Music: Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj debate MTV VMA nominations
Earlier on Tuesday, MTV released the nominations for its annual Video Music Awards and Taylor Swift led the way with nine total nominations. Nicki Minaj only nabbed three nominations, however, and hit Twitter to express her discontent.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If your video celebrates women with very slim bodies, you will be nominated for vid of the year </p>— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/NICKIMINAJ/status/623608271774072832">July 21, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When the "other" girls drop a video that breaks records and impacts culture they get that nomination. </p>— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/NICKIMINAJ/status/623574103757209600">July 21, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Swift’s “Bad Blood” music video featured tons of cameos, notably Gigi Hadid, Martha Hunt, Cara Delevingne, Lily Aldridge, and Karlie Kloss, all of whom are models. The 25-year-old star responded to Minaj’s second tweet.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/NICKIMINAJ">@NICKIMINAJ</a> I've done nothing but love & support you. It's unlike you to pit women against each other. Maybe one of the men took your slot..</p>— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) <a href="https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/623616796277506048">July 21, 2015</a></blockquote>
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But Minaj clarified that it wasn’t about Swift at all.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Huh? U must not be reading my tweets. Didn't say a word about u. I love u just as much. But u should speak on this. <a href="https://twitter.com/taylorswift13">@taylorswift13</a></p>— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/NICKIMINAJ/status/623618047673106433">July 21, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/taylorswift13">@taylorswift13</a> I'm still confused as to why u just tweeted me when I made it abundantly clear... <a href="http://t.co/A5kJyi6fQC">pic.twitter.com/A5kJyi6fQC</a></p>— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/NICKIMINAJ/status/623620291478974464">July 21, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">They're not missing the point, they're just attempting to overshadow the point. Oldest trick in the book. <a href="https://t.co/Y4dt1vKk6C">https://t.co/Y4dt1vKk6C</a></p>— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/NICKIMINAJ/status/623620980896722944">July 21, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Minaj later retweeted some criticisms of Swift – including a tweet that called out the singer for not standing by Minaj’s larger point about racial inequalities in the music business. Swift, meanwhile, wrote that she’d love to share the stage with Minaj were she to win at the VMAs.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/NICKIMINAJ">@NICKIMINAJ</a> If I win, please come up with me!! You're invited to any stage I'm ever on.</p>— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) <a href="https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/623628086614036480">July 21, 2015</a></blockquote>
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http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/21/taylor-swift-nicki-minaj-twitter-mtv-vmas?asdf
Earlier on Tuesday, MTV released the nominations for its annual Video Music Awards and Taylor Swift led the way with nine total nominations. Nicki Minaj only nabbed three nominations, however, and hit Twitter to express her discontent.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If your video celebrates women with very slim bodies, you will be nominated for vid of the year </p>— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/NICKIMINAJ/status/623608271774072832">July 21, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">When the "other" girls drop a video that breaks records and impacts culture they get that nomination. </p>— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/NICKIMINAJ/status/623574103757209600">July 21, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Swift’s “Bad Blood” music video featured tons of cameos, notably Gigi Hadid, Martha Hunt, Cara Delevingne, Lily Aldridge, and Karlie Kloss, all of whom are models. The 25-year-old star responded to Minaj’s second tweet.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/NICKIMINAJ">@NICKIMINAJ</a> I've done nothing but love & support you. It's unlike you to pit women against each other. Maybe one of the men took your slot..</p>— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) <a href="https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/623616796277506048">July 21, 2015</a></blockquote>
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But Minaj clarified that it wasn’t about Swift at all.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Huh? U must not be reading my tweets. Didn't say a word about u. I love u just as much. But u should speak on this. <a href="https://twitter.com/taylorswift13">@taylorswift13</a></p>— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/NICKIMINAJ/status/623618047673106433">July 21, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/taylorswift13">@taylorswift13</a> I'm still confused as to why u just tweeted me when I made it abundantly clear... <a href="http://t.co/A5kJyi6fQC">pic.twitter.com/A5kJyi6fQC</a></p>— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/NICKIMINAJ/status/623620291478974464">July 21, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">They're not missing the point, they're just attempting to overshadow the point. Oldest trick in the book. <a href="https://t.co/Y4dt1vKk6C">https://t.co/Y4dt1vKk6C</a></p>— NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) <a href="https://twitter.com/NICKIMINAJ/status/623620980896722944">July 21, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Minaj later retweeted some criticisms of Swift – including a tweet that called out the singer for not standing by Minaj’s larger point about racial inequalities in the music business. Swift, meanwhile, wrote that she’d love to share the stage with Minaj were she to win at the VMAs.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/NICKIMINAJ">@NICKIMINAJ</a> If I win, please come up with me!! You're invited to any stage I'm ever on.</p>— Taylor Swift (@taylorswift13) <a href="https://twitter.com/taylorswift13/status/623628086614036480">July 21, 2015</a></blockquote>
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http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/21/taylor-swift-nicki-minaj-twitter-mtv-vmas?asdf
I guess that's the only pic of Nicki that they could scrounge up for this bs story. 
