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"  Photo: Getty Images Nicki Minaj gave an instantly legendary speech at Sunday&amp;#039;s BET Awards, which many people (this website included) believed to be partially directed at Iggy Azalea, who did not write her megahit &amp;quot;Fancy.&amp;quot; On Wednesday, Nicki took to Twitter to further explain her comments, which she intended to be entirely about the importance of women writing their own music in a fairly male-dominated industry.    The media puts words in my mouth all the time and this is no different. I will always take a stance on women writing b/c I believe in us! \u2014 NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) July 2, 2014       I believe we&amp;#039;re smart enough to write down our own thoughts and perspective, just like the men do. I&amp;#039;ve been saying this for 5 YEARS \u2014 NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) July 2, 2014       I fell in love with Lauryn Hill b/c I knew she was the author behind those amazingly profound and articulated songs on the MisEducation \u2014 NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) July 2, 2014       I wondered how Lauryn tapped into my brain and wrote an album on love, betrayal, passion, pain, triumph, brokenness.... Did she read minds? \u2014 NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) July 2, 2014       It&amp;#039;s the same reason I have a different level of respect for Missy. I know she&amp;#039;s a writer and a producer. Women MUST aspire for more. \u2014 NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) July 2, 2014    She went on to explain that she has publicly congratulated Iggy on the impressive success of &amp;quot;Fancy,&amp;quot; which is true. In May, she gave an interview to an Australian radio station and said, &amp;quot;I think that congratulations is in order. Her single is doing really, really well and I think that&amp;#039;s a good thing. One thing I&amp;#039;m not is a hater. If somebody is doing something and they did it well, and their song is charting well, then congratulations.&amp;quot; After Wednesday&amp;#039;s repeated kudos to Iggy, though, Nicki did add one more tweet about the need for more women&amp;#039;s voices in hip-hop. To quote Nicki, &amp;quot;No, no, no, no, no, no shade.&amp;quot;     That will never change my desire to motivate women to write. Our voices have to be heard. I hope I inspire up &amp;amp;amp; coming females to do that. \u2014 NICKI MINAJ (@NICKIMINAJ) July 2, 2014     Related: Nicki Minaj Sets a New Standard for Awards Show Acceptance Speeches, No Shade Related: Nicki Minaj: Agent Provocateur From the editors of  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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