RAP BEEF TIMELINE · 2015–present
Nicki Minaj vs. Miley Cyrus
“Miley, what’s good?”
Miley Cyrus’s comments about Nicki Minaj’s MTV criticism make their way to the 2015 VMAs, where Nicki confronts the host live on air. A 2019 music-and-radio flare-up keeps the relationship from being called fully resolved, but it never becomes an extended diss-track war.
THE RECORD
The moments
Interview · disputed account
A New York Times comment lands badly
Discussing Nicki Minaj’s MTV-nomination criticism, Miley calls the tweets “not too kind” and “not very polite.” The comment gives the brewing awards-show friction a direct public target.
“What I read sounded very Nicki Minaj, which, if you know Nicki Minaj, is not too kind. It's not very polite.”Miley Cyrus, 2015 New York Times interview
Read the receipt ↗Performance
“Miley, what’s good?” becomes a VMA moment
While accepting Best Hip-Hop Video, Nicki turns to the host and confronts her live on the broadcast. Miley immediately answers from the stage, making the exchange one of the VMAs’ defining clips.
“Miley, what's good?”Nicki Minaj, 2015 MTV VMAs
▶ Watch the 2015 VMAs exchange and recapDiss track · disputed account
“Cattitude” prompts a Queen Radio response
Miley’s “I love you Nicki, but I listen to Cardi” lyric revives the story. Nicki replies on Queen Radio with the “Perdue chicken” line; Miley later says both women are queens and that she was not choosing sides.
“Perdue chickens can never talk shit about queens.”Nicki Minaj, Queen Radio
▶ Read Miley’s “Cattitude” clarificationRead the receipt ↗
THE RECEIPTS
Sources and listening
The Guardian — Nicki Minaj and Miley Cyrus’s 2015 VMA exchange ↗People — Nicki Minaj’s “Perdue chicken” response to Miley ↗Paper — Queen Radio’s Miley Cyrus response ↗ELLE — Miley Cyrus explains the “Cattitude” lyric ↗ARTIST LENSES