Published 15:13 IST, August 7th 2021

Nicki Minaj clarifies Jessie J about how she joined 'Bang Bang', latter responds

Nicki Minaj has refuted Jessie J's claims that the former asked to appear in the latter's hit song 'Bang Bang', prompting another response from Jessie J -

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Nicki Minaj recently weighed in about her involvement in popular song, Bang Bang. song which starred iconic trio of Jessie J, Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande sees two of singers recalling how things went a little differently. Jessie J, who claimed that Nicki Minaj upon hearing song wanted to "jump on this," got a response from latter and here's what she said -

Nicki Minaj tells Jessie J she never asked "to get on" song 'Bang Bang'

Jessie J, in an interview with Glamour, claimed that hit song Bang Bang, was initially only set to star herself and Ariana Grande. She also claimed that upon hearing song and ir "version" of it, Nicki Minaj allegedly wanted to "jump on." Price Tag singer said: 

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Max Martin wrote 'Bang Bang,' and Ariana had been played it, I'd been played it, and we both loved it. We just said, 'Why don't we both do it?' So Ariana stayed on second verse, I recorded first verse, and n Nicki was played it in studio and was like, 'I've got to jump on this.' We didn't go to her and ask; she wanted to do it.

I'll never forget: I was in my bedroom in my flat in London, and I got sent version with Nicki on it. I just sat at end of my bed holding my phone, staring at floor, going, 'How f--k did I land this?' I literally felt like I'd won a competition.

Minaj n responded to allegation, saying that she never asked to be on song but was asked to be on it by label. In response, Minaj tweeted saying: 

When a fan claimed that Jessie herself had admitted to Minaj being asked to be on song, Nicki retweeted and shared ar tweet talking about how she did t harbour any negativity towards Jessie. In fact, Nicki tweeted that she wished she could have been part of Jessie J's song, Do It Like a Dude, mentioning how her friend Parker even helped write it. She said:

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Jessie J responds to Nicki Minaj

English singer Jessie J also responded to Nicki Minaj's claims and wrote a long caption appreciating both Nicki Minaj and Ariana Grande for being in song. Jessie also apologized to Minaj for getting story wrong and even saying that she has thing but love for rapper. She also shared several memes made about herself, saying that everybody should learn how to laugh at mselves sometimes. Take a look - 

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15:13 IST, August 7th 2021