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New York - Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj traded words on Twitter after the rapper said she was upset she didn't earn a nomination for Video of the Year at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Minaj tweeted multiple times that she didn't understand why her rump-shaking video for Anaconda wasn't up for the top award when MTV announced the nominees on Tuesday.
It started out like this...
Nicki was first a little surprised that her video with Beyoncé didn't get a nomination at all...
Hey guys @MTV thank you for my nominations. ?????? Did Feeling Myself miss the deadline or...?
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) July 21, 2015And then she caught on that Anaconda didn't get a nod for Best Choreography or Video of the Year when according to her it really deserved to...
If I was a different "kind" of artist, Anaconda would be nominated for best choreo and vid of the year as well. ??????
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) July 21, 2015Ellen did her own anaconda video and did the #choreo lol. Remember her doing that kick ??. Even mtv did a post on the choreo @MTV remember?
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) July 21, 2015U 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, 2015The 32-year-old went on to refer to artists that did get the nod for the specific awards as "other girls" but did not mention any names...
When the "other" girls drop a video that breaks records and impacts culture they get that nomination. ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) July 21, 2015If your video celebrates women with very slim bodies, you will be nominated for vid of the year ??????????????????????????
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) July 21, 2015
Taylor Swift however - whose Bad Blood video is nominated for Video of the Year and who is the top VMA contender with nine nominations - felt as if Minaj was targeting her specifically and replied...
@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, 2015Nominees for Video of the Year include Beyonce's 7/11, Kendrick Lamar's Alright, Ed Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud and Mark Ronson's Uptown Funk.
Minaj then replied highlighting that she never mentioned Swift in her tweets.
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, 2015Taylor then tried to cover her tracks and make the whole misunderstanding mellow out.
@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
But Nicki was not about to let it go and used her fans to get a message across by tweeting and retweeting responses to the whole thing...
Nothing I said had to do with Taylor. So what jabs? White media and their tactics. So sad. That's what they want. https://t.co/AfcwoyDvpg
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) July 21, 2015.@taylorswift13 stop using "support all girls" as an excuse to not be critical of racist media that benefits and glorifies you
— berenice (@itsbereniced) July 21, 2015nicki was making valid points about the history of racism in the music industry, taylor should be standing by her not making it about her
— becca (@margaerytyreII) July 21, 2015She also managed to take a shot at Taylor's Spotify incident...
I'm so glad u guys get to see how this stuff works. Taylor took her music off spotify and was applauded. We launched Tidal & were dragged.
— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) July 21, 2015Then of course to end the debacle, who enters the fight? Non-other than Kim Kardashian West.
Obviously she has absolutely nothing to do with the music industry, she just had to squeeze herself into something that was trending.
She first tweeted and then deleted this pic...
(HT: BuzzFeed, Twitter/Kim Kardashian)
And then she made as if she had no idea what was going on, but really we all know it was planned.
Wait wait I'm in Paris it's the middle of the night & I'm posting my Vogue Spain pics not having a clue what's going on in the music world
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) July 21, 2015I'm not trying to shade anyone! That's not my style! I just thought that caption was perfect for that pic! Changing the caption now! #ironic
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) July 21, 2015Anaconda, released a year ago, has 488 million views on YouTube. It earned VMA nominations for best female video and hip-hop video. Minaj is also up for best collaboration for Bang Bang with Ariana Grande and Jessie J.
Swift's nominations for Bad Blood include best collaboration, direction, editing, visual effects, art direction and cinematography. Her other hit, Blank Space, which boasts 1 billion views on YouTube, is nominated for best female video and pop video.
Bad Blood, the action-packed clip that starred Lena Dunham, Selena Gomez and Lamar, has 360 million views on YouTube.
May the best lady win...
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