MTV VMAs 2015: Nicki Minaj Performs With Taylor Swift, Calls Miley Cyrus Out During Acceptance Speech

Just as we expected, this year’s MTV Video Music Awards were packed full of awards (obviously) and epic performances, topped with a tablespoon and a half of drama.

While some attendees were getting on like a house on fire - see Nicki Minaj’s show opener with Taylor Swift - relationships between others were frostier than a freezer in Antarctica - see Nicki calling Miley Cyrus out.

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Let’s start on a happy note though, with Nicki’s ridiculously amazing performance which kicked off another infamous VMAs.

Bringing carnival vibes to the stage, Nicki rocked an awesome rendition of ‘Trini Dem Girls’, before bringing out Taylor Swift for ‘The Night Is Still Young’ and ‘Bad Blood’.

Beat that, next year’s VMAs opening act.

Of course, the two had already buried the hatchet via some Twitter lovin’, but it was nice to see them killing it on stage together.

Here’s the video of their crazy amazing performance:

Nicki’s night continued to go from good to great though, as she later picked up the award for Best Hip-Hop Video, thanks to her ‘Anaconda’ video.

However, this is where things turned a little icy, as she called VMAs host Miley Cyrus out for comments she made last week.

ICYMI, Miley was asked for her thoughts on what Nicki said about her lack of VMAs nominations (and all the drama that came with it) during an interview with the New York Times.

She said: “What I read sounded very Nicki Minaj, which, if you know Nicki Minaj is not too kind. It’s not very polite.

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“I think there’s a way you speak to people with openness and love. You don’t have to start this pop star against pop star war. It became Nicki Minaj and Taylor in a fight, so now the story isn’t even on what you wanted it to be about. Now you’ve just given E! News ‘Catfight! Taylor and Nicki Go at It’.

“I know you can make it seem like, Oh I just don’t understand because I’m a white pop star. I know the statistics. I know what’s going on in the world. But to be honest, I don’t think MTV did that on purpose.”

Stepping on stage to collect her award, Nicki started by saying: “I wanna thank my beautiful fans. I love you so much. You guys are so epic and I hope you follow your dreams.”

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After that, she decided to casually bring up Miley’s comments, adding: “Back to this b**ch that had a lot to say about me the other day in the press; Miley, what’s good?”

Miley was quick to respond though, replying: “Hey, we’re all in this industry. We all do interviews and we all know how they manipulate s**t. Nicki, congratu-f**kin-lations.”

YIKES.

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Despite some suggesting that the moment was staged, an MTV source has told PEOPLE: “The Nicki Minaj and Miley Cyrus feud is a very real thing.”

They added that their “jaws dropped” while watching the awkward moment go down. Eek.