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Steven Tyler this week complained about Nicki Minaj and her feud with fellow Idol judge Mariah Carey, telling MTV News, “[Talent] needs to be birthed, not judged by ‘entertainment’ factors, it needs to be judged by people that [are] honest, true, that have the ‘it’ factor. Not the ‘it’ factor because they can fight. [...] If it was Bob Dylan, Nicki Minaj would have had him sent to the cornfield!”
This is a curious argument for a lot of reasons, not least of which that Tyler, like everyone else in America, has not actually seen an episode of American Idol with Nicki Minaj as a judge. (The new season doesn’t start for months.) Nicki took to Twitter to address that issue and more:
Steven Tyler said I would have sent Bob Dylan to a cornfield??? Steven, you haven't seen me judge one single solitary contestant yet!
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) November 26, 2012
I understand you really wanted to keep your job but take that up with the producers. I haven't done anything to you. That's a racist comment
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) November 26, 2012
To quote one amazed fan: “LMFAOOOOO! OMG I DIED AND WENT TO NICKI SHADE HEAVEN.”
Nicki then took aim at the media for only focusing on the way artists like her are always “acting out,” and never on what might have provoked them:
LOL lets make him a shirt that says "No Coloreds Allowed" then escort him down 2 Barbara Walters so he can tell how he was threatened w/guns
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) November 26, 2012
Fortunately, the whole thing ended with a call for empathy:
When Steven 1st went on Idol he was ridiculed by his peers & fans alike. Called a sell out. So what does he do? Ridicule thenext judge.
— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) November 26, 2012
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