The Passion of Nicki Minaj
Throughout the summer and now fall, Nicki Minaj has shied away from the Drake and Meek Mill rap beef – due to her friendship with the 6-God and a personal relationship with the Philadelphia rapper. Now the Queens Barbie is featured in this week’s edition of The New York Times Magazine and has finally given her brief two cents on the drama. While many would think she’s siding with Meek throughout the entire situation, she feels the beef got out of hand and is embarrassed by all parties involved. She also addressed her rift with Miley Cyrus, which was seen publicly at the MTV VMAs in August, during the infamous, “Miley, what’s good?!” line.
Take a look below at quotes from her NYT interview, after you glance at the pictorial above.
Addressing the Drake and Meek Mill Beef.
“They’re men, grown-ass men. It’s between them. How does it make you feel, I ask? I hate it. It doesn’t make me feel good. You don’t ever want to choose sides between people you love. It’s ridiculous. I just want it to be over. Is there a part of you that thrives on drama, or is it no, just pain and unpleasantness. That’s disrespectful! Why would a grown-ass woman thrive off drama? What do the four men you just named have to do with me thriving off drama?Why would you even say that? That’s so peculiar. Four grown-ass men are having issues between themselves, and you’re asking me do I thrive off drama? That’s the typical thing that women do. What did you putting me down right there do for you? Women blame women for things that have nothing to do with them. I really want to know why — as a matter of fact, I don’t. Can we move on, do you have anything else to ask?”
On whether or not she has real issues with Miley Cyrus.
“The fact that you feel upset about me speaking on something that affects black women makes me feel like you have some big balls. You’re in videos with black men, and you’re bringing out black women on your stages, but you don’t want to know how black women feel about something that’s so important? Come on, you can’t want the good without the bad. If you want to enjoy our culture and our lifestyle, bond with us, dance with us, have fun with us, twerk with us, rap with us, then you should also want to know what affects us, what is bothering us, what we feel is unfair to us. You shouldn’t not want to know that.”