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Remy Ma vs Nicki Minaj: What happened?
2000: After being discovered by rapper Big Pun, Remy Ma made her debut (as Remy Martin) on Pun’s 2nd album “Yeeeah Baby” on the tracks “Ms Martin” and “You Was Wrong” https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263627344268480512
2000: After Big Pun’s death (2 months before his 2nd albums release) rapper Fat Joe signed Remy to his label and she joined his group Terror Squad as a replacement for 1 of 2 members who left the group.
2001: Remy Ma is featured on rap duo M.O.P’s “Ante Up Remix” alongside rappers Busta Rhymes and Tephlon. The single didn’t make Billboards Hot 100 chart, but reached #74 on R&B/Hip Hop. https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263628501317488645
2002: Remy Ma releases her 1st single “Monster” featuring Swizz Beatz, the song does not chart. https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263629819859828736
2004: Remy Ma makes her 1st appearance as a member of Terror Squad on their 2nd album “True Story” (07/27/2004). The album reached #4 selling 217,000 copies 1st week.
2004: Terror Squad released 3 singles from the album, “Take Me Home” (#62 H100, #22 R&B/HipHop) “Yeah Yeah Yeah” (#75 R&B/HipHop), and the highly successful “Lean Back” https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263641183210930176
2004: Terror Squad’s “Lean Back” would be the only hit from the album, reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 3 weeks (Remys 1st and only) and topped the R&B/Hip Hop Chart for over a month. The track would also be nominated for a Grammy making it Remy’s 1st Nomination. https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263644004299821059
2005: Remy Ma is featured on Brooke Valentines “Girlfight Remix” alongside Da Brat and Miss B and Three 6 Mafia’s “Pssy Got Ya Hooked” https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263645197470248960
2005: Remy Ma releases her 1st mixtape “Most Anticipated” https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263646422970310657
2005: Remy Ma releases her 2nd single “Whuteva” which did not chart on the Hot 100 but reached #79 on R&B/Hip Hop. https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263648270682857472
2005: Remy Ma releases her 3rd single “Conceited” which reached #90 on BBH100 and #25 on R&B/Hip Hop https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263653109076762624
2006: Remy Ma releases her debut album “There’s Something About Remy: Based on a True Story” the album sold 35,000 copies 1st week and 160,000 copies 1st year. The album reached #33 on BB200 and #7 on R&B/Hip Hop
2006: Remy Ma released 1 more single from the album “Feels So Good” featuring Ne-Yo which charted at #1 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 and #20 on R&B/Hip Hop https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263657100519059457
2006: Remy Ma would be featured on Curren$ys “Where Da Cash At” alongside Lil’ Wayne. The song did not make the Hot 100 but charted #73 on R&B/Hip Hop. Unhappy with her label feeling they didn’t promote her album Remy left Universal as well as Fat Joe and Terror Squad. https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263660356016144385
2007: Nicki Minaj releases her debut mixtape “Playtime is Over”. On the mixtape Nicki does a freestyle over Terror Squad’s “Yeah Yeah Yeah” beat.
2007: Remy Ma felt that Nicki was taking a shot at her on the freestyle and confronted her at Nicki’s mixtape release party.
2007: July 13, 2007 Remy gets into an altercation with an associate who she accused of stealing $2,000-$3,000 out of her purse, the associate was shot in the stomach during the altercation and identified Remy as the shooter. Remy turned herself in the same day.
2007: Before her incarceration Remy releases 2 mixtapes, “The BX Files” and “Shesus Khryst”
2008: In April of this year Nicki Minaj releases her 2nd mixtape “Sucka Free”. On the track “Who’s Ya Best MC” Nicki name drops Remy as one of her influences alongside Lil’ Kim, and Foxy Brown.
2008: In May of this year Remy Ma is sentenced to 8 years in prison for the shooting.
2008: While incarcerated Remy Ma releases her mixtape “Blasremy”
2008: Nicki shouts Remy out in an interview when asked about female rappers
2008: Nicki cites Remy as one of her influences in an interview
2008: Nicki shouts out “Free Remy” in an interview
2008: Nicki shouts out Remy in an interview
2008: Nicki shouts out Remy in an interview
2010: Remy says she’s proud of Nicki in a radio interview from prison.
2010: Remy does an interview from prison and says she’s happy for Nicki’s success. Despite denying any issues with Nicki, Remy does a freestyle and sparks rumors that she’s taking shots at Nicki.
2014: In May of this year Nicki does an interview with Hot 97 and says that she would love to collab with Remy when she gets home.
2014: After serving 6 years in prison Remy Ma is finally released in August of this year
2014: In her 1st post prison interview with Funkmaster Flex acknowledges the support she got from Nicki whole in prison and says she would like to collab with her
2014: In her 2nd post prison interview with Hot 97 Remy says Nicki reached out to her when she got out and they had a great conversation.
2014: In October of this year Remy Ma releases her “I’m Around” mixtape and sparks more rumors that she’s coming at Nicki .
2014: Remy Ma - I’m Around,
“Hoes scared, y'all got cold feet
Your run is over, you a slow leak”
“Hoes scared, y'all got cold feet
Your run is over, you a slow leak”
2014: October of this year Remy Ma is featured alongside Ty Dolla Sign on Dej Loaf’s “Try Me Remix”
“Flow used to be tight now you all sloppy”
“Flow used to be tight now you all sloppy”
2014: In December of this year Nicki Minaj drops her 3rd album The Pinkprint containing the hits “Only” and “Truffle Butter”
2014: Remy Ma remixes Nicki Minaj’s “Only”
2015: January 2015 Remy is featured on Ron Browz’s “She Don’t Like Me Remix” . The song didn’t make the Hot 100 but reached #12 on Bubbling Under
2015: March 2015 Remy Ma takes obvious shots at Nicki on her version of Nicki’s “Truffle Butter”
2015: April of this year Remy Ma is featured on Dj Khaled’s “They Don’t Love You No More” . The song didn’t make the Hot 100 but reached #5 on Bubbling Under and #30 on R&B/HipHop
“Some say she nice, but Reminisce nicer, I can feel the tension, please don't hype her...” https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263720512456478720
“Some say she nice, but Reminisce nicer, I can feel the tension, please don't hype her...” https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263720512456478720
2015: In July of this year Remy Ma joins the cast of Love and Hip Hop.
2016: March of this year Remy and Fat Joe release “All the Way Up” which reached #27 on BBH100 and #9 on R&B/HipHop. The song also earned a Grammy nomination. https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263729526779138048
2016: In June of this year Remy congratulates Nicki on her win for Best Female Rapper at the BET Awards
2016: In August of this year Remy Ma releases a remix to Young MA’s “Ooouuu” and takes more shots at Nicki.
“Why she cant make another hit”
“Why she cant make another hit”
2016: In September of this year Nicki fires back on The Pinkprint Freestyle
2016: In September of this year Remy disses Nicki in her BET Hip Hop Awards Cypher.
2016: November of this year Remy Ma and Fat Joe release “Money Showers” which did not chart on the Hot 100 but reached #10 on Bubbling Under & #46 on R&B/HipHop. Remy takes obvious shots at Nicki on this track. https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263730038677143552
2016: In November of this year Remy fires again at Nicki on Phreshers “Wait A Minute Remix” https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263722079322542080
2016: December 2016 Nicki fires back at Remy with “Black Barbie’s”
2016: Almost forgot to mention. I’m October of 2016 Nicki Minaj revealed that she asked Remy Ma to be on her album The Pinkprint on a collab with her and Foxy but it didn’t work out.
2016: In November of this year Remy explains why she turned down the Nicki and Foxy collab.
Side Note: That collab would have been major for Female Rap Unity.
Side Note: That collab would have been major for Female Rap Unity.
2016: In December of this year Remy takes shots at Nicki in her Funkmaster Flex freestyle
“all this talk about my son and your son/I’m hot and your whole world revolve around me b—h, I am the sun.”
“all this talk about my son and your son/I’m hot and your whole world revolve around me b—h, I am the sun.”
2017: In January of this year Remy Ma is featured on Keyshia Coles “You”. The song did not make it to the Hot 100 but reached #8 on Bubbling Under and #19 on R&B/HipHop. https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263735615935459328
2017: February 17th of this year Remy Ma and Fat Joe release their joint album “Plata O Plomo”. The album debuted at #44 on BB200 and #19 on R&B/HipHop with 1st week sales of 11,158 units sold. Remy takes shots at Nicki throughout the album. https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263741739652780032
2017: Feb - “Plata O Plomo” cont. https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263743013890785280
2017: Feb - Plata O Plomo cont https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263743910943358983
2017: Feb 17 (8 days before Shether) Remy and Fat Joe do an interview with Angie Martinez . Remy claims she has not been subbing Nicki and has no problem with her.
2017: Feb 17 (8 days before Shether) Remy and Joe are interviewed by Hot 97. Remy says “Nicki Minaj never did anything to me”
2017: February 24th - Nicki Minaj fires back at Remy on Jason Derulos “Swalla” which reaches #29 on BBH100. https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263755766386827264
2017: February 24th Nicki is also featured on Gucci Mane’s “Make Love” which reached #76 on BBH100 and #33 on R&B/HipHop. It’s this verse that sets Remy off. https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263759339229188098
2017: February 25th Remy Ma releases her official Nicki Minaj diss “Shether” https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263761351509409792
2017: March 2nd Remy Ma releases another Nicki diss titled “Another One” https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263764427356221443
2017: March 3rd Remy Ma (and Fat Joe) go on Wendy Williams “dressed for a funeral” to discuss Shether. Despite 1wk prior to the diss saying Nicki never did anything to her, Remy claims Nicki was trying sabotaging her behind the scenes. https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263767867482406914
2017: Remy also told Wendy that she wasn’t upset about Nicki taking shots at her in her music but at the end of Shether says...
2017: March 10th Nicki releases 3 new records, Regret in Your Tears (#61 BBH100, #26 R&B/HipHop), Changed It (#71 BBH100, #29 R&B/HipHop), and No Frauds (#14 BBH100, #8 R&B/HipHop). The last 2 of which were responses to Remy. Nicki challenges Remy to drop a hit song.
2017: March 10th - Nicki’s “Changed It” https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263772911615295489
2017: March 10th - Nicki’s official response “No Frauds” https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263777056053252099
2017: March 10th Remy goes on the “Another Round” podcast and says she’s not proud of Shether
2017: March 23rd Nicki fires again on David Guetta’s “Light My Body Up”. https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263783987421622273
2017: March 24th Remy is featured on the remix to Mariah Carey’s song “I Don’t” which reached #97 on BBH100 and #88 on R&B/HipHop https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263785710726680578
2017: April- Remy is featured on Asap Ferg’s “East Coast” and fires more shots at Nicki. https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263787500407074816
2017: May - Nicki goes on Ellen and briefly discusses the beef https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263790928755593217
2017: May - Nickinis featured on Katy Perry’s “Swish Swish” (#46 BBH100) and has another response for Remy. https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263792055672877056
2017: June - Nicki is featured on 2Chainz’s “Realize” and addresses the beef accusing Remy’s husband Papoose of writing Shether. This record caused friction between 2Chainz, Remy, and Papoose who would confront him about it. https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263794334341660673
2017 - June - Remy Ma ends Nicki Minaj’s 7 year winning streak for Best a Female Hip Hop Artist at the BET Awards. While giving her speech she delivers a line from her and Fat Joe’s song “Spaghetti” further fueling the rumor that she was dissing Nicki on their album. https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263797779845046272
2017: June - Remy Ma brings out veteran female rappers Lil’ Kim, Mc Lyte, Rah Digga, Monie Love, Queen Latifah, Lady of Rage, as well as newcomers Cardi B and Young M.A at SummerJam https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263803353726926850
2017: June - SummerJam cont https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263804431096844288
Side Fact: In 2017 Lil’ Kim, Remy Ma, and Cardi were all opening acts for the rap group The Lox and their “Filthy America Tour”
2017: August - Remy Ma opens a clothing boutique in Raleigh North Carolina called “Conceited”
2017: October Nicki is featured on Migos’ “Motorsport”, some tried to say Nicki’s verse was to another female rapper but considering she gave that rapper a shout out on the track it would make more sense that Nicki is still addressing Remy on this track https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263800845549928450
2017: October - Remy signs a record deal with Columbia Records
2017: November - Remy Ma teams up with Lil’ Kim and disses Nicki in their song “Wake Me Up” . The song did not make the Hot 100 but reached #15 on Bubbling Under and #2 on R&B/HipHop Bubbling Under. https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263805883198451712
2017: December - Remy Ma and husband Papoose star in the Love and Hip Hop spin-off special “Remy & Papoose: A Merry Mackie Holiday.”
2018: January - Remy Ma releases her single “Melanin Magic” feat Chris Brown. The song failed to chart. https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263808679800909824
2018: April - Remy Ma releases her single “Company” feat A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie. The song failed to chart. https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263809180315484162
2018: April - After a hiatus Nicki makes her comeback with 2 new singles Chun Li (reached #10 BBH100 and #6 on R&B/HipHop) and Barbie Tingz (#25 on BBH100 and #17 on R&B/HipHop) https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263811753021976576
2018: April - Barbie Tingz https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263813448858730496
2018: May - Nicki is featured on YG’s “Big Bank” alongside 2Chainz and Big Sean. The song reached #16 on BBH100 and #13 on R&B/HipHop. https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263814106571735040
2018: June - Remy Ma is featured on French Montana’s “New Thang” for the motion picture “Uncle Drew” https://twitter.com/media_nika/status/1263815675363106816
2018: August - Nicki Minaj releases her 4th album “Queen” which debuted at #2 on BB200 and R&B/HipHop. The album sold 185,000 units 1st week and was certified Platinum. She also starts Queen Radio which would end up being the #1 radio show on Apple/Beats1 Radio.
2018: September - Remy Ma joins Joe Budden on his show “State of the Culture” as a permanent cohost and appear on her 4th season of Love & Hip Hop: NY.
2018: October - Remy Ma and husband Papoose would star in a 3 week Love and Hip Hop spin-off called “Meet the Mackies”
2019: February - Nicki Minaj begins the European leg of her Nicki WRLD Tour.
2019: October - Nicki Minaj releases a fashion line in collaboration with Italian luxury fashion house Fendi.
2020: February 2020 Nicki Minaj releases her single “Yikes” which debuted at #23 on BBH100 and #13 on R&B/HipHop
2020: May - Remy Ma tells HotNewHipHop dot com that her long awaited 2nd album “Reminisce” (previously titled “7 Winters and 6 Summers”) is not for radio and should be out later this year.
2020 - May - Nicki Minaj gains her 1st Billboard Hot 100 #1 with Doja Cat and their “Say So Remix” (1st female rap collab to top chart) This makes Nicki the first artist to have a #1 on multiple charts, Hot 100, R&B/HipHop, Pop, Dance/Electric, Reggae, Gospel, and Latin.
Bonus: 2020 - April - Fat Joe and Remy Ma on live discussing Shether
Bonus: 2020 - April - Remy and Fat Joe live cont.
Bonus: 2020 - April - Remy and Fat Joe on live, Remy says she opened the door for the current female rap wave and she understands why Nicki wasn’t messing with some of these other female rappers
Throwback Bonus: March 2017 - Lady Luck on Shether
Throwback Bonus: March 2017 - Lady Luck says Remy had been gunning for Nicki since prison and says Fat Joe tried to tell Remy to chill on dissing Nicki when they were working on their album, he confirmed this in their recent IG live (see above).
Bonus: April 2019 Remy says she opened a door for herself and left the door open for other female rappers to come in after her
Bonus: Oct 2019 - Remy says her son was bullied for Nicki’s “No Frauds”
