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Its Beef Week at HuffPost Culture. Fight us.

Were very concerned about Nicki Minaj.

Within a matter of weeks, shes managed to start a beef with a 6-month-old , compare herself to Harriet Tubman and expose Tygas hairline troubles . And thats not even the half of it. Sis is spiraling. The long, messy, rollout for her new album Queen is evidence of that.

For months, Minajs social media presence went dark. She lay low and minded her business, presumably working on her album. But when the Queen returned, it seemed as though more mess than music followed. The Chun-Li rapper dragged her boots through the mud and came in the house kicking up shit on her journey to prove to everybody including, it seemed at times, herself that she reigns supreme. All the while, shes made it clear that shes seeking vengeance against haters who get on their fucking keyboards and make me the bad guy (even though in Street Fighter, Chun-Li was a 12-year-old cop fighting for justice ).

But the shooters aim has been off and folks who have nothing to do with the alleged sabotage of Nicki Minaj are getting hit in the crossfire. In one breath she touts womens empowerment, in the other she slut-shames sex workers and helps pink-slip journalists who mildly critique her. She muddied her valid critiques of Spotifys lack of promotion for her album when she accused Travis Scott of using Kylie Jenner and their child, Stormi, to artificially boost his sales and prevent her album from reaching the top spot in the process. She unapologetically teamed up with a rapper who pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct with a child not just for a song, but to open her tour.

Despite her bizarre decisions, we cant deny that Minaj is still, by far, the best female rapper in the game. Her legacy, for better or worse, is unmatched. She has opened doors for many women rappers after her. Shes shown the world that you can absolutely be a woman and make bank in hip-hop. You can be better than the boys and, maybe most importantly, you can write your own dope-ass rhymes.

But everyone is wondering, what the hell is she doing right now?

Zeba Blay joined Julia Craven and Taryn Finley for a special edition of Run That Back, in which we discuss Minajs rights and wrongs, the challenges black women in hip-hop face, and how her talent really does make her the Queen even if her recent actions say otherwise.

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