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16 Clapbacks That Prove 2015 Was The Year Of Shade

Always be prepared for the clapback.

1. Jessica Williams' response to a reporter who criticized her for not gunning to be the new Daily Show host.

2. Gabourey Sidibe's clapback to haters making fun of her love scene on Empire.

3. Nicki Minaj's infamous response to Miley Cyrus's comments about her in a New York Times article.

4. Zendaya's Instagram clapback to Giuliana Rancic's locs comments.

5. Amber Rose's quick reply to Khloé Kardashian's defensive tweet.

6. Amandla Stenberg's flawless clapback to the media after her comments on Kylie Jenner's Instagram photo.

7. Black Twitter's #StayMadAbby movement in response to Abigail Fisher's affirmative action case.

8. Drake's Grammy-nominated clapback track to Meek Mill.

Drake's "Back to Back" officially has more Grammy nominations than Meek Mill has in his career

9. Saba Ahmed's response to Megyn Kelly about the possible closing of mosques in the U.S.

10. President Obama's off-script remark to haters applauding the fact that he has no more campaigns to run.

11. Almost all of Chrissy Teigen's tweets.

12. Viola Davis's classy clapback to Nancy Lee-Grahn's comments on her Emmy acceptance speech.

13. Best-selling author Ta-Nehisi Coates's two word clapback to Jason Whitlock's critiques of his mass incarceration article.

14. Rick Ross's Instagram clapback to 50 Cent during their never-ending feud.

15. Mo'Nique proving Lee Daniels offered her the role of Cookie on Empire by reading his emails on Sway's radio show.

16. And John Boyega's response to haters who planned on boycotting Star Wars because he's a black person.

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