LisaRaye McCoy made headlines several weeks ago when she spoke about Nicki Minaj, saying that she should “bow down” to the people that came before her — specifically Lil’ Kim. For years, Nicki has been fighting to stop the Lil’ Kim comparisons and, once she heard them again last month, she decided to devote part of her verse to LisaRaye.

“Dollar, dollar bill, come get her/Even your man know Nickis do it better,” rapped Minaj about LisaRaye. Her lyrics reference the actress’ claims that Nicole Murphy (another Nicki!) wrecked her marriage.

Well, LisaRaye stepped into The Breakfast Club to officially respond to the drama, getting above it and brushing it to the side.

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“Let me tell you, I didn’t know what the hell they were, first of all,” she tells DJ Envy and Angela Yee about the Barbz, Nicki Minaj’s fans. “And I didn’t know they were coming after me. Vivica Fox is the one that called and she asked me, she says, ‘Are you okay?’”

Fox explained to her who the Barbz were before giving her the rundown on why they were pissed. Once she understood, she looked into it and decided that she did not care one bit.

“Maybe about 25 comments in, I was like, ‘I don’t give a damn about this.’ ‘Cause I don’t,” she said. “I’m way above anybody that wanna come after somebody that they don’t know, want to misappropriate what I said and take it out of context. I don’t have time to be fighting that kinda fight ’cause we are fighting a real fight right now.”

LisaRaye goes on to say that music should not be about beef.

“Music shouldn’t be about a beef. It’s not mafia, it’s not gangster, it’s entertainment,” said LisaRaye. “It’s music, so let’s keep it light while we’re not tearing each other down.”

Watch below at the 4-minute point.

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Tekashi 6ix9ine and Nicki Minaj released their latest collaboration called "Trollz," marking the second single from the rainbow-haired rapper since his release from prison. Before it even came out, it was the subject of much controversy as people attacked Minaj for working with the accused snitch. Now that the track is getting airplay, people are picking up on some of the Queen's bars and, as always, she's got people talking.

There are a couple of lyrics that stand out in Mrs. Minaj's verse, including possible digs at LisaRaye McCoy and Usher.

"Somebody usher this n***a into a clinic/My flow's still sick, I ain't talkin' a pandemic," raps the legend in her verse. While she likely isn't directly dissing Usher, the R&B star did say that Minaj got her "blueprint" from Lil Kim. Maybe this is her way of getting back at him. After all, Usher likely does spend a lot of time at the clinic, given all the herpes accusations he has faced.

A more direct line came before though.

"Dollar, dollar bill, come get her/Even your man know Nickis do it better," she said to start off her portion of the track. This is a dig at LisaRaye McCoy, who starred in The Players Club. In the movie, Dollar Bill owns the club. LisaRaye accused Nicole Murphy (get it? Another Nicki...) of wrecking her marriage last year. 

Clever lines from the Queen.

Superfans can be beneficial to artists as their undying support is just what an entertainer needs to catapult projects into the top of the charts, but some "Stans" can be destructive. After Usher said that Nicki Minaj was a "product" of Lil Kim, many of the Barbz dragged him on social media because they took his comment as an insult. Claudia Jordan discussed the topic on her Fox Soul talk show where she added that there wasn't anything wrong with the singer's remarks because Lil Kim was a pioneer. The Barbz then targeted Claudia and her family, as well.

Claudia Jordan took to Twitter to blast bullies who have sent intimidating messages to her family members. "WOW now the Barbz have gone too far," she wrote. "Threatening to 'BEAT HER' my 69 year old mother & now harassing my 15 year old niece? At the end of the day what will this accomplish but keep your karma bad & get you bought up on charges? WE stay protected-KNOW THIS. #OverATalkShowConvo smh."

Later she added, "So yall can justify trying to scare a little 15 year old black girl- like times aint challenging enough without you barbz being so ridiculous. I hope yall feel good about yourselves. But then again you have to be brainless & soul less to think that is cool or funny. Way to go!" Claudia's talk show guest, LisaRaye McCoy, also found herself to be a trending topic on Twitter yesterday after she stated that Nicki Minaj should "bow down" to Lil Kim. Check out Claudia Jordan's tweets below.

After years of speculation about her sexuality, Da Brat recently confirmed that she’s in a loving relationship with her rumored fiancé, Jesseca Dupart. The Kaleidoscope mogul shared loving messages to Da Brat in celebration of the rapper’s birthday earlier this month, and soon, Da Brat was speaking openly about not sharing information about her sexuality because it wasn’t accepted early on in her career.

LisaRaye McCoy recently spoke with MadameNoire about her sister Da Brat’s romance and shared that she met Jesseca before the rapper. “She and I were doing some videos for her Kaleidoscope products because she was actually a fan. So we reenacted a Player’s Club scene and did a couple of videos together,” LisaRaye McCoy said. “So when she reached out to have my sister try her drops, then they actually made a rapport with each other and built a friendship. What came out of that is what we see on Instagram now.”

Like any sister, LisaRaye is excited to see that Da Brat has found lasting love. “I think it’s just fantastic when you can find someone and build any kind of relationship that you can build on and that can be solid enough for you to be able to be yourself, and to be able to share that with the world,” she added. “That’s awesome. People kill me when they ask, who you dating? You gonna get with this person? You married? It’s like, look, none of that will be a secret. When you’re happy, you’re happy to share that news with anybody. It’s going to show on your face, they’re going to see a ring on your finger, you’re not trying to hide that kind of happy news. So I’m glad she’s living in her truth. She like it? I love it.”

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Every generation has its own aesthetically pleasing body image shape. Decades ago, what we consider to be “plus-size” was the sought after physique. The waif supermodels of the late 1970s and 1980s shifted what people were told was beautiful, and soon, both men and women strived to drop down to unlivable weights. A few shifts later, body shapes have changed once again and LisaRaye McCoy believes it arrived because of the Kardashian-Jenners.

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“The Kardashians have single-handedly change the woman’s body shape that’s acceptable now,” LisaRaye said in a social distancing episode of Out Loud with Claudia Jordan. Also in the chat were singer Syleena Johnson and actress Vivica A. Fox. It seems like Syleena and Vi agreed with LisaRaye because they immediately “sipped their tea” and gave a few side-eyes. “Now, it’s the small waist, all this ass, look like the ankles can’t even hold up all of that… I’m thinking to myself, ‘I don’t want my body to look like that. ‘Cause that’s the body that everybody has now.'”

Claudia interjected and added that “everyone looks the same” because they “all are going to the same doctor.” Syleena and Vivica wanted to know what these women will look like decades from now when they’re 70-years-old. “Already looking a fool,” Syleena said. LisaRaye continued, “The generations after that feel like that’s what they have to do to secure the bag, as they say now.”

The Player’s Club actress also said the need to look a certain way is being perpetuated by social media and regular folks feel as if they need to alter themselves to look like this unrealistic aesthetic. Vivica chimed in saying that women are showing off all of their goods and twerking for free because it brings in followers, unlike herself and LisaRaye who played strippers in films because they “got checks for that.” Watch the ladies discuss body image below.

The body rolls were in full effect. LisaRaye McCoy showed her Instagram followers that she could still pull off her sexy The Player’s Club moves that she first learned over 20 years ago. LisaRaye starred in the 1998 film that also featured Monica Calhoun, Ice Cube, Bernie Mac, Jamie Foxx, Faizon Love, Terrence Howard, and many others. The ‘hood classic flick was also Ice Cube’s directorial debut. It’s been a fan favorite for decades, and LisaRaye decided to treat her Instagram Live viewers to a dance as she reenacted the scene where she takes to the stage to show off her skills.

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Back in October 2019, LisaRaye chatted with TV One about her breakout role as “Diamond.” “I just wanted to be in a movie. I came to Hollywood to be famous,” she said. “I just wanted to make some money, and I knew that this was Ice Cube. So, when they told me that I was playing a stripper, I was okay wit’ it.”

People were excited to see “Diamond” back in action. Laura Govan commented, “Hell ya That’s my move right there lol ???,” while thousands of others told the actress that she not only still had it, but it never left her. Some people were hoping that she would dip it low, but maybe she’s saving that for another Live. We’ll see how long this quarantine lasts. Check out LisaRaye McCoy below.