Nicki Minaj Admits There’s “A Lot Of Female Rappers” That She “Actually Love”: “It’s Female Rappers Right Now That Are Even Inspiring Me”

Nicki continued, “So, let me reel back for a second because it’s female rappers right now that are even inspiring me. You know what I’m saying? Like I’ll hear bars and be like, ‘Woah, woah,’ — even their delivery and cadences and flows, I be like ‘Woah.’ And the girls that I like as a friend too. So, I don’t want to make it seem like that because people always think that I’m serious.”

However, Budden interjected and came to Nicki’s defense, recalling, “There was a time when you were highlighting the women that inspire you.”

“Yes. The women that inspired me before and the girls that I like now are in the game that inspire me,” Nicki responded. “So when I say stuff about rappers I’m not talking about the female rappers I fuck with and that’s the truth and I’m going to keep it all the way real.”

Though Budden and Nicki appeared to have a cordial discussion, their history reveals a less harmonious relationship. In a 2019 episode of Queen Radio, the platinum-selling rapper and Budden sat down, and tensions quickly escalated. The two engaged in a heated exchange over the alleged falsehoods Budden had purportedly spread about Minaj over the years. The situation took a sharp turn when, in response to Budden’s insinuation that she took drugs, which resulted in Nicki unleashing a verbal barrage on her guest.