In case you missed it, Nicki Minaj took goal at Shannon Sharpe on her verse within the “Banned From NO” remix from Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter VI bonus version. Followers rapidly zeroed in on what felt like a jab. Now, the NFL Corridor of Famer, turned media persona, who’s been underneath fireplace just lately, has addressed the bar and the excitement surrounding it.

Okay so on the monitor, Nicki spits, “‘Bout to cop you slides, all you do is flip-flop, if I ship a pic of Shannon, you ain’t that Sharpe.” It didn’t take lengthy for Sharpe to catch the reference and reply throughout a latest episode of Nightcap, the place he broke down the misunderstanding that sparked the lyrical warmth.

“I used to be speaking about Nikki Haley,” Sharpe defined, referencing a publish he made again in February that merely learn, “Nicki who?” He clarified that it had nothing to do with the hip hop icon. “Nikki Haley mentioned it’s actually nice for everyone of Black America, and I used to be like… ‘When has it ever been nice?’”

Get this, Minaj apparently took discover and didn’t maintain again. Shortly after the remix dropped, she posted to the Gram, “Yeah nia you thought I forgot that ‘Nicki who’ sht you probably did?”

Taking a respectful tone, Sharpe used his platform to apologize instantly and make his intentions clear. “Nicki, I used to be not attempting to be disrespectful. After all, I do know who you might be. I might be remiss to say that I assumed you knew who I used to be, or that you simply knew something about Membership Shay Shay. I’m not that conceited,” he mentioned.

Sharpe added a private olive department, saying, “Nicki, I apologize. I meant no disrespect. You’ll all the time have an open invitation for those who ever need to come sit down and have a dialog. Even for those who simply need to have a non-public dialog on the cellphone or one thing. It gained’t go any additional between you and I.”

Strategic transfer from Sharpe or was he genuinely attempting to place the fireplace earlier than it rages on?