Mariah Carey’s road to her 15th studio album has already been a bumpy one, thanks to the clunky first single, “I Don’t,” which featured an out-of-place YG guest appearance and even more disjointed music video.
Instead of pulling the life support on the record, Mariah & Co. decided to add a new verse courtesy of none other than Remy Ma. YG’s rugged exterior already corroded the smooth and jazzy Donell Jones sample and the Plata o Plomo co-star did nothing to bring it back from an unbearable listening experience. The song was straight trash without Remy’s contributions, but her stilted delivery and mundane lyrics sound like a struggle to tiptoe around cuss words that weren’t allowed here.
But that’s not the story here. Remy Ma’s recently (stalemated?) beef with Nicki Minaj has definitely earned her some notoriety, so placement among pop star fodder isn’t that hard to fathom. But it’s the pop star in question this time around who makes this record a notable addition to the beef’s timeline, despite there not being any direct shots toward the opposition.
Back in 2012 when Nicki Minaj was cashing in on her celebrity, she happened to be a judge on American Idol — opposite Keith Urban, Randy Jackson and one Mrs. Mariah Carey-Cannon. During the Charlotte auditions, all hell broke out on the set as both Minaj and Mariah engaged in a clash that resulted in a two-day cease of filming, with Nicki having the loudest meow in the room and MC² calling the Barbz leader “a three-year-old.”
At the time of the incident, TMZ reported the unfounded claim that Nicki threatened Mariah’s life, saying, “If I had a gun, I would shoot her.” But what was said wasn’t exactly playful jabs, either. TMZ obtained the footage of the spat and the transcription:
Nicki: Think I’m playin? Think this shit is a fucking joke? Think it’s a joke? Think it’s a joke? Think it’s a joke? Say one more disrespectful thing to me, if you say one more disrespectful thing to me — off with your head!
Mariah: I am not being disrespectful.
Nicki: Off with your head, off with your head. Don’t tell me I’m insecure, don’t tell me I’m inadequate … you gonna get sent [inaudible] just fall back; don’t … you don’t know [inaudible] I don’t feel inadequate. You’re the insecure one sittin’ up there running down her résumé every five minutes.
Every time you take a shot at me I’ma take it back, and if you gotta fucking problem then handle it. I told them, I’m not fucking putting up with your f*cking highness over there … figure it the fuck out. Figure it out.
Mariah: Whyyyy, whhyyyyy …
Nicki: Figure it out.
Mariah: … do I have a 3-year-old sitting around me???
Nicki: I’m not sitting here for 20 minutes and having you run down your résumé. everyday, No! Goodbye!
Mariah: Listen … I can’t see my kids because you decided to make … to have … to have a little baby fit and going all around the stage.
Nicki: Good, well then go see them now, go see them now … you’re boring as fuck, you’re boring as fuck.
Regarding their string of incidents, a spy for Idol once told People, “Mariah has been saying little things to jab at Nicki from day one of shooting. Mariah doesn’t think Nicki can sing and doesn’t think she should be judging folks. Nicki has been taking all of the jabs, but on this particular day she lost it.”
Another One: Nicki Minaj to Mariah Carey: “Clean your ears out!”
Bruised superegos aren’t bandaged in the industry and one could just imagine a sinister smile forming across Mariah’s lips as she emailed the instrumental to Remy with “FDB” in the subject line.
Given the success of Nicki’s “we make hit records to diss you on” mantra, don’t be surprised if another round of subliminals is on the way.
Beef is still good for business however you season it.
Damn, it’s like Mariah tried to throw Remy the lob on a fast break and Remy let it go outta bounds cause she can’t dunk. She need a engineer to tell her “let’s do it over”
WOW HipHopDX has become a bias website that is being paid by Nicki Minaj to not criticize anything she is doing. Yall made it seem like Nicki’s three songs were GLORIOUS compared to Remy Ma’s “shETHER” that had Nicki shook on social media for weeks. Y’all even went as far to make a post about stats that was in full defense of Nicki talking about who has more money and how shETHER wasn’t original because of the beat well duh it is a rap battle that is how rap battles are they rap over known/or unknown instrumentals.
Y’all just lost your hip hop card with me.
Her 3 songs were glorious compared to “Another One” we can’t forget about that and now this shit, wtf I was really talking about how dope she is after Shether but that shit is a blur
boy please. the barbs stay trying to act like shether didn’t happen. people were talking about shether for almost 2 weeks. no frauds was talked about for a day then fell off the top spot & people forgot about it after just 3 days.
No need for insults, I said I was talking about how dope she is after I heard Shether I was arguing!! then she dropped “Another One” and made me look like I was lying and now this. I’m talking about Remy putting out sloppy ass verses without “no frauds” being talked about. Her last couple of performances have been wack…
but when almost all of nicki’s songs chart towards the bottom of the hot 100 y’all don’t call that a flop? chiiiiile bye.
True that! Nikki have not had a number one hot 100 hit, and most of her songs rank low on hot 100 chart. So if you call being on everyone song mostly being a mere feature successful we need to really reexamine our meaning of success.
This author is trash. “I Don’t” is real music, not like garbage Nikki Minaj keeps recycling.
Real music? This song is is crazy trash! Like Nicki said to mariah: “clean out your ears!!!!”
Whoever wants tote this article is clearly only here for Nicki Minaj and is a Nicki fan..,, can we please get articles that aren’t written by fans and being one sided?? I can personally name 20 things that the person who wrote this article left out about how nasty Nicki Minaj attitude is and how that Mariah track that’s just released was actually pretty good track.,,
Only a Nicki fan would write an article like this.., and only Bicki fans think Nicki has more talent than Mariah… I’ve seen Nicki fans get nasty towards lil Kim and Lil Kim fans while Nicki copied everything from Lil Kim.., why are Nicki fans the only delusional people who won’t admit when someone paved the way for Nicki… stop making Nicki to be this big talent when she really is not.. I think the entire world is tired of Nicki and her fans.. and fan wrote articles do not help, actually makes it worse cause I can see the fallacies within the arguments Nicki fans make…
Mariah Carey is the Queen of the industry. Nicki Minaj is a reductive clown of Lil Kim’s succuss.
I’m sorry but I hate comparisons in the industry especially the Mariah and Ariana one, however Grande is a talented singer.
I always hear about Nicki copying Lil Kim and it’s true… The only difference I see is that Lil Kim didn’t sell out and actually is a real boss bitch. Nicki Minaj will do anything to be on the ladder trying to climb to the top but it takes hard work and talent to get longevity and respect. Not a bunch of Ghost writers and public lash outs at other artist. Mariah is classy and will throw shade but she doesn’t straight up fight with people for a headline.
Also in my personal opinion I feel like Nicki should have been arrested and tried for treason against the Majesty.
One thing about this rap battle is that Nikki will never be able to effectively address Shether. And has continually using other celebrities to be in the media and on charts. She calls her hot 100 score for the female with the most appearance a win but almost all of her hot 100’s songs were done with other artists help. She just make shallow appearances on songs, and get credit like it all her.
Fuck dx opinions putting this Barbie bitch on a pedastel remy ma made this bitch look stupid lol it’s not even funny pretty much destroyed this bitches career and I don’t even listen to no women rappers but that’s facts. This shyt is like wen punk jayz dissed pee wen he already fell off ppl are like pees career ended but dude was the only rapper that dropped 3 classics in a row and jayz wouldn’t want none of prime p. Now u got remy na destroying a bitch with no classics doesn’t write her own shyt everything bout the bitch is fake man fuck hip hop and y’all aren’t saying this hoes careers over gtfo fuccin fake ass hip hop fans
Fuck dx opinions putting this Barbie bitch on a pedastel remy ma made this bitch look stupid lol it’s not even funny pretty much destroyed this bitches career and I don’t even listen to no women rappers but that’s facts. U got remy na destroying a bitch with no classics doesn’t write her own shyt and everything bout the bitch is fake fuck hip hop and y’all aren’t saying this bitches careers over gtfo fuccin fake azz hip hop fans
I love the song as is! Bought it and enjoying it, actually a lot of peeps in LA like it. “Trash?” LOL! Just cause its not your type of song or style does not mean its trash. Its actually hypnotic at times, and has more variation than most of the other non-creative junk out there. But I’d love to hear Remy Ma on it! Glad she is back and doing her thing.
The only person that benefited from the American Idol fiasco was Nicki Manaj. Everyone agrees putting a fourth judge was a terrible mistake that they tried to correct the following seasons, but it was too late. The show was shot. But the damage inflicted on Mariah Carey was uncalled for, and dirty under-handed. The singing show hired MC for having the ultimate expertise and experience as a singer in the industry. Finally the show had one of the greats as a judge! But all that was thrown out the window when Nicki was placed on the same board. The producers knew this would downgrade and irritate MC’s status ( by placing vulgar Nicki as an equal judge), so the producers decided to not involve MC with their risky decision HUGE MISTAKE! They rolled the dice and thus the singing competition now became a bitchfest between the hoodrat & the princess. If Mariah knew that Nicki was on board she would have NEVER agreed to join the show, as she was already well acquainted with ignorant, nasty Nicki. MC was now trapped! Dropping out now meant breaking a contract, & MC is a professional. Mariah stayed on as personal favor to Randy after being BAMBOOZLED by the reassuring producers…. …… YIKES!!
MC deserves some kind of retribution and Remy’s got her back on this one,( cuz everyone knows Mariah dont carry ….lol)
Mc can’t sing not at all, she should never throw stones at a glass house! She gets to be so divaish it makes her look bad! All the jabs she made at Nikki (the Queen) is childish! Mariah sit down please, with your non singing, lip syncing self!
Mariah Carey will always be known as the most iconic female artist of the 90s sit down little girl
Just two females being catty Nicki wit the 12 yr old boy trapped in her body and controlling her a grown woman this confused bimbo, Mariah is just an emotional wreck at times see what the industry does for these entertainers a hell of a price to pay for 15 mins of fame and some change and most die broke after the devil is done with you and a million more trying to get thru that door of the fake fame and money
Fifteen mins of fame? Mariah has been in the game for almost 30 years and still makes millions a year. Nicki has been in the industry for almost ten years and still making millions. Definitely not 15 minutes of fame for either of them.
Remy sound horrible on this remix and no, I’m not a Nik fan. This remix is not gonna hurt Nik, cuz is not gonna do well. MC is old and washed out and Remy is not popular yet. The chemistry was not good on this song.