10 TWITTER MOMENTS: NICKI MINAJ VS STORMI WEBSTER

by Jess Grant
8/22/18

What's up, everyone?! Thanks for joining me for the latest edition of 10 Twitter Moments on this EXTREMELY busy week in pop culture! That's right, between the VMAs and Nicki Minaj losing out on the #1 spot to Travis Scott, there's been a whole lot of drama going down on our fave social network over the last seven days! We Are: The Guard has, as ever, rounded up all of the hottest gossip, so grab some popcorn – Michael Jackson “Thriller”-styleé – as it's time to check out the following 280-character highlights from Nicki Minaj, Camila Cabello, Lana Del Rey, Lenny Kravitz, Post Malone, and more! -

 

NICKI MINAJ VS STORMI WEBSTER

So, as I mentioned in the introduction, Queen lost out on the #1 spot to Travis Scott's ASTROWORLD on Sunday, and let me tell you, Onika Tanya Maraj is NOT happy about it! And, disappointed as I am that Nicki didn't get her chance to shine at the top of the chart – taking it out on a baby?! Come on, girl, you're classier than that! No, really, just stick to calling out Safaree and Tyga's fake hairlines, okay?!

 

CAMILA CABELLO LIVES HER VMA DREAMS

OMFG! This is the cutest “Before They Were Famous” find EVER! Little did little Camila Cabello know that she'd be living her VMA dreams in just six years time! The “Havana” singer literally SLAYED the event, winning two of the biggest awards of the night, one of which was given to her by none other than Madonna! And I haven't even MENTIONED the adorable mom dancing! I STAN AN ACTUAL QUEEN!

 

GABRIEL BLACK SLEEPS IN

My whole life in one tweet! For real, I go to bed with the best of intentions of getting shit done the next day, but when I wake up in the morning, the “snooze” button on my alarm clock just looks TOO DAMN GOOD! If anyone deserves to sleep in, though, it's gabriel black! I mean, the dude DID release the debut EP of the year on Friday (don't @ me)!

 

LANA DEL REY FOR PRESIDENT

YES, MOM! The fact that former New York City mayor and current Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani was allowed to go on television on Sunday and explicitly reject the concept of objective truth is BEYOND fucked up and I'm HERE for Lana Del Rey calling this shit out with such elegance and grace! No, really, forget Yeezy 2020! IT'S ALL ABOUT LANA 2020!

 

JOE PERRY AND LENNY KRAVITZ BACKSTAGE AT THE VMAS

 

 

WINGTIP SPEAKS THE TRUTH

Me: I agree, it's really important that we give our faves the space that they need to grow as artists, and let them creatively develop in a way that feels true to them. Also me: wHeRe ArE tHe BoPs On SwEeTeNeR?!

 

SERPENTWITHFEET PAYS TRIBUTE TO ARETHA FRANKLIN

AMEN, SERPENTWITHFEET! There was quite literally nobody better than Aretha Franklin, and serpentwithfeet's Josiah Wise – who we see here lending his angelic vocal runs to the Detroit icon's cover of “Bridge Over Troubled Water” – is just one of the many voices that we likely would never have been blessed with if it wasn't for Aretha leading the way over the years! REST IN POWER, SOUL QUEEN! PS Madonna – THIS is how you pay tribute to Aretha!

 

ALWAYS NEVER ON THE POWER OF MUSIC

DAMN STRAIGHT! Which probably explains why I listen to Always Never on the daily. For real, forget The Weeknd. This Toronto R&B duo get me in my feelings like Abel never could. TWO DAYS UNTIL THE DEBUT ALBUM DROPS!

 

GOD IS A WOMAN AND HER NAME IS LIZZO

BLESS ALL OF THE WIGS THAT WERE SNATCHED FROM WATCHING THIS VIDEO!

 

POST MALONE LANDS SAFELY

On Tuesday afternoon, Twitter watched with nervous anticipation as Post Malone's plane was forced to make an emergency landing at New York Stewart International Airport after two of its two tyres exploded. It seems that not everyone on the social network was praying for a happy ending, however, at least according to this tweet sent by the rapper once he safely touched down. Look, I admit that his performance with Aerosmith at the VMAs was all kinds of mentally scarring, but really?! Wishing death on someone?! THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS, INTERNET!

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Jess Grant is a frustrated writer hailing from London, England. When she isn't tasked with disentangling her thoughts from her brain and putting them on paper, Jess can generally be found listening to The Beatles, or cooking vegetarian food.