Fans Speculate Megan Thee Stallion Addresses Nicki Minaj Beef on 'Hiss' as She Sinks Fangs into Haters on New Track

Mar. 15, 2025

Megan Thee Stallionis coiling herself around her haters like a cobra, sinking her fangs in and devouring them.

On Friday, the rap superstar, 28, shared “Hiss,” the second single off her forthcoming third studio album and a rapid spitfire diss track.

The hip-hop artist (whose real name is Megan Pete) channels a sort of serpentine fearlessness on the track — hissing back at those who can’t keep her name from out of their mouths. As the song doesn’t have a chorus, she spits fierce verse after verse on the wordy track while a piano and drill beat slithers beneath her.

Megan Thee Stallion.Ramona Rosales

Ramona Rosales

Throughout the song, the Grammy winner addresses how other artists frequently name-drop her in the media and online. “Why every time one of y’all Z-list hoes do an interview, I get mentioned? / I don’t give a f— who think what, you n—-s is typin' for nothin' / On the internet typin' this s— to me? / Write him a letter or somethin'.”

Many fans are speculating that Hot Girl Meg is firing back at fellow rap superstarNicki Minaj, among others, on the song, due to several lyrics.

Megan Thee Stallion; Nicki Minaj.ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty; Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage

ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty; Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage

“These hoes don’t be mad at Megan, these hoes mad at Megan’s Law / I don’t really know what the problem is, but I guarantee y’all don’t want me to start,” she raps at one point, referring to the law that requires sex offenders to register with the state.

Some listeners have alleged Meg’s mention of Megan’s Law on the track is a direct reference to Minaj’s husbandKenneth Petty, who is registered at a level two sex offender in New York state. (Petty, 45, served four years in prison after being convicted of attempted rape in the first degree in April 1995 for an assault the previous year of a then-16-year-old girl.)

Shortly after “Hiss” dropped, the “Savage” rapper opened up about who she’s taking aim at on Friday’s episode ofThe Breakfast Club. “It’s for these bitches and hoes, bitches and hoes alike, men or women,” she revealed. “Every time one of these motherf—ers uses Megan Thee Stallion name, they get 24 hours of attention.”

She added, “Basically, I understand what y’all doing, and I want y’all to get up off me. Use something else. Do something different. Use another tactic. This one getting old.”

Although the superstar wouldn’t name any names, she said, “I’m saying, a hit dog gon’ holler. That’s it. Whoever feel it, feel it.”

As fans have pointed out, Minaj, 41, appears to have fired back. After “Hiss” dropped, she went on an Instagram Live that fans recorded and reshared onsocial media.

She also said at one point, “Not three Grammys and can’t find the beat.” (Megan Thee Stallion has won three Grammy Awards.)

Megan Thee Stallion’s Instagram Story.Megan Thee Stallion/ Instagram

Megan Thee Stallion/ Instagram

The two stars previously collaborated on the track “Hot Girl Summer” back in 2019, along with Ty Dolla $ign, and it’s unclear what led to their alleged falling out.

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Megan Thee Stallion ‘Hiss’ single artwork.Courtesy of Hot Girl Productions

Courtesy of Hot Girl Productions

“Hiss” arrives several days after the hip-hop star began teasing iton social mediaon Monday. At the time, she posted the single artwork featuring a shot of her profile with a white snake — fangs and all — wrapped around her shoulders and head.

Hours before the track dropped, the longtime anime fan compared the track to the character Kaneki from the seriesTokyo Ghoulin a postto Instagram. “Remember when Kaneki really turned into KANEKI … yeah thats how i feel lol #HISS OUT AT MIDNIGHT,” she wrote in the caption of a carousel featuring a screengrab from the series and shots of herself wearing a Louis Vuitton bomber jacket and holding a duffle from the brand.

source: people.com