OPINION: Megan Thee Stallion’s new track seems to take a swipe at Drake, her ex, Pardison Fontaine and Nicki Minaj among others.
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Megan Thee Stallion is fed up.
The 28-year-old rapper from Houston has had enough of all the gossip blogs, podcasters, fellow rappers and everyone in between having her name in their mouths.
So if you are wondering why Megan Thee Stallion, Nicki Minaj, Drake, Cardi B, Pardison Fontaine (or Pardi for short) have been trending on your various social media timelines since late last night, I can help you out.
Megan released her latest single “Hiss” at midnight, and in it, she lets the chopper spray.
On the track, Megan takes shots at her ex-boyfriend Pardi, Drake, Nicki Minaj, and anyone who had something negative to say about her before, during, and after Tory Lanez’s trial, conviction, and subsequent sentencing for shooting her in both feet.
No one was spared, and every line was razor-sharp, and while Megan did name specifically name names, as she told “
Last night, Minaj played a diss track of her own for her fans, and as some have said on Twitter it was the equivalent of a Dr. Seuss book set to music.
“Bad bitch/She like six foot/I call her Big Foot/The bitch fell off/I said get up on your good foot” is the most memorable line for Nicki’s diss, and honestly, it’s more than a little disappointing.
If the best you can come up with is bashing her for being tall and making fun of her for getting shot, that doesn’t say a lot about your abilities as a self-proclaimed elder stateswoman and “queen” of rap.
Nicki’s fanbase, known for its viciousness, has been at it since Megan’s single dropped, and Nicki has been encouraging the vitriol by mass-liking any and every tweet making a negative reference to Megan.
Then this afternoon, Nicki put out a tweet in which she claimed to not support bullying. In the same tweet, she highlighted how she has kept an eye and a running list of all Megan’s accomplishments — accomplishments she attempted to downplay.
All of this coming from a woman who is 13 years older than Megan and claims to see herself as better than Megan.
If it were me, I wouldn’t feel the need to do all of this, but that’s just me.
Nicki has been dropping subs against Megan for a while now. Megan hit back with a few lines in a song and now we are here. Someone is pressed, and I don’t think it’s the person who released “Hiss” last night.
Megan won this round and it shows.
Monique Judge is a storyteller, content creator and writer living in Los Angeles. She is a word nerd who is a fan of the Oxford comma, spends way too much time on Twitter, and has more graphic t-shirts than you. Follow her on Twitter @thejournalista or check her out at moniquejudge.com.
