BET Awards 2014:
Nicki Minaj may have thrown some serious shade at fellow female hip hop
star Iggy Azalea during the BET Awards Sunday.
The "Starships" singer, 31, took the stage at the Nokia
Theater to accept her fifth consecutive win for Best Female Hip Hop Artist,
beating out the Australian newcomer whom many considered the favored pick.
In a rambling speech — and not mentioning Azalea, 24, by name — Minaj
talked proudly about her ability to write her own music.
"This is always very, very emotional for me," Minaj said.
"Because this is my fifth year winning this award and I don't take it for
granted. I really don't … I thank god that I've been placed in a position to do
something and represent women in a culture that is so male-driven … But my
point is, what I want the world to know about Nicki Minaj is, that when you
hear Nicki Minaj spit, Nicki Minaj wrote it."
The Queens-born rapper took the moment to strike a diva pose before
continuing — and clarified that her comment was not to be taken as shade
towards anyone, but many took it as a dig at Azalea — who is rumored to have
several ghostwriters on her music.
"No, no, no shade," Minaj continued. "I used to sit in
the studio with (Lil Wayne) and I would literally take sometimes three, four
days to write a verse. And he was like, 'No, you can't be taking days to write
no verse, you gotta write your verse right here in the studio.' And that's why
I love him 'til this day. Because he pushed me to push my pen, and I'm still
one of the only emcees that's out here spitting metaphors and making you think.
And I really don't even care if I get my credit or if I don't. I don't look at
myself as a female rapper, because I know what I do."
The rapper went on to herald BET as a "big" and
"different" institution for black people, but then her rant took a
serious turn.
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