Maybe one of the men took your slot.- Taylor Swift July 21, 2015 It's unlike you to pit women against each other. One slim-hipped Taylor Swift, who led the VMAs with nine nominations total for “Blank Space” and “Bad Blood,” took personal offense to these I've done nothing but love & support you. Black women influence pop culture so much but are rarely rewarded for it. I'll be on that stage to collect my awards for vid of the year. If your video celebrates women with very slim bodies, you will be nominated for vid of the year □□□□□□□□□□□□□- QUEEN July 21, 2015 When the "other" girls drop a video that breaks records and impacts culture they get that nomination. If I was a different "kind" of artist, Anaconda would be nominated for best choreo and vid of the year as well. What began as an exchange between Minaj and Swift rapidly expanded to include Ryan Seacrest, Kim Kardashian, and of course, Katy Perry. Minaj whipped up a Twitter storm, pointing out how the music video for “Anaconda” was basically all anyone could talk about last fall, and saying that if she were a different “kind” of artist, it would have gotten more nominations. Her other video, “Feeling Myself,” was shut out completely. While her “Anaconda” got nods for Best Female Video and Best Hip-Hop Video, she felt the work deserved a spot in the top category, Video of the Year, as well as Choreography and others. MTV announced the VMA nominations Tuesday morning, and one Nicki Minaj was not feeling them. The MTV Video Music Awards will air Sunday, August 30 on MTV.Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images for TAS and Paras Griffin/WireImage The two singers actually have more than a little in common, including the fact that both began their music careers in Nashville. “Finding it ironic to parade the ‘pit women against other women’ argument about,” she wrote, “As one unmeasurably (sic) capitalizes on the take down of a woman.”Ĭapitalizing on the take down of a woman? That’s likely in reference to Swift’s latest hit single, “Bad Blood,” which is rumored to be about a feud with Perry. The two quickly reiterated their love for one another, but for thousands of onlookers (and media outlets) the debates raged on - particularly about whether or not Swift was right to wade into Minaj’s discussion. “I've done nothing but love & support you,” she wrote. “It's unlike you to pit women against each other. Swift, the leading nominee at this year’s awards, decided to address Minaj on Twitter. Another post read, “If I was a different ‘kind’ of artist, (song) Anaconda would be nominated for best choreo(graphy) and vid(eo) of the year as well.” “Black women influence pop culture so much but are rarely rewarded for it,” she tweeted on Tuesday. Just when it looked like the day-old Twitter spat between Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj was about to die down, a new figure has entered the picture: Katy Perry.Ī quick refresher: Minaj believes she didn’t get all of the nominations she deserved at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards - and suggested that her race might have been a factor. "I thought I was being called out," Swift tweeted on Thursday. "I missed the point, I misunderstood, then misspoke. Critics said she was missing Minaj's point about racism in the entertainment industry. On Wednesday, Swift said the hip-hop star was "pit(ting) women against each other" with her complaints about her lack of nominations at this year's MTV Video Music Awards. Taylor Swift has apologized to Nicki Minaj.
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