Ja Rule has angered some followers of feminine rap following his feedback concerning Nicki Minaj’s place inside Hip Hop and the quantity of competitors she’s confronted.
The “Mesmerize” rapper not too long ago sat down withThe Shade Room the place he ruffled some feathers when talking about his perception surrounding the shortage of famous person girls rappers within the Nicki Minaj period of dominance.
“I believe Nicki will get correct reward,” started. “Her place within the recreation is solidified. It’s stable. There have been no feminine MCs out and about till Nicki got here again out. Earlier than her, the final one was like Lauryn Hill.”
Though, Ja has credited Nicki for opening the door for the present technology of feminine rappers to have a run “like they’ve by no means had earlier than” in Hip Hop.
“And earlier than her was like Queen Latifah, Salt-N-Pepa, MC Lyte and earlier than her it’s even additional again,” he continued. “The feminine MC — they’re having a run like they’ve by no means had earlier than. To me, in my view, Nicki reopened that door.”
Some followers chimed in defending rappers who Ja Rule omitted like Lil Kim, Cunning Brown, Missy Elliott, Trina, Eve and extra.
“So we simply gonna skip over what Lil’ Kim & Cunning did for the tradition. These girls modified the sport and it hasn’t been the identical since. By way of affect, Lil’ Kim & Cunning is it. The remaining have been duplications,” one particular person wrote on Instagram.
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Whereas one other added: “Eve deserves her roses if something as a result of in her prime Eve carried out a lot from music to her personal Television present and so forth.”
In the meantime, Latto appeared to take pictures at Nicki Minaj whereas performing an unreleased tune at Coachella over the weekend.
Latto spit: “Bitches performing like they working shit, they actually ran via” and “She thought I might kiss her ass, she mustn’t have took her meds.”
On the finish of the observe, Latto had extra phrases for her unnamed rival, rapping: “Say she bought an issue, imaginary smoke/ Bitch, you mentioned it’s up, then placed on the ground.”
She then concluded: “Pussy ho… Let a bitch know, we bored with the subtweets this yr.”
