Uh oh, the girls are fighting. Nicki Minaj and SZA started trading shots on X Tuesday (July 15).
The “Luther” hitmaker, who’s currently in the middle of the European leg of the Grand National Tour with Kendrick Lamar, wrote on X, “Mercury retrograde .. don’t take the bait lol silly goose.”
SZA’s post came shortly after Minaj first sent shots to Top Dawg Entertainment president Terrence “Punch” Henderson when she wrote, “Yall remember that man from tde who kept bullying me on Twitter for no reason? We have the receipts. lol. I never even responded to him. What was his name again, yall? Im going to give him a nickname. Ima call him ‘Minus 30 million’ from now on. #JusticeForDemoree.” She also added, “Tiny D–k Executive.”
SZA later claimed that she “wasn’t even talking about or to anyone I had just got off staged talkin bout retrograde . N—AS @’d ME . The F–K YES IM MAD NOW DO YOU NEED THAT !??”
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Mercury retrograde .. don’t take the bait lol silly goose .— SZA (@sza) July 15, 2025
Minaj directly fired at SZA’s initial tweet by writing, “Go draw your freckles back on bookie #JusticeForDemoree #DepositionPerez Liar liar pants on fire. Sounding like a fkng dead dog.” The hashtags in all of Minaj’s replies are referring to Roc Nation CEO Desiree Perez, whom she’s also been repeatedly dragging on X, and her daughter Demoree Hadley, who claimed in a recent lawsuit that her mother had her unlawfully institutionalized in mental health facilities for nearly two weeks.
“I don’t give a f–k bout none of that weird shit you popping,” SZA retorted in the replies.
I don’t give a fuck bout none of that weird shit you popping .— SZA (@sza) July 15, 2025
In another X post, Minaj wrote, “Bi–i looking & sounding like she got stung by a f–king bee. dot dot dot *Draws on my fake freckles* #JusticeForDemoree.”
When an X user cautioned SZA about Minaj’s Barbz fanbase coming for her, she swatted at the online hate and counted her blessings, like, “[stepping] my a– out onna packed stadium tour where ppl show me REAL love . IN REAL LIFE ,” having healthy parents and being “the most successful I ever been.”
When another account tried dismissing her touring accomplishment because she’s co-headlining the Grand National Tour with Dot, she brought up the success of her last SOS Tour, which grossed $95.5 million in 2023, ranking No. 5 on Billboard‘s top 10 highest grossing R&B tours of the year list (It ranked No. 38 on the 2023 year-end top tours list). The lighter 2024 leg of the SOS Tour grossed $41.5 million, ranking No. 7 on the top 10 highest grossing R&B tours of the year list and No. 71 on the 2024 year-end top tours list. “What the f–k you wanna see lemme know.”
I get bullied by millions online every day then step my ass out onna packed stadium tour where ppl show me REAL love . IN REAL LIFE . My parents are healthy and I’m the most successful I ever been . GET SOME FUCKING PERSPECTIVE n BARK AT THE WALL !!! https://t.co/g4olWPzArK— SZA (@sza) July 15, 2025
Lmao lemme go back to being calm shy and meek . Yall have blessed night ! See you tomorrow for night 2 Paris !! ❤️🫶🏾— SZA (@sza) July 15, 2025
“Lmao lemme go back to being calm shy and meek . Yall have blessed night ! See you tomorrow for night 2 Paris !!” SZA concluded her side of the feud, as she prepares for her and Lamar’s second show at the Paris La Défense Arena on Wednesday, July 16. Yet Minaj wasn’t finished as she commented, “Shutup ugly. #JusticeForDemoree. I’m in a meeting so idk if u was still talking s–t or not so if you didn’t I’ll delete later. Hoe.”
