shutup ugly,” then added, “I’m in a gathering so idk if u was nonetheless speaking s### or not so should you didn’t I’ll delete later. Hoe.”
SZA then pivoted to celebrating her personal wins, saying that her album SOS grew to become the “first diamond album .. in underneath 3 years,” and that her earlier venture CTRL had reached seven-times platinum standing.
Minaj unleashed one other tirade: “Wait. Does Sza suppose she’s extra profitable than me? Lol yall catch me up pls. Sza if each music you’ve ever carried out vanished proper now the music enterprise wouldn’t even miss you. I’ve been to nations that by no means heard of you. I do know you’re not THAT silly are you?”
She continued, “Stadiums? Did you take a look at the venues I performed on my OWN headlined FESTIVAL tour overseas final 12 months? B#### have you ever ever headlined to 80K ppl? Btch what have you ever ever carried out in addition to yodel with auto tune that wanted retuning? Boo im an icon. You’re not. The tip.”
Minaj then accused SZA of staying silent when her supervisor, TDE’s Terrence “Punch” Henderson, allegedly harassed her. “Why didn’t u communicate up when your exec was bullying & harassing me ya soiled mangy c###?” she wrote.
The rapper additionally took intention at SZA’s launch technique, saying, “B#### put out a complete new album as a deluxe to an already present album that was out for like a 12 months or 2 so the unique album may break information. Like what within the insecure lack of morals & integrity you doing? I assumed she was like an actual artist? Lady bye.”
Minaj didn’t cease there. She reposted alleged previous tweets from SZA criticizing different feminine artists, writing, “Like have you learnt the extent of inside HATE for your self you needed to have needed to be this a lot of a c### for no motive to the ladies you later labored with? Now wanna act such as you a mthfkn tarot card, b#### give up. What an odd little weirdo.”
Like have you learnt the extent of inside HATE for your self you needed to have needed to be this a lot of a c### for no motive to the ladies you later labored with? Now wanna act such as you a mthfkn tarot card, b#### give up.
What an odd little weirdo https://t.co/GaNjYTRlTp
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) July 16, 2025
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