Keyshia Cole Claps Back At Nicki Minaj Fan Over Cardi B Endorsement

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LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA - MAY 27: Keyshia Cole performs at 2023 ILOVERNB Festival at The Queen Mary on May 27, 2023 in Long Beach, California. (Photo by Robin L Marshall/Getty Images)
Keyshia had no patience for fans pushing Nicki/Cardi beef.

Stans online don't play about their favorite artists. Anyone who has ever talked about a popular artist online likely knows the kind of force their fans can rain down. Keyshia Cole found this out on Twitter recently when she got caught in the Nicki Minaj versus Cardi B crossfire. During her Cardi Party Livestream, the "Bodak Yellow" rapper played a number of songs by female artists that she enjoyed. One of which was "Down And Dirty" by Keyshia Cole, who heard about it afterward.

When a fan pointed out to her that one of her songs was included she had nothing but love to show. “Always loved/love my Cardi,” Keyshia Cole tweeted. Unfortunately, that co-sign didn't sit right with some of Nicki Minaj's fans. One barb in particular, @BowMinaj responded to Cole saying “A legend like you should have higher standards but I guess.” That didn't seem to go over well as Cole quickly clapped back. “Keep me out y’all fan rivalry. Cardi said loves my music. She can say that. I love Bardi, I can say that. And I still remain. Legend,” she said in a response tweet.

Keisha Cole Claps Back

Her response resonated with a number of fans. Replies shouted her out for being above the beef and for her willingness to show Cardi love. Another tweet said that Cardi and Keyshia should collaborate on a song together. Overall Keyshia Cole's refusal to participate in the supposed beef between the two resulted in quite a bit of love from fans. Just last week Cole dropped the trailer for her upcoming biopic. The film is set to air for the first time on Lifetime later this month.

Cardi B is fresh off a collaboration with a different major female rapper. She joined Latto for a remix of her track "Put It On Da Floor" which is appropriately titled "Put It On Da Floor Again." The track gained a massive boost in streaming following Cardi's remix. Nicki on the other hand just dropped "Pound Town 2" with Sexyy Red and Tay Keith. The song debuted on the Hot 100 following her remix. She's also continually teased her new song with Ice Spice for the upcoming Barbie movie. The track is expected to be released later this week.

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Lavender Alexandria is a music and culture journalist based in Los Angeles, California. She’s covered dozens of musical genres and styles from the most mainstream to the most experimental and underground on her blog and accompanying YouTube channel that looks at music, pop culture, and Billboard charts since 2017: Lav’s Music Corner. Lavender has produced editorial and listicle content both in written and video form over the past far years and has also interviewed up-and-coming artists like Censored Dialogue. Her experiences covering culture have taken her from Hyperpop parties in LA to underground rap shows in Atlanta, to DIY punk shows in Charlotte. Lavender has also written for iHeartRadio, covering some of the biggest artists in Hip Hop such as Ice Spice, Drake, Doja Cat and Cardi B. She also has bylines with ScreenRant and continues to write for Ringtone magazine. Lavender is a lifelong Charlotte Hornets fan and her favorite rap artists include Clipping, Little Simz, Earl Sweatshirt, and Kendrick Lamar.
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