Megan Thee Stallion shares "Hiss" and Nicki Minaj seems upset
Megan Thee Stallion threw serious shade at Nicki Minaj's husband, causing Minaj to hit back on social media
Nicki Minaj has earned her place as rap’s elder stateswoman, but she’s burned bridges with a lot of other female rappers along the way. The latest is Megan Thee Stallion, hip hop’s ascendant Hot Girl, with whom Minaj collaborated on Megan’s 2019 smash hit “Hot Girl Summer.” Since then, things have soured between the two; fans suspected Minaj was dissing Megan on her 2023 track “Red Ruby Da Sleeze,” which seemingly contained veiled references to Megan being shot by Tory Lanez and how Minaj doesn’t “fuck with horses.” Now, Megan’s snuck a diss of her own into her new track “Hiss,” which was released on Thursday.
“Hiss” begins with a proclamation: “I just wanna kick this shit off by sayin’ fuck y’all/I ain’t gotta clear my name on a motherfuckin’ thing/Every time I get mentioned, one of y’all bitch-ass n—s get twenty-four hours of attention/I’m finna get this shit off my chest and lay it to rest, let’s go.” She goes on to throw shade at several of her haters, with bars that appear to be directed at fans of Lanez, her ex Pardi Fontaine, Drake, and of course, Minaj. “These hoes don’t be mad at Megan, these hoes mad at Megan’s Law/I don’t really know what the problem is, but I guarantee y’all don’t want me to start/Bitch, you a pussy (You a pussy), never finna check me (Yeah),” she raps.
“Megan’s Law” refers to the federal law requiring the public release of information regarding registered sex offenders. Minaj’s husband, Kenneth Petty, was arrested in 2020 for failing to register as a sex offender in the state of California; he was convicted of the attempted rape in 1995. Petty and his accuser, Jennifer Hough, were both 16 at the time of the incident. (Hough has since accused Petty and Minaj of harassing her into recanting her rape claim, per Rolling Stone.)