Music Industry Pushes Its Puppets
The main goal of the rap and entertainment industry used to be developing lyrically talented artists. Now it seems that causing feuds with other rappers is more important.
Artists, more specifically female artists, are falling into the schemes of industry puppet masters and their intentions of pushing the “only one good female artist” agenda.
For weeks, the media has been enamored with news of the hottest female rappers and their public online disputes.
Megan Pete, more famously known as Megan Thee Stallion, is a Houston rapper who gained mainstream popularity in 2019. Since then she has worked with many female artists while climbing to the top of the rap game, but recently, Megan has had beef with a former collaborator.
In late January, Megan dropped a song titled HISS, which was her first solo No.1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. Although no names were mentioned, the internet was quick to point fingers at who this alleged diss was meant for.
Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty, more famously known as Nicki Minaj, is a Trinidadian rapper who gained popularity back in the early 2000s. Holding the title of the “Queen of Rap” for many years, Nicki is known for working with upcoming female artists.
However, no matter how long you’ve been in the industry it’s easy to fall victim to the industry’s vicious plot to pit female artists against each other.
Hours after Megan’s song HISS dropped, Nicki Minaj went on Instagram live to bash Megan after speculation that the line, “These—don’t be mad at Megan/these—mad at Megan’s Law” is about her husband Kenneth Petty.
Megan’s Law is a reference to an actual law named after seven-year-old Megan Kanka who was attacked by a known registered sex offender. The law led to the creation of the sex offender list. One of the more than 750,000 people on said registry is Minaj’s husband.
That led Minaj to drop a song titled Bigfoot that depicted Megan in a bad light as a response to the alleged stab HISS made. Both artists’ fan bases took to the internet to not only attack the artists but also those who support them. Both songs dominated the charts.
The internet disputes contained blogs filled with comments ripping apart the artists’ personal lives and played into the facade that there is only room at the top for one female artist.
Megan Thee Stallion and Nicki Minaj weren’t the only victims of the industry’s manipulative mindset.
Isis Gaston, more commonly known as Ice Spice, openly admitted to dissing another female artist on her recent single. Alyssa Stephens, commonly known as Latto, was quick to receive and address Ice Spice on her own single.
The two artists’ feud began after Ice Spice’s fans fueled the speculation of bad blood between them. That caused Ice Spice to believe that Latto had under-the-table issues with her, the main factor that pushed their recent online disputes.
It’s clear that the media and the rap and entertainment industry have profited off of and pushed the notion of the “only one good female artist” agenda.
Fans will continue to defend and advocate for their favorite artists, while ignoring the fact that these fan base debates are contributing to the misogynistic agendas harming them. It’s time for artists to remind fans what the industry should be about.
