SZA Promptly Claps Back At Nicki Minaj For Putting TDE Punch On Blast

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MAY 26: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) SZA accepts the Favorite Female R&B Artist award onstage during the 2025 American Music Awards at BleauLive Theater at Fontainebleau Las Vegas on May 26, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 05: Nicki Minaj attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)
SZA and Nicki Minaj weren't known to have issues prior to this exchange, but the latter went too far in the TDE artist's eyes.

Nicki Minaj's relentless Twitter barrage on TDE and Punch ultimately led someone to respond from their camp. That would be SZA, who defended her label and its boss from the Trinidadian femcee's scathing remarks. This is the latest rant from the Young Money superstar who has been targeting JAY-Z and Desiree Perez as of late.

But today, all eyes were on the West Coast rap-oriented imprint and its leader, TDE Punch. Nicki Minaj ripped him for allegedly bullying and harrassing her. "Lol. Yall remember that man from tde who kept bullying me on Twitter for no reason? We have the receipts. Lol. I never even responded to him. What was his name again, yall? Im going to give him a nickname. Ima call him 'Minus 30 million' from now on. #JusticeForDemoree."

She continued, "Me after I suck some good zik," she wrote under a photo of TDE Punch. "Guarantee you wouldn’t fight a man. We have every tweet of your incessant bullying, lying, & more. Your name was added to that sh*t list sh*tty drawers. Same thing that make you laugh make you…sh*t."

However, that wasn't all she allegedly had against him. In another tweet, she said, "So glad I have proof of being bullied by AND being lied on by a man PUBLICLY, on a platform I use for my JOB; after I rejected his business proposition on more than one occasion. He failed to disclose to the public that I had rejected his business propositions— and thereby acted in what appears to be retaliation purposefully used to cause financial damages & to engage in a smear campaign against the brand."

Nicki Minaj TDE Rant

Overall, this verbal attack seems a bit out of nowhere. A reason why she may have decided to go off like this is because of the label's January lawsuit from two anonymous women. The Jane Doe & Roe accused several employees at the collective of sexual assault and harassment. This is of course just speculation, though.

But as we said, this ticked SZA off greatly, leading her to respond and defend her label. As caught by Victor Baez of Club Ambition, the SOS singer started by saying, "Mercury retrograde.. don't take the bait lol silly goose." Then, Nicki hit back with, "Go draw your freckles back on bookie... Liar liar pants on fire. Sounding like a fkng dead dog..."

SZA replied, "I don't give a f*ck bout none of that weird sh*t you popping..." We will have to see how all of this plays out, but it looks we may be in for a slew of tweets this evening.

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Zachary Horvath is one of the Music Freelance News Writers at HotNewHipHop and has held that title since August 2023. Prior to this position, he held another freelance gig covering local high school football, girls and boys varsity basketball, in addition to recapping Cleveland Cavaliers games remotely. He's taken the previous experience and used it to become a jack of all trades at HotNewHipHop. Zach has thoroughly enjoyed tackling some of the trending topics in sports, with a larger focus on hip-hop and pop culture. Some of those include Bronny James's draft stock, a multitude of angles swirling around the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef, as well as Diddy's arrest and lawsuits. Separate from the headlines that everyone wants to hear about, he was fortunate enough to help spread Zaytoven's current thoughts at the time around mid-December in 2023. Even though being able to give his expertise on these stories is fulfilling, being able to share his passion for releases trumps that ever so slightly. Having the chance to express his excitement indirectly about what he thinks our readers should be checking out/revisiting grows his passion for writing that much more.

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