Ja Rule has angered some fans of female rap following his comments regardingย Nicki Minajโsย place within Hip Hop and the amount of competition sheโs faced.
The โMesmerizeโ rapper recently sat down withThe Shade Roomย where he ruffled some feathers when speaking about his belief surrounding the lack of superstar women rappers in the Nicki Minaj era of dominance.
โI think Nicki gets proper praise,โ began. โHer place in the game is solidified. Itโs solid. There were no female MCs out and about until Nicki came back out. Before her, the last one was like Lauryn Hill.โ
Although, Ja has credited Nicki for opening the door for the current generation of female rappers to have a run โlike theyโve never had beforeโ in Hip Hop.
โAnd before her was like Queen Latifah, Salt-N-Pepa, MC Lyte and before her itโs even further back,โ he continued. โThe female MC โ theyโre having a run like theyโve never had before. To me, in my opinion, Nicki reopened that door.โ
Some fans chimed in defending rappers who Ja Rule left out like Lil Kim, Foxy Brown, Missy Elliott, Trina, Eve and more.
โSo we just gonna skip over what Lilโ Kim & Foxy did for the culture. These ladies changed the game and it hasnโt been the same since. In terms of impact, Lilโ Kim & Foxy is it. The rest have been duplications,โ one personย wrote on Instagram.
While another added: โEve deserves her roses if anything because in her prime Eve done so much from music to her own Tv show etc.โ
Meanwhile,ย Latto appeared to take shots at Nicki Minaj while performing an unreleased song at Coachellaย over the weekend.
Latto spit: โBitches acting like they running shit, they really ran throughโ and โShe thought I would kiss her ass, she mustnโt have took her meds.โ
At the end of the track, Latto had more words for her unnamed rival, rapping: โSay she got a problem, imaginary smoke/ Bitch, you said itโs up, then put on the floor.โ
She then concluded: โPussy hoโฆ Let a bitch know, we tired of the subtweets this year.โ