Elliott Wilson has issued a public apology to Twitch streamer Kai Cenat after feeling some sort of approach about his interview with Nicki Minaj earlier this week.
The hip hop journalist had beforehand interviewed the rapper when she dropped her 2014 album, ‘The Pinkprint,’ and once more in 2018, following the discharge of ‘Queen.’ But amid her promotional marketing campaign to help her newest report, ‘Pink Friday 2,’ Wilson wasn’t within the books for a sit-down chat.
On Thursday (December 14), the XXL editor took to his X account and shared a brief clip of Minaj twerking throughout Cenat’s stay stream. He captioned the picture, “Hip hop journalism,” a remark some followers perceived as an insult to the Twitch star.
Hip Hop journalist Elliott Wilson shared his ideas on Kai Cenat’s livestream with Nicki Minaj. 👀 pic.twitter.com/rmvRcGMFdA
— No Jumper (@nojumper) December 14, 2023
Elliott Wilson Takes Accountability After Nicki Minaj Clapped Back
Wison has beforehand taken difficulty with artists typically neglecting conventional hip hop for creators with mass audiences. Amid Nicki’s interview with Kai and Funny Marco, Wilson determined to voice his opinion. Social media, Nicki Minaj, and her fan base, the Barbz, didn’t assume it wanted to be at Cenat’s expense.
After coming throughout his preliminary tweet, Minaj didn’t hesitate to reply as she lashed out at Wilson for his comment earlier than calling out his journalistic practices. She accused him of manipulating narratives to make her seem in a unfavourable mild.
“Elliot, if you’d spit JayZ d*** out for one second, you’d be able to be happy for the new comers,” the ‘Barbie Dangerous’ artist posted on Friday (December 15) in response to Wilson’s comment in regards to the stay stream.
She added:
“Isn’t that how y’all tried to tarnish my image? By saying I’m not welcoming new btchs in? Did songs with all of them tho. Why you not happy for a young black man like Kai. Tmrw btch.”
Nicki Minaj later elaborated on the state of affairs, telling followers that Wilson had allegedly disrespected her in a number of tweets prior to now as she referred to him as “Idiot Wilson.” She added, “Nobody owes you s**t, h** n***a. F**k you!”
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— Elliott Wilson (@ElliottWilson) December 15, 2023
The podcast host tried to clear the air by responding to Minaj as he clarified he was not disrespecting her with the tweet.
“Never dissed Nicki. Always said she’s the female rap [GOAT]. Over Lauryn, Missy, Kim and Foxy and all. I think Cardi B is dope too. Happy Holidays.”
On Saturday (December 16), nonetheless, Wilson hopped again on the social media platform to apologize for his remark, saying that he was out of line and may’ve by no means discredited the platform Cenat has been in a position to construct from the bottom up.
“I apologize to @KaiCenat + his fam,” Wilson wrote. “I was out of line and let my competitive nature get the best of me. Kai carved his own lane in the game, built a great platform and deserves respect. Salute the streamers and young creatives getting to the paper and pushing our culture forward.”
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