A shot is only a shot if the intended target is hit and hurt, right? Well, let’s look at Miley Cyrus for proof. At the VMAs, after Nicki Minaj took the stage to accept an award she made mention of a recent Miley interview where she referrenced the Barb.

“Back to this b ** that had a lot to say about me the other day in the press, Miley, what’s good,” she sneered, before smiling and gesticulating like crazy.

Miley, in turn, smiled back and explained, because media. Thanks.

Chance The Rapper, however, wasn’t in as joking of a mood when he fired off a series of tweets taking umbrage with Miley’s appropriations in her skits, particularly using the word mammy. He characterized her hosting as less than…well, just less than. And said Kanye West taught him to be “fearless.”