Nicki Minaj Brings Drake & Beyoncé Into Her Spat With SZA: ‘None of Us Wanted to Sing Those S–t Lyrics’

Nicki Minaj is involving two other superstars into her social media spat with SZA: Drake and Beyoncé.

In her latest post dissing the R&B singer-songwriter, the Queen of Rap claimed Thursday (July 17) that Drizzy initially wanted her, not SZA, to be featured on his hit “Rich Baby Daddy,” before alleging that Bey was reluctant to sing the “Kill Bill” artist’s “s–t lyrics” on 2015’s “Feeling Myself.” “I wonder if she know I turned down being on the ‘shake dat a– for drake’ song,” Minaj began, referencing Drake’s 2023 collaboration with SZA and Sexyy Red.

“He wanted me & [Sexyy] on it,” she continued. “I said I want to wait for [Pink Friday 2] for me & him to do a dricki song so it felt more special. And now that silly goose still out here shaking dat a– for drake every day.”

Minaj went on to claim that SZA “has been trying to tell the world she wrote for Beyonce every other other business day,” referring to the R&B hitmaker’s co-writing credit on the New York native and Bey’s decade-old joint effort. Earlier in their back-and-forth, SZA had claimed that Minaj previously asked to collaborate with her “twice to no response” before teasing, “In addition to rapping my lyrics on feeling myself ‘Cooking up the bass looking like a kilo’?”

“I remember me & Beyonce was going back & forth on the phone about that part of the song,” Minaj wrote Thursday. “Bey was like you sing it, I was like NOOOOO you sing it, she was like noooooo you sing it, I was like PLEASE!!!!! I can’t sing! … none of us wanted to sing those s–t lyrics.”

Billboard has reached out to reps for SZA, Drake and Beyoncé for comment.

The rapper’s latest post comes a couple of days after she first started lobbing insults at SZA on Tuesday (July 15). It all started with Minaj posting about her issues with the One of Them Days actress’ former manager, Terrence “Punch” Howard, after which SZA posted on X, “Mercury retrograde .. don’t take the bait lol silly goose” — which Minaj took to be a subtweet aimed at her.

Minaj has since fired off a number of posts dissing SZA, calling her opponent “ugly” and a “liar,” repeatedly making fun of her for wearing “fake freckles” and writing, “B—h looking & sounding like she got stung by a f–king bee.”

SZA, on the other hand, has not directly responded to Minaj more than a couple of times. When the latter first started posting messages about her, the former wrote, “I don’t give a f–k bout none of that weird s–t you popping.”

Later, SZA responded to Minaj calling her a “s–t girl’s girl” with a screenshot of the rapper allegedly asking to collaborate with the singer, writing, “Nicki … You absolutely know my music and what I contribute cause you’ve asked for features twice to no response.”

Of SZA’s reply, Minaj added in her post about Drake and Beyoncé, “Took the Btch 2 days to be coached on what to say & do next. These btchs have no identity, can’t thing off the top of their heads if you paid them to.”