Nicki Minaj has been quite vocal about “Anaconda” not being nominated for MTV’s Video of The Year, despite having received nominations in the Best Female and Best hip-hop video category.
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In a series of Tweets Tuesday (July 21) that led to Anaconda becoming a trending topic, the Head Barb in Charge let it be known her bootylicious video, which racked up a whopping 19.8 million views in 24 hours, was more than worthy of the prestigious award.
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U couldn’t go on social media w/o seeing ppl doing the cover art, choreo, outfits for Halloween…an impact like that & no VOTY nomination?
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) July 21, 2015
When the “other” girls drop a video that breaks records and impacts culture they get that nomination. 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) July 21, 2015
Music’s darling Ms. 1989 herself Taylor Swift, got wind of Nicki’s Tweets and chimed in.
@NICKIMINAJ I’ve done nothing but love & support you. It’s unlike you to pit women against each other. Maybe one of the men took your slot.. — Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) July 21, 2015
Nicki, who didn’t mention Swift by name, seemed perplexed as to why the 25-year-old felt the need to comment.
Huh? U must not be reading my tweets. Didn’t say a word about u. I love u just as much. But u should speak on this. @taylorswift13 — NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) July 21, 2015
Wanting to avoid any bad blood, the “Bad Blood” singer (see what we did there?) ended things peacefully.
@NICKIMINAJ If I win, please come up with me!! You’re invited to any stage I’m ever on. — Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) July 21, 2015
Also offering an opinion was J.Cole’s right hand man, Ibrahim Hamad. Ib, took to Twitter to offer some perspective to artists who similarly to Nicki, may have felt snubbed by any major award ceremony.
Quick message to the people in my mentions who get angry about these award shows.
— Ibrahim H. (@KingOfQueenz) July 21, 2015
We wouldn’t be here If we worried about every time cole got over looked by Award shows, mags, media or Twitter A&R. You shouldn’t either.
— Ibrahim H. (@KingOfQueenz) July 21, 2015
Cole has easily had the biggest year in hip hop so who cares if they don’t acknowledge it because the people do.
— Ibrahim H. (@KingOfQueenz) July 21, 2015
Thoughts?