The "Barbie's World" femcee is slammed by fans of the Brooklyn raptress over her remarks about fanbases in an interview at Vogue's Forces of Fashion event in New York City.
- October 19, 2024
AceShowbiz - Nicki Minaj apparently has ruffled the feathers with her new comments. The "Barbie's World" femcee was slammed by fans of fellow raptress Lil' Kim following her interview at Vogue's Forces of Fashion event in New York City.
During her conversation at the Wednesday, October 16 event, Nicki claimed that no other rappers have a fanbase as big as hers, who is known as Barbz. The Trinidadian star dubbed Justin Bieber's Beliebers and Lady GaGa's Little Monsters as her predecessors, though they're all from another genre of music.
"Before l had a record deal, my fans were making a moment for themselves on Twitter," Nicki Minaj shared. "I had already given them a name. In fact, do you know that all these artists that give their fans names now, when I started calling my fans the Barbz, there were no rappers naming their fans. [...] That was it."
The "Anaconda" hitmaker continued, "Now every single human being that becomes an artist gives their fans a name. Even artists in other countries. I didn't think it was something that would spread to the hip-hop community at all. But it doesn't matter, because the Barbz are still superior."
The comments didn't sit well with Lil' Kim fans, who are called "The Beehive". They quickly took to social media to call Nicki out, noting that the Brooklyn rapper named her fans in her 2003 album "La Bella Mafia".
"Maturing is realizing Nicki Minaj's number one goal is to take credit for EVERYTHING Lil' Kim contributed to the game," one fan wrote. "KIM WAS THE FIRST RAPPER to name their fan base (BEEHIVE) in early 2000s (That's 20+ years ago!) sorry nicki the fan base names existed BEFORE the internet."
Calling Nicki "delusional," another said, "like Lil Kim aint been callin her Fans The Beehive since La Bella Mafia dropped in 2003. I seriously hope Kim drops 1 more album before it's all said & done cuz B***hes really need that Reminder...:."
"Foxy Brown calling her fanbase Na Na's in 1996. It's really not that serious, Nicki was talking about the internet era," someone else added.
