Where are my real hip hop heads at? Over the past week or so, social media including radio have not been able to stop talking about Remy Ma’s diss track called “Shether” which goes in on Nicki Minaj. Talk about a lethal blow. At a minimum, if Nicki was to be hospitalized she’d be placed in ICU. As quiet as crickets on a summer night, Nicki did not respond the week following the release of this track.
Kicking the back door in, Remy Ma released another diss track called “Another One”, further calling Nicki out! Okay, so Nicki feeling some kind of way decides to attack in a different way. Allegedly, she reached out to friends in the industry and low and behold the media announces that the publishing rights to Shether do not belong to Remy but, to another artist (Nas). He shuts the whole damn thing down! As a result, Remy can’t perform the song, she cannot make any money off of it and to make matters worse; someone allegedly reached out to her Parole Officer citing that Remy is violating her parole with the words (threats) mentioned in her diss tracks against Nicki. Is your mouth on the floor yet? If so, pick it up and keep reading!
Where I am from (NY), this is straight up bullshit! Now, Remy’s out everywhere trying to keep her ass out of jail and keep her pockets wet at the same time. Expressing regrets in regards to going in on another woman and exposing her (whether it be true or not). Allegedly, she literally exposed Nicki in half-naked pictures before cosmetic enhancements on a social media,
Now, Remy is talking of women empowerment etc…Yeah, yeah, yeah! We already know, you (Remy) do what you have to do! Your parole won’t last forever and we all got bills to pay.
So today, Nicki releases apparently 3 songs in a late but, feeble attempt to clap back at Remy. The first track is called “No Frauds” and features Drake and Lil Wayne. On a scale of “1 – 10”, it’s a “6”. Why did I rate it so low? Because, she called on her big brothers to bail her out! That’s why! Why did she get the two of them involved? Some may say family support (they’re all part of the Young Money label). I say they got involved for the money. Here’s an opportunity for 3 popular artists to profit off of not one but, three different fan bases. Do you see the money just flowing?
Well, it appears as thought that the feud is over. All I know is that Remy better NOT, do a damn collaboration with Nicki. This would surely be the death of her career. In an industry where the artists, beats, the lyrics, fashion and all things related to music are constantly changing; will we hear anymore female diss tracks in the near future? If so, I recommend that before that happens that these young and old female MCs’ do their homework. They need to listen to the diss track between Roxanne Shante vs. Sparky Dee. These two went at it! BY THEMSELVES! No collaboration with other artists, just them! You can barely hear the beat but, the lyrics are tight! These ladies repped real Hip Hop!
Have we forgot to learn from our history? Or from the saying, “don’t bring a knife to a gun fight”. Only time will tell what will happen next but, damn the world of Hip Hop needed this past week! At least I know I did.