#40YearOldBully Trends Amid Nicki Minaj and Latto Twitter Feud

Every week it seems like a new rap beef is being aired out on Twitter. This time, it’s Nicki Minaj and Latto.

Thursday, it was reported that Nicki Minaj’s hit single “Super Freaky Girl” would not be considered for any of the hip-hop categories at next year’s Grammys and, instead, it would compete for Best Pop Solo Performance. Following the news, Nicki dragged Latto into the mix, resulting in a very personal back-and-forth on Twitter.

“Now, let’s say that ‘Super Freaky Girl’ is a pop song. Let’s just say that. What is ‘Big Energy’? … If you move ‘Super Freaky Girl’ out of rap and put it in pop, do the same thing for ‘Big Energy,’” Nicki said on Instagram Live.

A fan then took to Twitter to point out that Latto even labeled “Big Energy” pop, which Nicki retweeted with the response, “Yikes.”

Yikes https://t.co/dmITRweweT

— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) October 13, 2022

Latto caught wind of Nicki’s comments wondering why she was dragged into the conversation, tweeting, “Damn I can’t win for losing…all these awards/noms I can’t even celebrate.”

Damn I can’t win for losing… all these awards/noms I can’t even celebrate

— BIG LATTO (@Latto) October 14, 2022

Hours later, the “Bussin” rapper shared screenshots of a text message from the “It’s Givin” rapper told Nicki she agreed with her but “because of where we left off ion think u need to bring my name/song up.” From there, Nicki began calling Latto “Stratch Off” and a “Karen” for not speaking up on her behalf.

“This Karen has probably mentioned my name in over 100 interviews. Says she waited in line for Pink Friday w|her Barbie chain on, bangs, pink hair…but today, scratch off decides to be silent; rather than speak up for the black woman she called her biggest inspiration,” Nicki tweeted.

Latto responded, “Just like the 1st time I DMed u asking about ur ongoing subtweets. I wanted to speak up cuz like I said I do agree but the way u going about it seems malicious,” she added. “I’ve ignored countless subtweets since March and instead addressed u in the dm. … Ur literally older than my mom tryna be a bully @NICKIMINAJ.”

“I’ve ignored countless subtweets since March and instead addressed u in the dm. You’re asking why I didn’t speak up in ur defense… it’s the same answer I gave u when u asked why I didn’t congratulate you. Ur literally older than my mom tryna be a bully .”

Nicki responded by saying she thought Latto “was at least 35.” Latto then clapped back with a screenshot of what she said was Nicki’s latest “subtweet” towards her alongside the hashtag #40yroldbully, which quickly trended on Twitter.

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Nicki insisted Latto was just making things “up in her head” because she declined to do two features.

Nicki also responded to Latto “age shaming her,” saying, “Age shaming when you look like YOU the one pushing 40. … Oh so you in your 20’s. Oh ok then. At least it match your album sales. You sold 20K right?” Minaj tweeted. She continued, saying she’d expose reference tracks with Latto’s ghostwriters and called her Blackness into question. “She used me & the Barbz in every interview until that album sold double wood. now she wiping that spray tan off & being a Karen. They black when it’s beneficial chi.”

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The two continued their back-and-forth, with Nicki calling Latto a “Karen” and throwing shots at her album sales. She even insinuated that Latto was just made that she passed on her features request.