Nicki Minaj may be Rap’s reigning Queen, but she’s never been afraid to bow down to salute the Rap Royals who paved the way for her.
Her latest trek down that track came just moments after Monday’s announcement (August 8) she will be the recipient of the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the 2022 MTV VMAs later this month.
Among the many sending their congratulations over the news was Missy Elliott, who made history in 2019 when she became the first female rapper to nab the honor.
Look inside to see how Minaj responded to the shout out from Miss.
After Missy took to Twitter Monday (August 8) to toast to Minaj’s forthcoming achievement, the ‘Super Bass’ star responded with quite the tribute.
“Mumbling & cackling,” she started. “Nah OMG thank you Missy. You kicked down this door. Nothing but love and respect for your iconic artistry.”
Fans of the award-winning rapstresses know they’re no stranger to showing love to each other. Back in 2019, Nicki gave Missy a shout out in celebration of the release of her long-awaited EP ‘Iconolgy.’
The latest lovefest comes just weeks before the August 28 airing of the VMAs where Nick will take the stage to crank out her greatest hits and accept the Vanguard Award.
Joining an exclusive club of recipients, Minaj comes as the fifth Black woman to receive the trophy since it was first handed out in 1984. Only Janet Jackson, Beyonce, Rihanna, and Missy knew the honor before her.
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Black girl magic, we love to see it 🤳🏽
I meant to say, black girl tragic! We love to see it 🤳🏽
SHE KICKED DOWN NOTHING!!! AND ITS SO ANNOYING SEEING NICKI HAVING TO PRAISE ALL THESE RAP WOMEN SHES SURPASSED JUST SO THEY DONT CRY AND ALSO BECAUSE OF ALL YOU F A G S THAT PAINTED HER OUT TO BE THE VILLIN. YOU DONT OWE THIS D*** S*** QUEEN! 🦄🦄🦄
There would be no Nicki without them, sit down and stfu, you need some education.
BLA BLA BLA! STAY MAD F A G 😂 PRESSED AF AND I DONT CARE. WHERE IS THE MISSY ES SOLO DIMOND HIT? NOWHERE! ALL THESE OLD RAP HEAD GRANDMAS ALWAYS TRYING TO GET CLOUT OFF OF BEING MENTIONED WITH NICKI. ITS TIERED! NICKIS PRESS LITERALLY REVIVG CAREERS. SMFH EVERYONE! KNOWS SUPER FRESKY GIRLS COMING OUT!! AND IS REPORTED TO BE NICKIS FIRST SOLO NUMBER ONE HIT! BWHAHAHAAAAHAHA!!! HE WANNA EFFFFFFFFFFFFF🦄🦄🦄🦄AAAARRRRRR🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Why do you f*cking need to put Nicki against others, insulting and bringing them down? Nicki has RESPECT for the sis that paved the way for her, how can you disrespect that? You’re not a fan of Nicki, you are a crazy and you need some intervention.
WHY TF ARE YOU ALWAYS!!!! M I A WHEN QUEEN NICKIS GETTING DRAGGED? WATCH YOUR DUMB F A GGY ASS GO SILENT!
You sound dumb! They were icons way before nikki do the math
Missy has 6 platinum albums and Nicky has 4. Missy has written, produced, signed, and done alot more with plenty other artists and Nicky has not. Yea Nicky may have some inflated numbers due to her being the only female rapper during her tenure and streaming but Missy is still the bigger artist in most peoples eyes.
ONLY FENALE RAPPER DURING HER WHAT? LMAOOO HAVE TO FKING LAUGH! BWAHAHAHA WHO IS IGGY ? YOUNG MA? DEJ LOAF? TERRIA WACK CUPCAKE AZELA BANKS? BWAHAHA YOU HATERS ARE SO DUMB. TRY AGIAN 😘
Did those ppl have the same kind of major label, money put into their act, and promotion? I don’t think so other than iggy most of them were independent or just not promoted. Plus Missy has 5 Grammys enough said lol.
ARE U STUPID? ALL OF THOSE ARTIST WERE SIGNED TO MAJOR LABELS! AND WERE DEFIANTLY PUSHED! ITS NOT NICKIS FAULT SHES THE MOST TALENTED! MOST CREATIVE AND MOST SUCCESSFUL FEMALE RAPPER! SHE WORKED HARD!!! FOR THAT SPOT! DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY VERSES NICKI WRITES FOR ONE SONG!??? NICKI HAS THE TENACITY AND DETERMINATION MOST ARTIST DONT EVEN HAVE. LMAO TRY SGIAN DUMMY 😘
ARE U STUPID? ALL OF THOSE ARTIST WERE SIGNED TO MAJOR LABELS! AND WERE DEFIANTLY PUSHED! ITS NOT NICKIS FAULT SHES THE MOST TALENTED! MOST CREATIVE AND MOST SUCCESSFUL FEMALE RAPPER! SHE WORKED HARD!!! FOR THAT SPOT! DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY VERSES NICKI WRITES FOR ONE SONG!??? NICKI HAS THE TENACITY AND THE DETERMINATION MOST ARTIST DONT EVEN HAVE. LMAO TRY SGIAN DUMMY 😘
Be nice. It’s appropriate to give props to those who led the way for the path that you have chosen. Nicki is just grateful. Let her be grateful
@Nickination you naming females that can barely rap (other than young ma) means nothing lol they just weren’t that great, entertaining, or interesting. You realize that’s the only fact that you disputed right? Ok there was a few other females at the time that weren’t really pushed imo but it doesn’t take away the other stuff I said. Nicky is a queen in her own right but she knows Missy is a queen just the same. Missy Kim, and Nicky have been the most successful with longevity. How about let’s not shade any of them.
ALL THAT SH*T TALKING YOU F .A GS WERE DOING FROM YOUR LEAKING LEAKY DISEASED BUSSYS! YALL BOOTIES RUN LIKE A BROKEN FOSSIT WHILE THE QUEENS STILL! WINNING! MICHAEL JACKSON VANGUARD AWARD! SOLO DIAMOND PLAQ! 2 # 1S IN LESS THEN A WEEK SPAN! LAST ALBUM SOLD OVER 185k FIRST WEEK!!! COMEBACK SNIPPET!!!!!! ALREADY BREAKING RECORDS AND GOING VIRAL ALL OVER SOCIAL MEDIA AND ABOUT EVERY MAJOR CITY CLUBS ACROSS THE GLOB! FATTO AINT SEEING MANLY MEG AINT SEEIN IT! BOTCHEDi AINT SEEING IT! SPEAKING OF UGLi.. I HEARD THE FLOP BCHS GOING ON HIATUS AFTER FLOP DOODOO💩 TANKED!SOMEONE NEEDS TO GO ON AHEAD AND TELL THAT GHETTO BOTCHED STRIPPER TO STAY ON THAT HIATUS FOR LIFE AND GO BACK TO BEING A STREET H00KER SELLIN HA BODY FOR CAR COINS BWAHAHHHAHAGA! NONE OF YOUR UGLi DIRTY BURNT RAP WH*RES COULD EVER TOUCH AN INCH OF THE QUEEN!!!!!!BWAHAHAHSHAHAAHAHAGA
STFU dumb@**, you are too simple mind to open that mouth.
BWAHAHAHAHAHA CARDIBOP THAT YOU? POO? CHILE -I 😂😂 I JUST ABSOULTLY CANTTT💀💀💀💀💀
Nicki deserves so much better fans than you, I feel sorry for her, you don’t even respect her.
@ CARDIBOP DIDNT FARDi CALL YALL DUMBASSES? FEEL SORRY FOR YOURSELF AND ALSO HOT DOO DOO SHXT CHART POSITION.. 💀BWAHAHHAHAHAHA
VANGUARD AWARD? BWAHAHAHA MANLY MEG COULD NEVER!!! KIM JUN UN COULD NEVER!!!!! THE ORIGINAL BOTCHED NON RAPPING H O BEFORE FARDi. IM SO SICK OF PPL ACTING LIKE BIGGY WASN’T ALWAYS!!! WRITING HER RAPS LIKE PARDi WRITES FARDiS. ITS NO WONDER WHY HER CAREER WENT DOWN THE DRAIN AFTER BIGGY DIED
You got a big mouth, but that’s all you have. In lack of attention?
BE HONEST SIS KIMS WAY OVERRATED. NO?
Be honest, you forgot your meds right? Kim paved the way for Nicki and others, Nicki HERSELF admit it so wtf is your problem? Are you gonna say Nicki is dumb?
@CARDIBOP STOP IT! ITS MUSIC INDUSTRY TRADITION TO PRAISE THE OLDER ARTIST THAT ARE CONSIDERED LEGENDS KIM AND NICKI ARE NOTHINGGGGGGG ALIKE
DIDNT FOXY SELL MORE THAN HER? LMAO CHILLEEE
LMAO 😅 you really have no respect for anyone, poor Nicki.
AND YOU REALLY CANT PICK ONE ACCOUNT HUH ? LMAOOOO
Uh? 🤨 that’s all you found to distract the attention from your behavior when you hit a wall? 😂 HILARIOUS.
LMAO IVE ANSWERED EVERYTHING YOU SAID DONT TRY TO BE SLICK LMAO IM LITERALLY EFFORTLESSLY DESTROYING YOUR REPLIES IN ALL OF YOUR ACCOUNTS! WITH JUST ONE LOOK AT YOU STILL HAVING BREAKDOWNS. @CARDIBOP? CANT PICK AN ACCOUNT TO GET DRAGGED ON LMAO ITS SO SAD YOUD MAKE MULTIPLE TO TRY AND PROVE YOUR POINT 💀BWAHAHAAHAHAHA
ALL HAIL NICKI MINAJ!!!! QUEEN OF RAP!! 👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄
I wish I was black and a real girl 🥺😢😭😩🤰🏿
You wish you were ANYTHING other than lil Danny Thee Imposter lmaooooooooo 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
We love to see it. Queen Nicki
WE DO!! 😌 THANKS LOVE ♥️
Nicki is a disgrace to all black women. PERIOD! Eve or even Lil’ Mama are more deserving of that award.
Beyonce a disgrace to y’all. She knew she would have a miscarriage by jumping up anD down in heels but she hate Rhianna
HATER TROLL! LMAO 2# 1S IN A WEEK SPAN SOLO ICONIC!!! DIAMOND HIT SONG! THAT YOU AND YOUR FLOP FAVE ALWAYS KNEW HOW TO LIP SYNCHED TO! 😌 A TIMELESS BOP! NICKI IS A TREND SETTER!!!! AND THE QUEEN OF RAP!!!!!!
Congratulations to Nicki Minaj
Great woman, Artist and mother she knew she was pregnant and took a break she didn’t kill her baby like Beyonce
YES! LEGEND TINGS NICKI QUEEN OF RAP! WHITNEY THE VOICE!
Bow down doja cat
Say what you want about her music but Nicki definately doesn’t deserve this award for her videos. What iconic music video has she had?! Not a single one.
Nicki most “groundbreaking” (using that term LOOSELY) video was Anaconda and that was only Bc of the struggle twerking
WATCH YOUR FKING MOUTH LAST WARNING TO YOUR F A GGOT ASS PERIOD!
The only thing loose is NICKINATION batty