This enraged Nicki Minaj, who then targeted the Twitter beef with SZA directly at the latter and attacked her appearance by saying “Go draw your freckles back on bookie.” She then further tweeted “B*tch looking & sounding like she got stung by a f*cking bee. Dot dot dot *Draws on my fake freckles.*”

SZA, a TDE artist, posted a vague message about Mercury retrograde and warned "don’t take the bait ," which Minaj took as a subtle dig. Minaj fired back with a sharp post, bringing the argument into the public eye. She said,

While Minaj has no problem calling out the 4:44 rapper by name, she previously denied throwing shots at Bey after being accused of referring to the Houston native as a “robot,” with the rapper calling the claim an “absolute lie.”