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Nicki Minaj Hits Back at Jessie J’s Claim She Pursued ‘Bang Bang’ Without Being Asked

Published: Thursday 5th Aug 2021 by Rashad

The 2014 hit, ‘Bang Bang,’ may be the highest RIAA-certified song of Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Nicki Minaj‘s respective careers (as we reported here), but – despite the song’s massive success – there appears to be a bit of confusion about its origin story.

In celebration of its 7th anniversary last week (July 28), J took to ‘Glamour’ magazine to dish on the tune’s history – namely how she connected with Grande and Minaj in the first place.  While the tale seemed harmless to some, Nicki has taken umbrage with the description of how her sizzling Rap verse was added to the mix.

See what she said inside:

[photo courtesy:  ‘Glamour’ magazine]

 

As seen in the excerpt above, J’s rendition of the ‘Bang’ origin story suggested Minaj proactively requested to be part of the song (despite not being asked).  The Rap Queen remembers things differently it seems.

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Taking to Twitter late Thursday night (August 5), the femcee relayed:

 

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