Megan Thee Stallion doesn't expect to reconcile with Nicki Minaj anytime soon.
Months after embarking on a year of satirical songs and hip-hop hits, Megan reflects on the confrontation in a new interview with Billboard. “I still to this day don’t know what the problem is,” Megan revealed, continuing that she “don’t even know what to reconcile because, to this day, I don’t know what the problem is.”
Megan also acknowledged her status in the rap world, saying she takes it as a compliment because she is considered an artist who deserves to be mocked. “If people feel like I’m someone to target, then I must be high up if they’re trying to reach me. I must be some kind of competition. And that makes me happy. And that makes me feel like I can rap, because if I’m not the best, you don’t have to worry about me,” she said.
The drama between Minaj and Megan erupted online in January when Minaj released a single called “Big Foot” that was directed at Megan. It came shortly after Megan released her debut single “Hiss,” which debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 and included the line: “These bitches ain’t mad at Megan, these bitches mad at Megan’s law / I don’t really know what the problem is, but I guarantee y’all don’t want me to start.”
Even at the time, Megan seemed confused about the origin of their feud. After all, Minaj and Megan worked together on their hit single “Hot Girl Summer” in 2019. Then, when Minaj released her album “Pink Friday 2” in December, some speculated that she was targeting Megan in the song “FTCU,” specifically referencing her being shot in the foot by Tory Lanez in 2020. “Stay in your Tory Lanez, bitch, I ain’t no Iggy,” Minaj sang, referring to Iggy Azalea, who wrote a letter of support for Lanez during his lengthy criminal trial for the shooting.
Months after “Hiss” became a No. 1 song in the U.S., Kendrick Lamar and Drake traded similar hits with a string of back-to-back releases, with Lamar also producing a hit song (“Not Like Us”) that reached No. 1.
“I'd like to think I started things,” Meghan told the newspaper. “I don't know; I just knew what I had to do and what I had to say. If that opens the door for everyone to express their anger, well, I'm happy.”
