Nicki Minaj has been in the public eye recently because of her third studio effort The Pinkprint. The album is the "Anaconda" rapper's most personal to date, and it is full of references about her ex-boyfriend Safaree Samuels. The two have been nice to each other during interviews, but things hit a boiling point recently when they had a back-and-forth on Twitter, Vibe notes.

Minaj took to social media, saying that Samuels was trying to blackmail her by selling personal videos filmed while they were still together.

"Anything you don't appreciate will be taken. God sees your ungrateful evil soul. I gave and gave and gave. Threatening me? Blackmail? Jump," she tweeted.

Most of the tweets appear to have been deleted — you can see screenshots of them over at Vibe — except two:

Samuels fired back with a series of tweets. He said he is disappointed in Minaj for taking shots at him via social media rather than calling him directly. Samuels even spoke with Minaj's mother.

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