Nicki Minaj slams 'a** critics' in Twitter rant

Hitting back at the critics who think that her a** is the reason behind her success, Nicki Minaj took to the social media to vent out her anger.

The 33-year-old rapper took to her Twitter page and wrote, "I've gone toe to toe w/everyone of your favorite male MC's. To undermine my skill & diversity as an MC is actually comical @ this point",E! Online reports.

The 'Anaconda' hit-maker also tweeted, "If a male rapper was on tracks w/Wayne, Jay, Eminem, Kanye, etc going ROUND 4 ROUND he'd b hailed as a GREAT as well. Jealousy is a disease."

She further wrote, "To imply someone's ass is the reason they get on tracks and hold their own with every great MC who is still alive ?? black ppl, do better lol."

Meanwhile, Bossip responded to the outburst by tweeting, "Somehow our extremely general question about women rappers has turned into a very specific @NICKIMINAJ conversation. Gotta love this app."

Poking fun using rapper's lyrics from 'Monster,' Bossip wrote, And she all up, all up, all up, all on on Twitter with the funny face."

Nicki's rant started after Bossip started a Twitter discussion about the lack of female rappers in the industry and during the discussion with some Twitter users, the news outlet retweeted a post which read, "Yep, men are visual creatures they don't care if you can sing...That's why nicki had to buy an a** to blow up! #Fact.