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SZA Says She Has No Connection To Nicki Minaj After Online Feud

PowerVault Network November 6, 2025

SZA is the newest cowl star for GQ, opening up about her latest on-line antics, making new music, and staying in her lane.

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The singer does her greatest to remain out of controversy, retaining to herself when she’s not making music. Nonetheless, she’ll combat again when she’s dragged into one thing, which is strictly what occurred when Nicki Minaj publicly accused SZA’s supervisor, TDE’s Terrence “Punch” Henderson, of bullying her earlier this 12 months.

Minaj is thought for her countless rants on X–particularly in latest months–so it shouldn’t come as a shock that SZA replied a couple of occasions earlier than bowing out. In her latest interview with GQ, she talked concerning the scenario, insisting there’s “no backstory” and that she doesn’t even know the “Barbie World” rapper.

“I don’t know her,” SZA started. “We’ve got no connection to one another. There’s no backstory. Like, there was no via line narrative. It was similar to, ‘Roc Nation’…. I don’t know the place it got here from. That’s not even my place to right a story that I don’t received s*it to do with. It was a little bit unusual. It was very like, ‘Why?’ But in addition, you already know, ‘I suppose.’ ”

The TDE artist additionally used this interview to set the file straight about one other beef: Kendrick Lamar vs. Drake.

SZA has been good buddies with Kendrick for years now, being on the identical label and collaborating a number of occasions. Plus, she toured with the LA native instantly following the back-and-forth, making many followers assume she was selecting sides.

Whereas she hasn’t spoken on the feud since, SZA set the file straight to GQ, insisting she’s buddies with each artists and calling the scenario “unlucky.”

“It was one thing between two grown-ass males, so why would I insert myself between one thing between two grown-ass males, you already know?,” she defined. “And I really feel like that’s how all people felt — except individuals who didn’t really feel that method. I didn’t actually have any stake, per se. Clearly, I really like Kendrick. I’m signed to TDE. That’s my household. Clearly, I’ve recognized Drake for therefore lengthy and we’ve got a lovely rapport. And, clearly, it’s at all times unlucky when the unlucky happens.”

SZA additionally spoke on performing her Drake collab “Wealthy Child Daddy” when she co-headlined Kendrick’s Grand Nationwide Tour, which options Sexyy Pink chanting “Shake that ass for Drake / Now shake that ass for me” through the refrain.

“Why wouldn’t I?” she fired again. “‘Poetic Justice’ was within the set record. So why wouldn’t I maintain ‘Wealthy Child Daddy’? I don’t know why I wouldn’t be celebrating some s*it that I ate up.”