HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Nicki Minaj might want a do-over of her Summer. Minaj is set to release her highly-anticipated album Queen next month, and instead of the focus being on her album, she has found herself in hot water again. No not for hopping in someones DM’s who was just trying to offer some advice but this time for collaborating with habitual troll Tekashi69. Except for the Barbz, other Twitter users are calling out the “Chun-Li” rapper for deciding to do the track accompanied with a video titled “FEFE” with Tekashi69 because he pled guilty to one felony count of use of a child in a sexual performance. On the date of the crime, Tekashi was 18-years-old at the time, and the victim was 13 allegedly. Those fed up the move are harking back to Minaj’s defense of her brother Jelani Maraj who was found guilty of predatory sexual assault back in November last year. Minaj who sometimes flexes her feminist muscles is now being labeled a hypocrite. Twitter has decided to take both Minaj and the Barbz who feverishly defend her deciding to do the song with Tekashi69. Here is some of the disgust and angst being sent her way. Whew looks like Nicki might have to do some serious damage control on this one. Minaj usually drowns out what she perceives as “hate” by retweeting and replying to praise she receives from her fans. As of now, she has been surprisingly quiet on her Twitter account since the single and video have been released only RT’ing Tekashi’s tweet sharing the video. She has been the most active on her Instagram account, she shared a picture of herself and rainbow-haired click bait specialist. As you can expect the comment section is a war zone. We guess Nicki feels all the backlash is worth it in the end. Do you think people are just doing the most? Or are they right for calling Minaj out? You can see more fallout from the track in the gallery below. — Photo: VALERIE MACON / Getty<doc-sep>Tekashi69 is showing his gratitude to fans for their support following his getting kidnapped & pistol-whipped… and he’s also asking Nicki Minaj a very personal question! Tekashi69 narrowly escaped his kidnappers’ clutches and now, he’s not only showing fans some love… he’s also flirting a little with Nicki Minaj. The rapper commented on Nicki’s Instagram post promoting their new music video for “Fefe”, writing, “You still love me after I got beat up? :/”. Time will tell whether or not Nicki will respond to the rapper’s message, and give him an answer one way or another. In addition to Tekashi’s flirty comment, the rapper also posted an Instagram live video in which he thanked his fans. “I’m just happy to get on Live and talk to my fans,” he told fans. “I want y’all to know that I love y’all. And I’m just happy to be alive, know what I’m saying?” Check out his first video since the attack below! We reported earlier how Tekashi was pistol-whipped, knocked out, and kidnapped before jumping out of the back seat of his kidnappers’ car. During the robbery, the suspects allegedly entered his home while his baby mama Sara and child Saraiyah were home. Needless to say, it terrified Sara. “Last night was a real wake up call, and the fact that it happened right on her door step, with their child sleeping inside really scared her,” a source close to her told us EXCLUSIVELY. “But Sara doesn’t know how things can be resolved at this point. We’ll keep you posted on any new developments surrounding the attack upon Tekashi. In the meantime, go through his pics in our gallery below.<doc-sep>Azealia Banks Just Slammed Nicki Minaj For Working With Tekashi 6ix9ine Azealia Banks, Nicki Minaj and Tekashi 6ix9ine. Picture: Getty/Instagram The 'Gotti' rapper is joining Minaj and Future on their upcoming tour. Azealia Banks has officially withdrawn her membership from Nicki Minaj's fandom after criticising her support of Tekashi 6ix9ine. The '212' rapper slammed Minaj for including 6ix9ine as a support act on her upcoming NICKIHNDRXX tour with Future, and for working alongside someone previously convicted of a sex crime involving a minor. Banks embarked on a tirade on social media across both Twitter and Instagram, most of which has since been deleted. Future did not receive any criticism. "A new queen of rap is coming very very soon," she began. "The new criteria for being queen of rap is: as queen of rap you are responsible for protecting the rights, safety and well beings of young women of color, "And as such, thou shall not with or lend your voice to known pedophiles as you send the message that it’s okay for 18 year old boys to fondle 13 year old girls and get away with it." She added, "Pedophilia is absolutely gross and evil. Anyone who supports that s**t is a lunatic." "I'm sorry. Dude gets convicted and you ’re still trying to help him out of it? That is very dark." Read the rest of the tweets below. Too much for me. I’m deleting my barb card membership. She is officially over. — AZEALIA BANKS (@CHEAPYX0) July 24, 2018 Wow . A new queen of rap is coming very very soon. The new criteria for being queen of rap is: As queen of rap you are responsible for protecting the rights, safety and well beings of young women of color, and as such, thou shall not associate with or — AZEALIA BANKS (@CHEAPYX0) July 23, 2018 Lend your voice to known pedophiles as you send the message that it’s okay for 18 year old boys to fondle 13 year old girls and get away with it. — AZEALIA BANKS (@CHEAPYX0) July 23, 2018 Away with it. Thou shall not ever be that desperate for chart success that you basically slap all of your 8-15 year old fans and their moms in the face for allowing their daughters to listen. — AZEALIA BANKS (@CHEAPYX0) July 23, 2018 Lol, I had no clue this was all going to unravel so quickly. The female rap landscape is changing rapidly. — AZEALIA BANKS (@CHEAPYX0) July 23, 2018 Hiphop is the only genre in modern times that normalizes sexual assault and physical abuse against women. It’s fucking sad — AZEALIA BANKS (@CHEAPYX0) July 23, 2018 I’m sorry.. anytime I hear a Mexican say “nigga” I’m automatically sent into a hysterical fit of laughter — AZEALIA BANKS (@CHEAPYX0) July 23, 2018 Nicki is yet to respond to the backlash. Last week, 6ix9ine dropped his new song 'Fefe' which features a guest verse from the 'Chun-Li' rapper. He was later announced as one of three support acts on her upcoming tour. In 2015, 6ix9ine pled guilty to three felony accounts of sexual misconduct with a child after he shot a video depicting himself, aged 18 at the time, humping a nude 13-year-old girl. Meanwhile, Banks recently claimed she was mocked and harassed during her recent appearance popular TV show Wild'n Out, prompting a social media outburst.<doc-sep>
New York-based rapper Nicki Minaj is facing backlash after she collaborated with fellow rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine on his newly released single “Fefe.” Featured Video Hide While the song’s video has amassed over 24 million views on YouTube since its release Saturday, it sparked outrage from Minaj fans who felt the partnership directly compromised her stances on feminism and women’s empowerment, given 6ix9ine’s history of sexual misconduct, Nylon reports. Advertisement Hide In 2015, 6ix9ine, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, pleaded guilty to the use of a child in a sexual performance, according to court documents obtained by Jezebel. In a March interview with The Breakfast Club, 6ix9ine attempted to excuse himself, saying that he only pleaded guilty to the accusations out of fear. “I was just scared,” he said at the time. “I didn’t have no money, I was poor … me, going through the jail system for the first time, my life changed like this.” Rapper Azealia Banks posted on Monday to express her disgust with Minaj’s decision to collaborate with 6ix9ine despite his conviction. “Wow. A new queen of rap is coming very very soon,” she wrote. “The new criteria for being queen of rap is: As queen of rap you are responsible for protecting the rights, safety and well beings of young women of color, and as such, thou shall not with or lend your voice to known pedophiles as you send the message that it’s okay for 18 year old boys to fondle 13 year old girls and get away with it.” Advertisement Hide She elaborated that “Fefe” seemed like a shallow attempt at “chart success,” while also calling attention to the rampant misogynoir (misogyny toward Black women) in hip-hop. Other Twitter users have weighed in on the video in the past few days, condemning Minaj’s decision to work with a sexual predator. What the hell is wrong with Nicki Minaj? Tekashi 6ix9ine is a paedophile and used a 13 year old in a sexual scene. WHY are you collaborating with him? Sies. — Lilith's Kin (@Bad_Bunny97) July 22, 2018 I’ve never been so disappointed in Nicki Minaj, how could you make music with Tekashi? Really? Disgusting. — fine china (@alexkultgen12) July 23, 2018 Advertisement Hide I love Nicki, but I'm really disappointed that she did a song with 6ix9ine. Given his history (he plead guilty to engaging in sexual acts with a 13 y/o) and the fact that he CONSTANTLY uses the n-word, I would've hoped that she would've thought twice before working with him #FEFE — Jojo (@jojoxara) July 22, 2018 Correction: Banks criticized the collaboration on Instagram Stories. H/T Nylon