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Despite hernow-infamous fightwithCardi Bat aNew York Fashion Week party,Nicki Minajhas maintained a strong presence at various shows and events during the Fashion Month circuit. But her latest style partnership has some divided.
As part of the limited edition collection’s fight against cyber-bullying, a portion of the proceeds from each sale will be donated to theOnly The Brave Foundation, a non-profit organization that supports anti-bullying programs.
However, Twitter quickly started calling out Diesel for including Minaj in the project knowing her history ofvicious feudswith celebs like Cardi,Taylor Swift,Miley Cyrus,Mariah Careyand more. One persontweeted, “@NICKIMINAJas an anti-bullying beacon??? Bringing issues to light HOW?? By showing ppl what NOT to do? Lmao this a whole joke.”
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“lmao! really@DIESEL? “nicki minaj” is one of the biggest bullies in the entertainment industry & has took part in tons of “cyber-bullying!” smh! ya’ll say she is receiving “hate?” actually it’s a backlash due to her actions! I call it “karma!” lol! smh! this is beyond pathetic!” another personwrote.
Diesel addressed social media’s reaction in a tweetsaying, “We’re here to support anyone who’s getting hated on, and Nicki is one of them.”
But Minaj isn’t letting the backlash stop her from enjoying the rest of Fashion Month. Earlier on Thursday, the rapper dressed in head-to-toe Fendi-printed clothing (including a matching cropped puffer jacket, leggings and handbag) forKarl Lagerfeld‘s Spring/Summer 2019 show where supermodelsKendall Jenner,Kaia GerberandBella Hadidput the newest designs on display.
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Cardi’s kept a lower profile since the physical altercation with Minaj, just making herfirst public appearance backstageat the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, where her husbandOffsetwas due to perform with his hip-hop collective, Migos.
Minaj and Cardi’smassive fightwent down at theHarper’s BazaarICONS party duringNew York Fashion Weekon Sept. 7.
“It all happened 20 seconds afterKelly RowlandleftNicki Minaj— she was in between them,” a party guest told PEOPLE, adding that Rowland, “said hi to both of them first” before leaving to go upstairs. (A rep for Rowland had no comment.) While the insider said it initially looked like Cardi and Minaj “might hug it out,” suddenly “it all went down.”
“Cardi walked towards Nicki and all of a sudden Cardi started screaming something about her child. She was yelling, ‘Bitch you feisty. Bitch don’t talk s— about my child’ at Nicki,” the source continued.
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“Nicki Minajdefinitely did not hit Cardi. I didn’t see who hit her,” the source explained. “It was a big mob at one point. It could have been anybody. Definitely notNicki Minaj.”
“I’ve let a lot of s—! I let you sneak diss me, I let you lie on me, I let you attempt to stop my bags, f— up the way I eat! You’ve [threatened] other artists in the industry, told them if they work with me you’ll stop f—ing with them!!!” she penned.
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Three days after the incident, Minajbroke her silence about the altercation. “The other night I was part of something so mortifying and so humiliating to go through in front of a bunch upper echelon… people who have their life together,” she said during an episode of herQueenradio show on Apple Music’s Beats 1.
Minaj added, “I was in a Gaultier gown — off the motherf—ing runway — and I could not believe how humiliated we all felt.”
source: people.com
