Feeling unfair when she only received 3 nominations at the 2015 VMA awards, Nicki Minaj expressed her feelings on Twitter and many people thought she was hinting at Taylor Swift.

After the 2015 VMA nominations were officially announced, Nicki Minaj decided to “vent” her anger on Twitter because she thought her music products were not appreciated by critics and she deserved it. received more than 3 nominations. Specifically, Nicki Minaj’s MV Anaconda received two nominations in the categories of Best Hip Hop Video and Best Female Singer with Video; Her MV Bang Bang with Jessie J and Ariana Grande was nominated in the Best Collaboration category.

It’s easy to see that Nicki Minaj was eliminated from the race for VMA’s highest award, Video of the Year, and that’s what makes her most upset.

“Going around social networks, you will see people covering the dance, taking the idea of ​​Anaconda ‘s Halloween costume. A video that made such a strong impression on the audience but did not receive a nomination for Video of the Year?”, quoted one of many lines shared by Nicki Minaj on her personal Twitter page.

Attracting the most media attention is probably the following tweet: “If a video praises women with slim bodies, it will receive a Video of the Year nomination.” According to many people, Nicki Minaj hinted at Taylor Swift ‘s Bad Blood video featuring all the famous models .

And, without waiting for the media or fans to speak up for her, Taylor Swift immediately responded to the super-busty beauty on Twitter: “What I do is give my love and support to you. Pitting women against each other is not what you usually do. Perhaps, a certain man took your place in the Video of the Year nomination…”

Just a few minutes later, Nicki Minaj hastily corrected: “I didn’t say anything about you. I love you as much as you love me. However, maybe you should also speak up about this issue.”

Not only that, the rebellious female singer also criticized the media for “adding salt” to the story between her and Taylor Swift.

It may have begun with a single tweet, but the online feud between hip-hop queen Nicki Minaj and country crooner Taylor Swift has evolved into a much wider conversation about bias, race and gender that has sparked a furious online debate between the singers’ fans.

And the latest twist in the tale saw Minaj’s most dedicated followers expressing their outrage and fury over a tweet posted by Entertainment Weekly about the feud, which featured a photo of an angelic-looking Swift next to one of Minaj looking wide-eyed and slightly unhinged – in what fans saw as a totally ‘biased’ depiction of the duelling divas. 

EW apologized and swapped the photo, but the angry backlash continues on social media – and #TeamNicki tweets outweighs #TeamTaylor tweets two to one, Styleite reports. 

‘An earlier version of our post on Taylor & Nicki used an insensitive juxtaposition of photos,’ a tweet on the magazine’s @EW page read. ‘It was a hasty choice—we sincerely apologize.’ 

The feud started when Nicki took to Twitter to vent her frustration over the fact that her smash hit Anaconda – a rump-shaking raunchy take on pop culture portrayals of curvy black women that received 19.6 million clicks in its first 24 hours, a music video record at the time – was not nominated for video of the year.

‘If I was a different “kind” of artist, Anaconda would be nominated for best choreo and vid of the year as well,’she tweeted. ‘Black women influence pop culture so much but are rarely rewarded for it.’

She then wrote: ‘If your video celebrates women with very slim bodies, you will be nominated for vid of the year.’ 

Though Minaj did not mention a specific artist, many interpreted the comment as a thinly-veiled swipe at Taylor Swift, whose video Bad Blood video featured a group of skinny supermodels wielding guns and weapons, while flaunting their figures in an array of tough-looking leather ensembles.

The action-packed clip also featured cameos from celebrities including Lena Dunham, Selena Gomez and Lamar. So far, Bad Blood has racked up 360 million views on YouTube. 

Apparently, self-described feminist Swift agreed, because she fired off an impassioned response. 

‘I’ve done nothing but love & support you. It’s unlike you to pit women against each other. Maybe one of the men took your slot,’ she wrote. 

But many online commenters believe that the Entertainment Weekly photo choice helps prove Minaj’s point. 

Huda Hassan wrote: ‘Can we discuss @EW’s picture of preference to represent Nicki vs Taylor in their last tweet/article?’ Gabby, whose handle is @freespiritniall, pointed out the irony of the argument by tweeting ‘funny how this is EXACTLY the situation Nicki was trying to address.’ 

Meanwhile, @juanjmireles weighed in, tweeting: ‘@EW hi I’m just wondering why did you guys use a picture of Taylor looking innocent but used to [sic] a picture of Nicki as if she was the worst?’

Though Swift and Minaj do not come from the same categories – country and rap, respectively – in the past few years both women have been focusing more on pop and attracting a more mainstream audience – which means more crossover fans. 

For now, it seems that the dueling divas have made peace. 

‘Huh? U must not be reading my tweets. Didn’t say a word about u,’ Minaj said to Swift. ‘I love u just as much. But u should speak on this.’ 

‘If I win, please come up with me!! You’re invited to any stage I’m ever on,’ Swift replied, to which Minaj added: ‘I’m not always confident. Just tired. Black women influence pop culture so much but are rarely rewarded for it.’

In addition to video of the year, ‘Bad Blood’ was also nominated for best collaboration, direction, editing, visual effects, art direction and cinematography. Her other hit, ‘Blank Space,’ which boasts 1 billion views on YouTube, is nominated for best female video and pop video. 

Other nominees for video of the year include Beyonce’s 7/11, Kendrick Lamar’s Alright, Ed Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud and Mark Ronson’s Uptown Funk.

Meanwhile, Anaconda earned VMA nominations for best female video and hip-hop video, and Minaj is also up for an award for best collaboration for ‘Bang Bang’ with Ariana Grande and Jessie J.

Miley Cyrus will host the 2015 VMAs, which will air live August 30 from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.