Ayu VS Namie???

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Originally Posted by Wikipedia

Also, widely purported in Japanese media and varied (possibly out of context) sound bites of commentary was a mutual disdain between Ayumi and Japanese Pop / R&B songstress, Namie Amuro. While not a clear sales/media rivalry, the two had at one point developed less than kind nicknames for each other; Namie was quoted as calling Ayu 'the Make-up Monster' while Ayu less-than-lovingly had been pegged as calling Namie 'the Monkey.' This was percieved as both a scathing comment on Namie's lack of refinement and elegance in Ayu's eyes, and a jab at Amuro's early career with the girl-group 'Super Monkeys.'

Anyone know if this is true?