Latto may be set to see herself crowned the Queen of next week’s Billboard Rap charts thanks to her latest album ‘Sugar Honey Iced Tea,’ but she left a sour taste in the mouths of Nicki Minaj fans (affectionately called #Barbz) while hot on the promo trail for the project.
Details inside.
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Taking to our friends at ‘Complex’ recently, Latto (born Alyssa Stephens) was asked to name who she believe the greatest of all time (GOAT) is when it comes to female rappers.
“I am the GOAT…I’m my GOAT and that’s all that matters,” she said – echoing the sentiment rendered by her sister Brooklyn. “But, the [overall] GOAT is Lil Kim.”
Supporting her answer with praise for the Queen Bee, Stephens not only asserted Kim’s impact in fashion and music makes her the greatest but also her demeanor off-stage.
“She’s a queen off-camera for real,” Latto shared. “I love that b-tch; and she’s BIG mama too.”
The now-viral clip got an instant side-eye from #Barbz who unearthed clips of the GRAMMY nominee previously praising Minaj as the ultimate femcee.
“Nicki is the queen and any girl from this generation going forward who don’t list Nicki is giving ‘hater’,” she said in an interview from years ago.
Granted, the resurfaced video came years before the two engaged in an infamous headbutt on X (formerly known as Twitter) that’s seemingly led to lasting damage of their one-time mutual admiration.
Still, the new Latto commentary was enough to send #Barbz into a frenzy.
See highlights below (including Nicki herself who many assumed was subliminally responding to the trending topic).
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) August 13, 2024
At the time of this report Lil Kim has not responded to the hoopla.
She so cringe
She’s not lying tho.
Barbz must be a wordplay for Baby cries
No one is seeing nickis pen game so we need to stop lying
Nicki has no memorable bars. She can go sit on that pen for all we care.
I wasn’t even that interested in this record but lemme pause Meg for a minute to give this a spin… if the Garbz with their trashy taste hate this then I bet it’s good music
The album is actually better than Meg’s. I was surprised.
Latto it’s not even on Trina’s level.
She can forget Nicki Minaj or Lil Kim
Latto raps better than Trina. Listen to the album.
She is literally allowed to call herself the GOAT, that’s the base energy of nearly any rapper. Also, there are many people who would choose Lil Kim over Nicki, Lil kim is a living legend. Also, why the hell would she say Nicki after everything’s that happened?
There was no shade anywhere.
All of this!
These b****** only mention Krim after they fall out with Nicki. I would be offended if I was her😂