Nicki
Minaj did it
on 'em at the BET Awards on Sunday
evening, June 29, when she took home the honor of Best Female Hip-Hop Artist.
The rapper, 31, beat out Angel Haze, Charli Baltimore, Eve, and Iggy Azalea to win the category.
Minaj took the stage at the
awards show in Los Angeles in a classy black sleeveless gown, happily accepting
the award, which she won for the fifth year in a row.
After expressing her
gratitude for the honor and saying that she doesn't "take it for
granted," the "Pills N Potions" performer continued, "What
I want the world to know about Nicki Minaj is, when you hear Nicki Minaj spit,
Nicki Minaj wrote it."
The words were seen by many
as a shot against hugely successful Azalea, 24, who has burst onto the scene in
the last year. The Australian performer, who raps on her two current hits,
"Problem" with Ariana Grande, and "Fancy" with Charli XCX, has yet to comment on the
supposed criticism.
Minaj herself hedged her
words in the speech, adding, "No, no, no, no shade!"
She went on to include
another surprising tidbit, explaining offhand, "The other day, literally I
didn’t tell anyone this, I really thought I was about to die. Like I was saying
my prayers to die. And I didn’t even wanna call the ambulance because I
thought, 'Well if I call the ambulance, it’s gonna be on TMZ.' And I would
rather sit there and die… and it made me realize, I don’t care what anybody
gotta say. I’ma do me, I’ma do me. And I hope and pray that BET continues to
honor authenticity. And that’s all I’m gonna say about that."
The rapper has yet to expand
on the nature of her reported brush with death.
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