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"&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/videos/0_4f12efd5\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"1002_full_fight_video_nicki_minaj_mariah_carey_launch\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/10/02/1002-full-fight-video-nicki-minaj-mariah-carey-launch-1.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"update_bar\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2011/08/09/update-bar.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9:47 AM PT&lt;/strong&gt; -- Sources tell TMZ, Nicki's rant on the \"American Idol\" set went beyond mere name-calling Tuesday ... the rapper also threatened Mariah's life, saying, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/2012/10/03/nicki-minaj-mariah-carey-death-threat-american-idol-video/\"&gt;\"If I had a gun, I would shoot her.\"&amp;#160;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img alt=\"0314_divider_graphic\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/03/14/0314-divider-graphic.jpg\" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nicki Minaj&lt;/strong&gt; derailed the \"&lt;strong&gt;American Idol&lt;/strong&gt;\" auditions in Charlotte, North Carolina Tuesday, after swearing at &lt;strong&gt;Mariah Carey&lt;/strong&gt; and threatening, \"I'm gonna knock you out\" ... but Mariah FIRED RIGHT BACK with insults of her own. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the footage, obtained by TMZ, Nicki is clearly furious ... shouting, \"I told them I'm not f*ckin' putting up with her f**kin' highness over there.\"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mariah can be heard saying, \"&amp;#8220;Oh why, WHYYYY .do I have a three year old sitting around me?&amp;#8221;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carey continues, \"I can&amp;#8217;t see my kids, because you decided to act like a little crazy bitch and go all around the stage.&amp;#8221;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sources say Nicki later threatened to \"knock out\" Mariah ... but she said it before the video starts. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It all went down while the two were sitting at the judge's table ... with &lt;strong&gt;Keith Urban&lt;/strong&gt; sitting in between them and &lt;strong&gt;Randy Jackson&lt;/strong&gt; sitting on the far end, next to Mariah. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We're told the whole thing exploded over a disagreement over a contestant's performance. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Listen closely as you play the video ... you'll hear&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nicki:&lt;/strong&gt; Think I'm playin? Think this sh*t is a f*cking joke? Think it&amp;#8217;s a joke? Think it&amp;#8217;s a joke? Think it&amp;#8217;s a joke? Say one more disrespectful thing to me, if you say one more disrespectful thing to me -- off with your head!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mariah:&lt;/strong&gt; I am not being disrespectful.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nicki:&lt;/strong&gt; Off with your head, off with your head.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nicki:&lt;/strong&gt; Don&amp;#8217;t tell me I'm insecure, don&amp;#8217;t tell me I'm inadequate ... you gonna get sent [inaudible] just fall back; don&amp;#8217;t ... you don&amp;#8217;t know [inaudible] I don&amp;#8217;t feel inadequate. You&amp;#8217;re the insecure one sittin' up there running down her resume every five minutes.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nicki:&lt;/strong&gt; Every time you take a shot at me I'ma take it back, and if you gotta f*cking problem then handle it. I told them, I'm not f*cking putting up with your f*cking highness over there ... figure it the f*ck out. Figure it out. &lt;br /&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mariah&lt;/strong&gt;: whyyyy, whhyyyyy ... &lt;br /&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nicki:&lt;/strong&gt; Figure it out&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mariah:&lt;/strong&gt; ... do I have a 3-year-old sitting around me???&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nicki:&lt;/strong&gt; I&amp;#8217;m not sitting here for 20 minutes and having you run down your resume everyday, No! Goodbye!&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mariah:&lt;/strong&gt; Listen ... I can&amp;#8217;t see my kids because you decided to make ... to have ... to have a little baby fit and going all around the stage.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nicki:&lt;/strong&gt; Good, well then go see them now, go see them now ... you&amp;#8217;re boring as f*ck, you&amp;#8217;re boring as f*ck.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to our friends at&amp;#160;&lt;a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http://mouthtoears.com/2012/10/02/exclusive-nicki-minaj-and-mariah-carey-beef/\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;MouthToEars.com&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, producers ended the auditions for the day so the two judges could cool down.&amp;#160; We've confirmed that happened.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Big wigs on the show seem uncharacteristically upset by the blow up.&amp;#160; It seems producers are worried about Mariah and Nicki co-existing for the long haul.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=\"http://www.tmz.com/hero-villain/nicki-mariah-idol-showdown/\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\"HoV-nicki-minaj-click-thru-banner\" src=\"http://ll-media.tmz.com/2012/10/03/hov-nicki-minaj-click-thru-banner-1.png\" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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