A dayslong online feud between rappers Nicki Minaj and Megan Thee Stallion came to a head Sunday with the release of Minaj’s dis track, “Big Foot.”
The song debuted days after Megan, whose real name is Megan Jovon Ruth Pete, dropped “Hiss,” in which she appeared to refer to Minaj’s husband, Kenneth Petty, with the line: “These h— don’t be mad at Megan/these h— mad at Megan’s Law.”
Petty is a registered sex offender in the state of California. Megan’s Law is a federal law that requires convicted sex offenders to register with the state and provide their information to the community.
In 2021, Petty pleaded guilty to failure to register as a sex offender in California. He was required to register as a sex offender after being convicted at the age of 16 of first-degree attempted rape in 1995 while living in New York and spending nearly four years in prison.
Although Megan doesn’t mention Petty or Minaj by name, some speculated that the track was actually a response to Minaj’s March 2023 song “Red Ruby Da Sleeze” that appeared to take a jab at Pete.
“Seven hundred on ’em horses when we fixing to leave/But I don’t f— with horses since Christopher Reeves,” Minaj raps in that song.
After “Hiss'” was released, Minaj began posting relentlessly on X and Instagram. She attacked Megan and shared posts from her supportive fans, known colloquially as “Barbz.”
In one post to X, Minaj referred to Megan’s popular 2019 song “Hot Girl Summer,” on which Minaj was featured.
“Didn’t charge her for the hot girl summer verse that I recorded the night she BEGGED & BEGGED to go on my live. But it’s ok,” she wrote.
Minaj’s shared the lyrics to “Big Foot” on Sunday on X after previewing new music to her fans.
After an intro that refers to the death of Megan’s mother, Holly Thomas, from a brain tumor in 2019, and an interview Pete did with Gayle King, Minaj’s first verse opens by mentioning Megan directly, as well as her “Megan’s Law” line.
In the outro of the song,…
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