Music lovers are threatening to boycott Nicki Minaj over her beef with Megan Thee Stallion.

The feud was sparked after Megan released her latest single “Hiss” on January 26, with Minaj believing a line in the 28-year-old’s new song is a dig at her husband, Kenneth Petty.

The rapper married Petty in 2019, with whom she shares a 3-year-old son. The 45-year-old was arrested in LA in 2020 for failing to register as a sex offender. He was convicted of attempted rape in 1995 and spent four years in prison.

 
Left: Nicki Minaj arrives at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on August 27, 2017 in Inglewood, California. Right: Megan Thee Stallion attends Glamour Celebrates 2021 Women of the Year Awards on…
Left: Nicki Minaj arrives at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on August 27, 2017 in Inglewood, California. Right: Megan Thee Stallion attends Glamour Celebrates 2021 Women of the Year Awards on November 08, 2021 in New York City. The rap icons have been embroiled in a feud following the release of Megan’s track “Hiss” on Sunday. Gregg DeGuire/Cindy Ord/Getty Images Entertainment

In “Hiss,” Megan says: “These h*es don’t be mad at Megan, these h*es mad at Megan’s Law.” Passed in 1996, the law allows local law enforcement to notify communities about registered sex offenders in the area.

On January 29, Minaj released “Big Foot,” a rumored response to Megan’s alleged diss. In the track, the 41-year-old says to “get up on your good foot.” Megan was shot in the foot by ex-boyfriend Tory Lanez in 2020, with the 31-year-old currently serving a 10-year sentence over the incident.

H. Alan Scott chats with celebs and gives his take on what’s popping in culture.The VMA winner also appeared to mention Megan’s mom, Holly Thomas, who died of brain cancer in 2019.

“H**, the things that you’ve lied about, even pertaining to your mom—you don’t want them out, OK?” she raps in the track, claiming she’s “very serious.”

After “Big Foot” dropped, security was tightened at the cemetery housing Thomas’s grave, after the location was leaked online by Minaj supporters.

Although Minaj denied claims that “Big Foot” is aimed at Megan, several rap fans have threatened to cancel the “Super Bass” star over the tune.

“So are we all agreeing to boycott Nicki and never listen to anything she puts out ever again??? Ok cool,” said Kelc on X, formerly Twitter.

“Y’all need to boycott Nicki …,” agreed dèor. “Talking about another’s dead loss cause your choice of marriage is a predator is not acceptable!”

“Megan all day everyday!!!!!” wrote Luis Martinez. “I’m tired of Nicki Minaj bullying people, who makes fun of people’s dead parents!??? Nah we need to boycott.”

“Nobody understands how much nicki minaj’s music means to me and i STILL am gonna do my best to boycott her,” said @justxria. “No excuses.”

The Megan Thee Stallion and Nicki Minaj Drama Explained

Although Megan featured on Minaj’s 2019 hit “Hot Girl Summer,” the relationship between the rap legends seems to have soured.

During an appearance on 105.1′s The Breakfast Club on Monday, Megan said the track was created for “m************ [using the] Megan Thee Stallion name.”

“They get 24 hours of attention,” she told host Charlamagne tha God. “I’m saying, a hit dog gon’ holler. That’s it. Whoever feel it, feel it.”

In “Big Foot,” Minaj raps: “Bad b****, she like 6 foot, I call her Big Foot, the b**** fell off, I said get up on your good foot.”

The track ends with Minaj declaring she’s “very serious,” with more clap backs coming in the “second installment.”

Minaj addressed the feud with Megan during a video streamed to Instagram Live and X over the weekend. Discussing the “Megan’s Law” line, Minaj appeared to accuse the star of “bringing up 30-year-old tea from when this man was a 15-year-old child.”

“You bringing up 30-year-old tea cause no man will ever f****** love you and lying on your dead mother,” Minaj reportedly told fans.

The “Roman Holiday” hitmaker also mocked Megan’s rapping abilities, wondering how she’s won three Grammys while unable to “rap on the beat and be comfortable in the music.”

Megan has yet to reply to the feud rumors, but that hasn’t stopped fans from proclaiming themselves “Team Megan” or “Nicki is my queen” on social media.

However, Megan has gained more than 144,000 new followers on X and over 229,000 followers on Instagram since the feud began, while Minaj has been hemorrhaging followers, losing 94,100 Instagram followers in just one day.

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