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Nicki Minaj&#039;s music video for her song &quot;Anaconda,&quot; was nominated for the MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video, while Taylor Swift&#039;s music video for &quot;Bad Blood&quot; garnered a nomination for Video of the Year and Best Collaboration. (Courtesy of Young Money, Big Machine)

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Second Take: Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj&#8217;s feud reveals issues of race in media

Weinberg is the prime content editor. She was previously the A&amp;E editor and the assistant A&amp;E editor for the lifestyle beat.

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The music videos for both Taylor Swift’s “Bad Blood” and Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda” both broke the 24-hour Vevo viewing record, but only one was nominated for Video of the Year for August’s MTV Video Music Awards.

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Second Take: Taylor Swift and Nicki Minaj’s feud reveals issues of race in media

By Lindsay Weinberg and Gail Acosta