The FLY Discussion: Nicki Minaj Talks Lil’ Kim with Angie Martinez …

The talk of the town is this candid interview between Nicki Minaj and Angie Martinez about her career and the ‘beef’ between her and Lil’ Kim. Peep The Video, these are the key phrases that stuck out to me…

“I remember I ran into Foxy, and Foxy said ‘Why you keep on giving props to Kim—> she don’t like you’ She was like the girl be dissin’ you, you know in conversation”.

-Foxy, that was Messy.

“You know what scares people? Success. When you don’t make moves and you don’t climb up the latter, everybody loves you because you’re not competition”

-I totally agree, if Nicki was not oozing with success, nobody including Kim would care. It’s her over all popularity that’s driving these chicks crazy.

“When you see Gaga you see Madonna, but Madonna never hated on Gaga”

-I’ve been saying this from the jump, there is no doubt that Nicki’s style has traces of Kim’s influence all over it. As can be said for Trey Songz and R.Kelly, as can be said for Beyonce and Tina Turner. It’s natural for you to pull from greatness and spin it your own way. As long as the respect is there you can’t help but be gracious and keep being great. Accept that you’ve been great enough to have someone pull from you, it’s natural for you to be slightly annoyed, but the feeling that your great enough for someone to copy should over rule that feeling. A Queen is a Queen, and a King is a King. Period.