The internet was reeling with opinions about Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion’s feud, and even other rappers got involved. Azealia Banks knows a thing or two about beefing with the “Starships” rapper, having some brief tension with Minaj in 2019, per Essence. Now, she’s weighing in on Minaj and Megan’s new feud and is suggesting that it stemmed from Jay-Z.
According to Complex, Banks took to Instagram and revealed that she thinks Jay-Z’s support for Megan is why this feud started in the first place. Many fans thought Megan and Minaj’s beef may have stemmed from her “WAP” and “Bongos” collabs with Cardi B, aka Minaj’s archnemesis, but Banks doesn’t think so. She said, “This isn’t about Meg [collaborating] with Cardi. This is about Jay-Z … Jay-Z has this way of presenting himself in the culture as a Daddy Warbucks type of figure.”
Banks claimed that many women in the rap industry seek Jay-Z’s approval since he is a legend in the rap game, per Complex. She explained, “I could just low-key feel she’s [Minaj] felt slighted by Jay…But at the same time, Nicki wants to wiggle her way in bad. That’s what this beef is about. She wants to be a Roc Nation girl so f***ing bad.” To Banks, it’s clear that Minaj was upset that Megan signed with Roc Nation, Jay-Z’s label, before she was.
