Latto ignores her rumored beef with Nicki Minaj and instead praised Mariah Carey.
Latto is one of the lucky few artists to have landed a collaboration with Mariah Carey. On Thursday, the artist shared her gratitude to Mariah for being able to collaborate with her and for the many welcome changes she has made in her life. The artist shared her reflection in a tweet.
“Just sitting here thinking how @MariahCarey really changed my life. Everything has been working since you hugged me queen,” she began. “I am so grateful to have worked with you!!! I hope you had a good day”, she wrote.
It’s been a good year for the 24-year-old Atlanta artist, who won Best New Artist at the BET Awards in June. This is her first career award, despite several nominations in the past. In March of this year, things started to look up for Latto, who already had a top 10 hit with “Big Energy,” but a remix of the song with Mariah Carey and DJ Khaled gave Latto her first No. 1 single. 1.
The song hit number one on the US iTunes chart within 24 hours of its release on March 28. The song, which sampled Tom Tom Club’s 1981 single “Genius Of Love,” was previously sampled by Mariah Carey on her song “Fantasy.”
Prior to its remix, “Big Energy” had peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 2021, which was the highest charting single of her career.
She previously spoke about the content of the song and why many of her fans connected with it, where she attributed the idea to the “big d*** Energy” fashion quote that started on Twitter. Latto wanted to dispel the idea that the quote can only be used in a male context, which is why as a female rapper, she chose to create an inspirational buzz just on this idea.
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Latto recently released her album 777 and has a new single, “It’s Giving,” on streaming services.
The Atlanta rapper’s name has recently been mentioned in a rumored beef with Nicki Minaj. Latto chose to ignore those conversations and instead used her platform to pay tribute to Mariah Carey, who probably gave her her biggest hit to date.
Talks of a feud between Latto and Nicki Minaj arose after rapper Trini’s recent broadcast on Queen Radio, where she talked about young female rappers trying to categorize themselves among rappers like her who have been in the game for two decades. While she didn’t mention Latto by name during her statement, her fans pounced on her and singled out the “Big Energy” rapper on the shortlist.
