{"id":45064,"date":"2025-12-16T07:20:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T07:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=45064"},"modified":"2025-12-16T07:20:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T07:20:56","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigntyla-responds-to-backlash-over-allegedly-supporting-controversial-nicki-minaj-tweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/16\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigntyla-responds-to-backlash-over-allegedly-supporting-controversial-nicki-minaj-tweet\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyla faces backlash for supporting tweet urging Nicki Minaj to disappear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_187993\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-187993\" class=\"wp-image-187993 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tyla-faces-backlash-for-supporting-tweet-urging-Nicki-Minaj-to.jpg?resize=600%2C361&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tyla-faces-backlash-for-supporting-tweet-urging-Nicki-Minaj-to.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tyla-Nicki-Minaj-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fakazanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Tyla-Nicki-Minaj-400x240.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-187993\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tyla reposts a tweet against Nicki Minaj<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>South African pop star Tyla has found herself at the centre of online drama after being accused of endorsing a controversial post aimed at American rap heavyweight Nicki Minaj.<\/p>\n<p>The incident quickly sparked backlash on X, with some users predicting dire consequences for Tyla\u2019s career.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Water<\/em> hitmaker was linked to a post that called for Nicki Minaj to step away from the public eye.<\/p>\n<p>The post, shared by a Nicki fan account, criticised the rapper\u2019s recent public behaviour and included a strongly worded message that read:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKeep that album. Delete social media and hide yourself from the public. Just go away and never come back. You\u2019re done. It\u2019s done. You are too mentally insane to be in the public eye anymore. It was a good run. You accomplished a lot, revived an entire genre, but it\u2019s over now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tyla was accused of supporting the message after it appeared that she had retweeted it.<\/p>\n<p>Although the repost was later removed, the damage was already done, with social media users divided over whether the interaction was intentional or a simple mistake.<\/p>\n<p>The situation gained even more attention due to Tyla\u2019s friendly association with Cardi B, Nicki Minaj\u2019s longtime rival, leading some to believe the move was a subtle dig.<\/p>\n<p>Nicki Minaj has not publicly responded to the situation, but Tyla addressed the backlash in her own way, with humour.<\/p>\n<p>She shared a post suggesting that the repost was unintentional, playfully quoting Nobody\u2019s Perfect from Hannah Montana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn trouble on the net again. #everybodymakesmistakes #everybodyhasthosedays #hacked,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The light-hearted response quickly went viral, racking up hundreds of thousands of likes and prompting mixed reactions online.<\/p>\n<p>While critics remained unconvinced, many fans praised Tyla for refusing to be dragged into negativity, applauding her for handling the situation with humour rather than hostility.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tyla reposts a tweet on X urging Nicki Minaj to retire from music and calling her mentally unstable. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2iXjb5owKf\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/2iXjb5owKf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pop Fusion HQ (@PopFusionHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopFusionHQ\/status\/2000378549484790239?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Below is Tyla\u2019s reaction:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DSRsdgHjPWq\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 4 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Tyla #faces #backlash #supporting #tweet #urging #Nicki #Minaj #disappear<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Tyla reposts a tweet against Nicki Minaj South African pop star Tyla has found herself at the centre of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45064"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45066,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45064\/revisions\/45066"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}