The long-running feud between Cardi B and Nicki Minaj has taken an ugly turn, with both rappers dragging each other’s children into the crossfire.
It all started on Monday when Minaj suggested Cardi had inflated sales of her new album Am I the Drama? to score its Sept. 29 double platinum certification. Cardi quickly clapped back on X, questioning why Minaj was fixated on her and telling her to measure herself against peers from her own era like Rihanna, Taylor Swift and Drake.
Cardi — who is pregnant with her fourth child with boyfriend Stefon Diggs and shares kids Kulture, 8, Wave, 4, and Blossom, 12 months, with ex Offset — accused Minaj of targeting her pregnancy.
“Alright now this the third tweet talkin about my pregnancy,” the Bronx-born rapper wrote. “Lord protect my babies.”
The following day, which happened to be Minaj’s son’s 5th birthday, things got even nastier.
“Girl, it’s your son’s birthday. Why are you on Twitter dedicating essays to me? For the love of God go to Chuck E. Cheese,” Cardi fired off.
Minaj doubled down, accusing Cardi of once calling Black women “monkeys” and “roaches” and warning that “one day ppl will call your daughters monkeys and roaches.”
Cardi responded with a warning of her own: “.. let this be the LAST TIME you mention my kids before I spill the tea on yours while you talkin about ABC’s!!”
From there, the gloves were off. On X, Minaj unleashed a string of insults, dubbing her rival “Kulture vulture” and writing: “Cokey B PLS DON’T SNIFF COKE WITH BABY #4/5. Word to Carlos.” She also hurled a shocking jab at Cardi’s daughter, posting: “Kulture u a roach & a monkey. Like your sister.”
Cardi then crossed the line by dragging Minaj’s son, Papa Bear, into the feud.
“Bh you wish you could call my daughter ugly.. Kulture is beautiful and you know that,” she tweeted. “Your hate is so deep dark and nasty because your son nonverbal cuz you fed him up wit them drugs so you jealous of everybody kids and their happiness!!!”
“Papa Bear I’m sorry you can’t speak and banging spoons because your mom couldn’t put the drugs down.”
“You said f** Vulture what??? … look what your rotten p**** produced!! Now he a whole 5-year-old tippy toeing around the house and can’t [talk].”*
The vicious back-and-forth immediately drew backlash online, with many fans blasting both rappers for crossing a line by dragging innocent children into their war of words.
