Taylor Swift took a Twitter dig at hip-hop queen Nicki Minaj and the Internet erupted into a sprawling conversation about race and gender. It started when Minaj took to her keyboard to vent after one of her biggest hits wasn't nominated for video of the year for the MTV Video Music Awards.
The rapper had a reason to be upset when she was snubbed -- and she made her reasoning clear. She then tweeted: "If your video celebrates women with very slim bodies, you will be nominated for vid of the year."
That's when Taylor Swift -- who describes herself as a feminist -- jumped in, apparently taking the tweets personally.
"I've done nothing but love & support you. It's unlike you to pit women against each other. Maybe one of the men took your slot," she wrote. Twitter wasn't buying it: As "Nicki" and "Taylor" became worldwide trends, thousands of users came to Nicki Minaj's defense.
Many said the stars' exchange showed a double standard: Swift was widely praised as brave for speaking up about problems in the music industry last month -- now Minaj was getting lashed for doing the same.
