Megan Thee Stallion on Possibly Reconciling With Nicki Minaj: ‘To This Day, Don’t Know What the Problem Is’
In the words of Charli XCX, “it’s so confusing sometimes to be a girl.” And no one’s more confused about their girl problems than Megan Thee Stallion, who briefly addressed her fallout with Nicki Minaj in a new Billboard cover story.
Earlier this year, the ladies went pound-for-pound on diss songs “Hiss” and “Bigfoot,” with Megan sending shots referencing Minaj’s husband before the Pink Friday 2 artist offensively mentioned Meg’s late mother. But as the three-time Grammy winner sees it, she’s unsure how her beef with Minaj came about.
“I still to this day don’t know what the problem is. I don’t even know what could be reconciled because I, to this day, don’t know what the problem is,” Megan told Billboard when asked about the chance of reconciliation.
Megan and Minaj collaborated together just once on 2019 single “Hot Girl Summer.” Although the two were initially friendly with each other, they’d hit a rough patch around the time that Megan released her first Cardi B collaboration, “WAP,” in 2020.
In 2022, Minaj accused Megan of advising her to drink alcohol while she was pregnant, also alleging that the “Mamushi” rapper said she could have an abortion. Megan would later respond on X, calling the accusation a lie. Minaj gave birth to her son, whom she affectionately calls Papa Bear, in 2020.
While it’s doubtful that Megan and Minaj will mend their differences anytime soon, the Houston native had some kind words for Cardi B and GloRilla, whom she shared the stage with at Madison Square Garden during the Hot Girl Summer tour.
“It was a little East Coast-Southern sandwich we had going on. I was very happy. I genuinely love Cardi. I genuinely love Glo,” Megan said.
She continued, “In the industry, you really don’t meet a lot of girls who want to see you be successful. You meet people, and I’m not just going to say girls, but you don’t meet a lot of artists that want you to have success because they’re scared sometimes it’s going to take away from their success.”
“Music is competition, rap is a competition, but those two ladies, I feel like we all like to see each other do good things. We like to see each other win. Sharing the stage with people that want to see you do good and you want to see them do good, it felt very uplifting. I felt like we were feeding off each other. I felt like we helped each other. Being onstage with them made me feel good because I knew we were proud of each other.”
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