Bossip, a site that describes itself as "the premier destination for African-American pop culture and entertainment", was having a debate about female rappers on its Twitter account, where they retweeted comments about Minaj.
Nicki Minaj herself posted several tweets in response, saying: "I've gone toe to toe w/ everyone of your favourite male MCs. To undermine my skill and diversity as an MC is actually comical at this point. I saw Bossip RTing ignorance, so I thought I'd put that out there. lol. The greats give me respect. The great journalists as well."
She continues: "If a male rapper was on tracks w/ Wayne, Jay, Eminem, Kanye etc. going round for round, he'd be hailed as a great as well. Jealousy is a disease. Not giving me my props doesn't stop me from being great."
One of the retweets brought up Minaj's ass, to which Nicki responded: "To imply someone's ass is the reason they get on tracks and hold their own with every great MC who is still alive :( black people, do better lol".
Bossip later said that their retweets didn't mean they necessarily agreed with those views.
By Devon Pyne for RAPstation.com
Nicki Minaj defends her emcee abilities
Bossip, a site that describes itself as "the premier destination for African-American pop culture and entertainment", was having a debate about female rappers on its Twitter account, where they retweeted comments about Minaj.
Nicki Minaj herself posted several tweets in response, saying: "I've gone toe to toe w/ everyone of your favourite male MCs. To undermine my skill and diversity as an MC is actually comical at this point. I saw Bossip RTing ignorance, so I thought I'd put that out there. lol. The greats give me respect. The great journalists as well."
She continues: "If a male rapper was on tracks w/ Wayne, Jay, Eminem, Kanye etc. going round for round, he'd be hailed as a great as well. Jealousy is a disease. Not giving me my props doesn't stop me from being great."
One of the retweets brought up Minaj's ass, to which Nicki responded: "To imply someone's ass is the reason they get on tracks and hold their own with every great MC who is still alive :( black people, do better lol".
Bossip later said that their retweets didn't mean they necessarily agreed with those views.
By Devon Pyne for RAPstation.com