Nicki Minaj made a splash on Twitter when she tweeted: 
With this tweet she implied that because she was a black woman, and because her video celebrated black women, it did not get nominated for best video of the year. Taylor Swift thought this was a personal jab, because she herself had been nominated. This “feud” made headlines and distracted from the real issue Minaj was bringing up.
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NYTIMES: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/23/arts/music/nicki-minaj-black-women-rarely-rewarded-for-pop-culture-contributions.html?ref=arts
SLATE: https://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2015/07/22/nicki_minaj_taylor_swift_vmas_feud_rapper_calls_out_mtv_for_anaconda_video.html