Iggy Azalea Calls Out "NY Post" Over Fake Nicki Minaj Beef Article: "Y'all Weird"

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The famous gossip outlet rounded up some of the Queen of Rap's most famous feuds, but Azalea was surprised to find her name on the list.

There's no shortage of beef in the hip-hop community (just ask Freddie Gibbs and Benny The Butcher), but a certain female Australian rap diva is shutting down gossip surrounding her alleged past feud with Nicki Minaj.

On Sunday (August 28), the New York Post delivered an article depicting "a history of Nicki Minaj's feuds," listing names like Mariah Carey, Miley Cyrus, Cardi B, and Iggy Azalea – who was clearly surprised by her name's inclusion.


"Why am I in this?" the mother of one responded to the outlet's tweet. "We've never said anything bad about one another. Y'all weird."

In the article, The Post claims that the "Work" hitmaker threw shade at Minaj over her 2010 BET Awards performance and that four years later, the Trinidadian rapper subliminally dissed Azalea while accepting a BET Award.

The resurfacing of the apparent feud seems odd, especially since the 32-year-old shared a post praising the "Chun-Li" artist's latest single earlier this month. "'Super Freaky Girl' is a really well-written song," she wrote on August 11th. "Like, it's constructed to be a hit and it's BIG sounding."


Elsewhere, Azalea shut down internet trolls trying to feed into the drama as they shared a video of her picking Cardi B over Nicki Minaj in a past interview. "I can like whatever music i want lmaoooooooooo. A song is a song. I’m not part of y’all weirdo lol wars."

Despite the NY Post article, The New Classic looks to be doing better than ever in the midst of her North American tour with Pitbull. She recently announced that she'll be extending her run with the Latin artist into the fall, and revealed that she plans to start working on music again in the near future after taking a brief hiatus.


For her part, Nicki Minaj was honoured with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at last night's MTV VMAs – watch her iconic career-spanning performance here, and tap back in with HNHH later for more hip-hop news updates.

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Hayley Hynes is the former Weekend Managing Editor of HotNewHipHop, she stepped down after two years in 2024 to pursue other creative opportunities but remains on staff part-time to cover music, gossip, and pop culture news. Currently, she contributes similar content on Blavity and 21Ninety, as well as on her personal blog where she also offers tarot/astrology services. Hayley resides on the western side of Canada, previously spending a year in Vancouver to study Fashion Marketing at Blanche Macdonald Centre and Journalism at Mount Royal University in Calgary before that. She's passionate about helping others heal through storytelling, and shares much more about her life on Instagram @hayleyhynes.