Missy Elliott has been catching some flack from a few of Nicki Minaj‘s fans after asking what seemed like an innocent question.
On Wednesday (August 24), Missy took to Twitter to ask her followers what they thought the difference between a “hit” and “classic” is.
“I have a question…Is there a difference between A Hit & A Classic record or no?” she tweeted. “And if so what is this difference?”
Missy’s tweet came two days after Nicki Minaj made chart history with her new Billboard No.1 “Super Freaky Girl,” and although the Supa Dupa Fly rapper didn’t mention Nicki or even allude to her achievement, the Young Money rapper’s fans took it as a diss.
“Missy Elliott always have something to say surrounding Nicki Minaj indirectly,” one fan wrote. “I see her dirty spirit. It’s been like that for years. Give it up mama.”
A second wrote: “Missy so miserable and messy bitch don’t let me get started these old bitches really mad and miserable go pay ya rent and stay in ya bum ass place these old and new school bitches make me sick!!! Nicki can’t win from either generation of female rappers.”
One Barb took aim at Missy’s chart history, calling her out for having never topped the Billboard chart as a solo artist, while another suggested she ask Atlantic Records to buy her a hit “like they did for Cardi.”
“Ohhhh, a biyatch wants to be messy,” the Nicki fan wrote. “A Hit is what you have YET to have. ‘Super Freaky Girl’ by Nicki Minaj is A Hit. Classics are ‘Moment 4 Life’, ‘Only’, ‘Itty Bitty Piggy’, etc. You signed by Atlantic, right Messy Missy? Tell them to buy you a hit like they did for Cardi.
A number of Missy Elliott fans ran to the VA artist’s aid, snapping back at the Barbz. “Missy elliott has never had a beef in her entire career but nicki minaj stand are desperate for a problem,” one Twitter user wrote. “Firstly missy Elliot is quite literally ur favs fav, actually ur favs founder.”
“I firmly believe that without Nicki Minaj, there would be no Cardi. But I also believe that without Missy Elliott there would be no Nicki,” another fan tweeted. “Idk why people just can’t be happy we’re witnessing greatness. Why pick a side? It’s weird.”
A third fan could not believe the slander coming from the Barbz. “Nicki Minaj’s depraved fanbase coming for Missy Elliott? …….THEE Missy Misdemeanor Elliott?” they tweeted. “What did Minaj say on those records that made these people as weird as they are? I’d really like to know. Missy did nothing wrong at all. It was a good question.”
A few of Nicki’s fans claimed Missy doesn’t have any hits, which caused one Missy fan to snap back: “Saying Missy Elliott doesn’t have any hits or classics is proof that just because you stan Nicki Minaj does not mean you know hip hop.”
After Missy Elliott’s question was taken out of context, the four-time Grammy winner clarified her original tweet and responded to the hateful responses.
“I love so many of yall answers,” she tweeted. “This was a back & forth with my producer friends over music.Is there a difference between Classics & hits & he said it’s more preference. So y’all helped.
She concluded: “A few chose 2 be hurtful but understand this came from a positive place.”
It was only a few weeks ago that Nicki Minaj praised Missy and credited her with kicking down the door that led to her being announced as the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award recipient at the forthcoming MTV VMAs.
Missy congratulated Nicki on the achievement, to which Nicki replied: “Mumbling & cackling??? nah omg thank you Missy. You kicked down this [door]. Nothing but Love & Respect for your iconic artistry. #VMAs #NickiVmas #VideoVanguard.”
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Missy Elliott was honored with the Video Vanguard Award in 2019, becoming the first female rapper to achieve this feat. As Nicki noted, her creative vision behind classic videos such as “Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” and “Work It” has made her an icon.
Meanwhile, Nicki Minaj and her husband Kenneth “Zoo” Petty are still dealing with the aftermath of his 1995 first-degree attempted rape conviction.
On Wednesday (August 24), a video of victim Jennifer Hough saying she “made a mistake” in regard to pressing charges against Petty surfaced online. But her attorney, Tyrone Blackburn, is disputing the validity of the clip.
“This heavily edited video conversation with Jennifer and Black (the same man that threatened her life on IG live) does not deserve a comment,” Blackburn told Radar Online. “Ask that rapist to explain the transcript from his plea hearing where he admitted to attempting to rape Jennifer with a knife at his grandmother’s house.
“Not only do we have the plea hearing transcript, we are in the process of getting over 200 pieces of evidence and video from the 1994/95 rape case. Stay tuned.”
SO DISRESPECTFUL AND TOXIC
Some of these women are sick in the head..they really are. Walking talking fruitcakes. It’s easy to disrespectful online. It sounded like an innocent question.
agreed upon!
Nicki‘s fans are the worst pieces of shit fr fr
Nah they a close second behind eminems disgusting fans
His fan base is crazy, I never kept up with him.
How old are these people they just flame mis demeanour elliott.
Id say the average age range for niki minaj fans are 10-15
Motherfuck Missy Elliott’s disgusting looking, lupus having, morbidly obese muff diving ass. She’s gross af.
At least she‘s natural. There‘s more plastic in Nicki Minaj than there is in the Pacific.
Ah nah bro you’re wrong. Everyone knows missybelliot had lots of surgery done.
Found a Barb!
Missy > whatever her name is, always.
I dont remember liking a minaj song in my 30 years of life. Missy is Music.These cats dont know the definition of respect. Missy is a Pioneer of female rap.
SMH, the Barbs are out of control. Hope Nicki can tell her stans to chill out once in a while. Missy didn’t deserve all that.
Not like anyone cares what those toxic-ass losers think
But yet here you are replying.
Yet I am. How about that?
Nikki music is Corny and sampled
Nikki music is Corny and sampled
So is yo Mama’s turds.
Those bitches deserve to be doxxed and exposed for the garbage basic dirty hoes they are
Nicki, Beyonce, Eminem, Kanye, Drake. Honorable mention: 2pac.
All nikkis biggest songs are collabs. None of them was bigger than “get ya freak on”. I remember hearing that song anywhere before anyone gave two fucks about the internet. Thats big.
Of course bro, i feel you. But you cant tell that to this generation, they just have no idea.
Only a complete utter jackass would be a Nikki fan. I’d rather listen to any artist who isn’t both trash and married to a rapist
Missy is an OG, y’all trippin
my deepest wish to have every single psycho on the internet doxxed rounded up and locked up in an asylum. you can get your Twitter back when you can learn how to express yourself without going psycho on everyone that you even think is disagreeing with you. fucking Idiocracy run by a bunch of phone addicted lab rat retards. I don’t care which artist they claim to be supporting. they’re fucking submental psychos that think that every single interaction in life needs to be met with rage.
Waaah waaah, baby crying ?
Yeah the difference is that Missys Songs charted during a time people actually had to buy the record to listen to it and just stream it for free like you so called “fans”
Why would anyone listen to that fat d.yke’s shitty music, let alone buy it. Missy was always wack as fuck. Zero talent. She’s been irrelevant for last couple decades, you idiot.
Why would anyone listen to that fat d.yke’s shitty music, let alone buy it. Missy was always wack as fuck. Zero talent. She’s been irrelevant for last couple decades, you idiot.
Missy will always be remembered, Phony Niki will be gone in ten years and no one will care.
Missy all day
we can annihilate all of these so called fans overnite if we could somehow figure out how to make the charts non-streaming. you shouldn’t be able to have no number 1 just bc some kid on adderall listened to your shit on repeat for free. alternate plan would be send all these barbz over to afghanistan and tell em that ISIS hates Nicki Minaj
They both suck but at least Misssy wrote her own songs.
Nicki still has fans? The hoodrat that married a serious criminal, that’s literally a rapist, and defended Will Smith’s pathetic self? And they defend her from literally nothing and attack someone else for literally no reason? Twitter needs to ban these mentally illegitimate manchildren. These are the types of people that have way too many rights or power and use it for the messiest, pettiest reasons. People without common sense should not even be an feet towards any access online.
Nicki and her fans are disgusting ghetto rat trash
If you want to know the difference between a hit and a classic, have a listen to Super Freaky Girl and then listen to the original Super Freak by Rick James.
If you want to know the difference between a hit and a classic, have a listen to Super Freaky Girl and then listen to the original Super Freak by Rick James.
Missy got mad hits One Minute Man, 4321, Lose Control and Gossip Folks just to name a few