Nicki Minaj Stirs Debate Among The Barbz With Possible JT Shade On Stationhead

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While there's history between Nicki Minaj and the City Girls, she invited JT onstage three months ago, so things should be good, right?

Nicki Minaj's Stationhead rants usually contain some interesting allusions to the rap game, which fans often read far too deeply into. Still, some recent comments during her latest session caused debate nonetheless, even if the assumption from many die-hards seems shaky and ill-founded at best, if not wholly salacious at worst. "But you also have to question why a person would go from unliking you to loving you. Isn't that odd? Well, you don't say..." the Trinidadian MC said during her livestream, which many took as a possible jab at the City Girls and specifically JT. For those unaware, the duo has a rocky history with Minaj, but one that concluded with a squash a couple of years ago.

In fact, it was just this April that Nicki Minaj brought JT out at one of her concerts alongside a slew of other femcees. As such, there's not a lot of connective tissue here indicating why she would want smoke with the City Girls now, or what happened recently to provoke this possible shade. Furthermore, the more likely scenario is that the Pink Friday 2 superstar didn't aim at the Miami rappers at all here. This is probably just a faulty fan interpretation that the Barbz are debating over, but if it's truly an intentional diss, then many fans expressed their disappointment in seeking this beef out for seemingly no reason.

Nicki Minaj Seemingly Shades JT: Barbz React

Of course, we'll see if any other information emerges regarding Nicki Minaj and JT that could illuminate this situation. Also, it's just as likely that Nicki will eventually address this online in more explicit fashion, so we'll keep our eyes peeled for that. One thing's for sure, though: the City Girl definitely aimed at specific necks on her new mixtape City Cinderella, and there are no doubts about that. Cardi B and GloRilla seemed to catch strays, but again, that's just fans' reading of an overall combative project that doesn't need specific targets to confront others.

Meanwhile, even when artists are beefing with Nicki Minaj, they recognize that there are other factors at play. Stefflon Don recently reflected on how the Barbz were what she was really angry at back during her short-lived beef with Nicki, not Nicki herself. Still, she regretted dragging Minaj's name into that situation when she was mostly just reacting to fans hating on her for some Cardi B beef comments. So we'll see if JT has to defend herself in a similar way or if this is all just hearsay and nothing more.

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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.
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