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==History==

==History==

===2017–2018: “MotorSport” and New York Fashion Week fight===

===2017–2018: “MotorSport” and New York Fashion Week fight===

American rapper [[Cardi B]] first rose to international fame starting in 2017 with the release of her song “[[Bodak Yellow]]”. During Trinidadian rapper [[Nicki Minaj]]’s feud with fellow rapper [[Remy Ma]] and following the release of Ma’s song “[[Shether]]”, a [[diss track]] against Minaj, Cardi B performed the song “[[U.N.I.T.Y.]]” with Ma during her 2017 performance at [[Summer Jam (festival)|Summer Jam]]. Rumors of a feud between Cardi B and Minaj soon began circulating on social media as “Bodak Yellow” rose in popularity, fueled by Minaj’s verse on the 2017 [[London on da Track]] song “No Flag”, in which she rapped, “Lil’ bitch, I heard these labels tryna make another me/Everything you getting, little hoe, is cause of me”—Minaj [[Tweet (social media)|tweeted]] that she had written her verse two months prior to the song’s release and denied that it was in response to Cardi B’s performance with Ma.<ref name=”WMadeUp”>{{cite web |last1=Munzenrieder |first1=Kyle |title=All The Times Nicki Minaj and Cardi B Have Denied a Feud |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/cardi-b-nicki-minaj-feud |website=[[W (magazine)|W]] |access-date=October 8, 2025 |date=April 11, 2018}}</ref><ref name=”NMETimeline”>{{cite web |last1=Hunt |first1=El |title=Cardi B and Nicki Minaj’s feud – a blow-by-blow account |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/timeline-cardi-b-nicki-minajs-ongoing-feud-2395194 |website=[[NME]] |access-date=October 6, 2025 |date=October 31, 2018}}</ref> Cardi B’s feature on the [[G-Eazy]] song “[[No Limit (G-Eazy song)|No Limit]]”, released later that year, featured the verse “Can you stop with all the subs?/Bitch, I ain’t [[Jared Fogle|Jared]],” which was assumed to be a response to Minaj.<ref name=”Congrats”>{{cite web |last1=Lamarre |first1=Carl |title=Nicki Minaj Congratulates Cardi B on ‘Bodak Yellow’ Topping Hot 100, Cardi B Responds |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/nicki-minaj-cardi-b-bodak-yellow-congratulations/ |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=October 6, 2025 |date=September 25, 2017}}</ref> She stated in an interview with the radio show ”[[The Breakfast Club (radio show)|The Breakfast Club]]” that the verse was directed at women from her old neighborhood rather than toward Minaj, whom she had previously spoken with.<ref name=”BBTL” /> “Bodak Yellow” topped the [[Billboard Hot 100|”Billboard” Hot 100]] in September 2017, making Cardi B the first solo female rapper to peak at number one on the chart in 19 years, when [[Lauryn Hill]] did.<ref name=”NMEMS”>{{cite web |last1=Thomas |first1=Helen Meriel |title=Migos, Nicki Minaj and Cardi B release new track ‘MotorSport’ |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/migos-nicki-minaj-cardi-b-release-new-track-motorsport-2154082 |website=[[NME]] |access-date=October 6, 2025 |date=October 27, 2017}}</ref> Minaj soon posted a congratulatory [[Tweet (social media)|tweet]] addressed to Cardi B, calling it “a RECORD BREAKING achievement”.<ref name=”Congrats” />

American rapper [[Cardi B]] first rose to international fame starting in 2017 with the release of her song “[[Bodak Yellow]]”. During Trinidadian rapper [[Nicki Minaj]]’s feud with fellow rapper [[Remy Ma]] and following the release of Ma’s song “[[Shether]]”, a [[diss track]] against Minaj, Cardi B performed the song “[[U.N.I.T.Y.]]” with Ma during her 2017 performance at [[Summer Jam (festival)|Summer Jam]]. Rumors of a feud between Cardi B and Minaj soon began circulating on social media as “Bodak Yellow” rose in popularity, fueled by Minaj’s verse on the 2017 [[London on da Track]] song “No Flag”, in which she rapped, “Lil’ bitch, I heard these labels tryna make another me/Everything you getting, little hoe, is cause of me”—Minaj [[Tweet (social media)|tweeted]] that she had written her verse two months prior to the song’s release and denied that it was in response to Cardi B’s performance with Ma.<ref name=”WMadeUp”>{{cite web |last1=Munzenrieder |first1=Kyle |title=All The Times Nicki Minaj and Cardi B Have Denied a Feud |url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/cardi-b-nicki-minaj-feud |website=[[W (magazine)|W]] |access-date=October 8, 2025 |date=April 11, 2018}}</ref><ref name=”NMETimeline”>{{cite web |last1=Hunt |first1=El |title=Cardi B and Nicki Minaj’s feud – a blow-by-blow account |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/timeline-cardi-b-nicki-minajs-ongoing-feud-2395194 |website=[[NME]] |access-date=October 6, 2025 |date=October 31, 2018}}</ref> Cardi B’s feature on the [[G-Eazy]] song “[[No Limit (G-Eazy song)|No Limit]]”, released later that year, featured the verse “Can you stop with all the subs?/Bitch, I ain’t [[Jared Fogle|Jared]],” which was assumed to be a response to Minaj.<ref name=”Congrats”>{{cite web |last1=Lamarre |first1=Carl |title=Nicki Minaj Congratulates Cardi B on ‘Bodak Yellow’ Topping Hot 100, Cardi B Responds |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/nicki-minaj-cardi-b-bodak-yellow-congratulations/ |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=October 6, 2025 |date=September 25, 2017}}</ref> She stated in an interview with the radio show ”[[The Breakfast Club (radio show)|The Breakfast Club]]” that the verse was directed at women from her old neighborhood rather than toward Minaj, whom she had previously spoken with.<ref name=”BBTL” /> “Bodak Yellow” topped the [[Billboard Hot 100|”Billboard” Hot 100]] in September 2017, making Cardi B the first solo female rapper to peak at number one on the chart in 19 years, when [[Lauryn Hill]] did.<ref name=”NMEMS”>{{cite web |last1=Thomas |first1=Helen Meriel |title=Migos, Nicki Minaj and Cardi B release new track ‘MotorSport’ |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/migos-nicki-minaj-cardi-b-release-new-track-motorsport-2154082 |website=[[NME]] |access-date=October 6, 2025 |date=October 27, 2017}}</ref> Minaj soon posted a congratulatory [[Tweet (social media)|tweet]] addressed to Cardi B, calling it “a RECORD BREAKING achievement”.<ref name=”Congrats” />

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</ref> Cardi B stated in an interview on ”[[The Howard Stern Show]]” soon after that the photo showed them speaking about a “misunderstanding” and that they had never had a feud.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Cierra |title=Cardi B On Nicki Minaj: ‘There Was A Misunderstanding’ |url=https://www.vibe.com/music/music-news/cardi-b-addresses-beef-with-nicki-minaj-584806/ |website=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]] |access-date=October 8, 2025 |date=May 9, 2018}}</ref> In August 2018, Minaj said on her Beats 1 radio show ”Queen Radio” that she “didn’t know Cardi and I had an issue” and that she “may have taken an issue with things that I’ve said”, though she did not specify what they were.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nicki Minaj Addresses Long-Running Cardi B Feud In Awkward New Interview |url=https://www.capitalxtra.com/artists/cardi-b/news/cardi-b-feud-interview-queen-album/ |publisher=[[Capital Xtra]] |access-date=October 17, 2025 |date=August 17, 2018}}</ref> Also that month, Minaj got into a separate feud with reality television personality DJ Self, who was also Cardi B’s former costar on ”[[Love & Hip Hop: New York]]”, after he posted on Instagram that Cardi B had “the best female album out”, which he later deleted.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mojica |first1=Nick |title=Nicki Minaj and DJ Self Get Into Heated Exchange on Social Media |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/nicki-minaj-dj-self-heated-exchange-on-social-media/ |website=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]] |access-date=October 17, 2025 |date=August 14, 2018}}</ref> Minaj responded, alleging that he had previously been dissing Cardi B to try and earn Minaj’s favor and that he had been spreading rumors about Cardi B to Minaj.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Montgomery |first1=Sarah Jasmine |title=DJ Self Speaks on Nicki Beef: ‘I Don’t Have Any Relationship With Her at All’ |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/alex-montrose/dj-self-nicki-beef-dont-have-any-relationship |website=[[Complex Networks|Complex]] |access-date=October 17, 2025 |date=August 15, 2018}}</ref>

</ref> Cardi B stated in an interview on ”[[The Howard Stern Show]]” soon after that the photo showed them speaking about a “misunderstanding” and that they had never had a feud.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Cierra |title=Cardi B On Nicki Minaj: ‘There Was A Misunderstanding’ |url=https://www.vibe.com/music/music-news/cardi-b-addresses-beef-with-nicki-minaj-584806/ |website=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]] |access-date=October 8, 2025 |date=May 9, 2018}}</ref> In August 2018, Minaj said on her Beats 1 radio show ”Queen Radio” that she “didn’t know Cardi and I had an issue” and that she “may have taken an issue with things that I’ve said”, though she did not specify what they were.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nicki Minaj Addresses Long-Running Cardi B Feud In Awkward New Interview |url=https://www.capitalxtra.com/artists/cardi-b/news/cardi-b-feud-interview-queen-album/ |publisher=[[Capital Xtra]] |access-date=October 17, 2025 |date=August 17, 2018}}</ref> Also that month, Minaj got into a separate feud with reality television personality DJ Self, who was also Cardi B’s former costar on ”[[Love & Hip Hop: New York]]”, after he posted on Instagram that Cardi B had “the best female album out”, which he later deleted.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mojica |first1=Nick |title=Nicki Minaj and DJ Self Get Into Heated Exchange on Social Media |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/nicki-minaj-dj-self-heated-exchange-on-social-media/ |website=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]] |access-date=October 17, 2025 |date=August 14, 2018}}</ref> Minaj responded, alleging that he had previously been dissing Cardi B to try and earn Minaj’s favor and that he had been spreading rumors about Cardi B to Minaj.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Montgomery |first1=Sarah Jasmine |title=DJ Self Speaks on Nicki Beef: ‘I Don’t Have Any Relationship With Her at All’ |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/alex-montrose/dj-self-nicki-beef-dont-have-any-relationship |website=[[Complex Networks|Complex]] |access-date=October 17, 2025 |date=August 15, 2018}}</ref>

On September 7, 2018, during [[Christina Aguilera]]’s performance at ”[[Harper’s Bazaar]]”{{‘}}s invite-only “Icons” party at the [[Plaza Hotel]] for [[New York Fashion Week]], Cardi B lunged at Minaj as she was leaving. In a video of the altercation, Cardi B yelled “Bitch, come here!” and “I will fuck you up!” at Minaj and threw a red shoe at reality television personality Rah Ali, Minaj’s friend and one of Cardi B’s co-stars on ”[[Love & Hip Hop: New York]]”, before being escorted out of the building with a large bump over her eye.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cardi B and Nicki Minaj feud turns physical at New York party |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-45457932 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |access-date=October 8, 2025 |date=September 8, 2018}}</ref><ref name=”recapping” /> A photo of her walking out of the party with the knot on her head soon went viral online.<ref name=”BBTL”>{{cite web |last1=Saponara |first1=Michael |last2=Diaz |first2=Angel |title=A Timeline of Nicki Minaj & Cardi B’s Relationship |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/nicki-minaj-cardi-b-timeline/ |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=October 19, 2025 |date=October 1, 2025}}</ref> Cardi B soon posted on Instagram, alleging that the fight was prompted by Minaj liking comments about her abilities as a mother and speaking about her daughter, Kulture, whom she had given birth to two months prior.<ref name=”RSP” /> She also claimed in the post that Minaj had tried to “stop [her] bags” by lying about her and threatening not to work with artists who worked with her.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goldstein |first1=Joelle |last2=Kanter |first2=Sharon |title=Cardi B Left Injured After Trying to Fight Nicki Minaj at New York Fashion Week Party |url=https://people.com/music/cardi-b-fight-nicki-minaj-new-york-fashion-week-party/ |website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=October 17, 2025 |date=September 8, 2018}}</ref> Two days later, Minaj denied talking about Kulture, stating on ”Queen Radio”, “I would never talk about anyone’s child or parenting.”<ref>{{cite web |title=Nicki Minaj ‘mortified’ by Cardi B scuffle |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-45481266 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |access-date=October 17, 2025 |date=September 11, 2018}}</ref> She also described the fight as “mortifying” and “humiliating” and called Cardi B a “disgusting pig” whose career had been bolstered by “sympathy and [[payola]]”.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Coe |first1=Kairi |title=Nicki Minaj Blasts Cardi B on Queen Radio After NYFW Incident |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/nicki-minaj-blasts-cardi-b-queen-radio/ |website=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]] |access-date=October 17, 2025 |date=September 10, 2018}}</ref>

On September 7, 2018, during [[Christina Aguilera]]’s performance at ”[[Harper’s Bazaar]]”{{‘}}s invite-only “Icons” party at the [[Plaza Hotel]] for [[New York Fashion Week]], Cardi B lunged at Minaj as she was leaving. In a video of the altercation, Cardi B yelled “Bitch, come here!” and “I will fuck you up!” at Minaj and threw a red shoe at reality television personality Rah Ali, Minaj’s friend and one of Cardi B’s co-stars on ”[[Love & Hip Hop: New York]]” escorted out of the building with a large bump over her eye.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cardi B and Nicki Minaj feud turns physical at New York party |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-45457932 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |access-date=October 8, 2025 |date=September 8, 2018}}</ref><ref name=”recapping” /> A photo of her walking out of the party with the knot on her head soon went viral online.<ref name=”BBTL”>{{cite web |last1=Saponara |first1=Michael |last2=Diaz |first2=Angel |title=A Timeline of Nicki Minaj & Cardi B’s Relationship |url=https://www.billboard.com/lists/nicki-minaj-cardi-b-timeline/ |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=October 19, 2025 |date=October 1, 2025}}</ref> Cardi B soon posted on Instagram, alleging that the fight was prompted by Minaj liking comments about her abilities as a mother and speaking about her daughter, Kulture, whom she had given birth to two months prior.<ref name=”RSP” /> She also claimed in the post that Minaj had tried to “stop [her] bags” by lying about her and threatening not to work with artists who worked with her.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Goldstein |first1=Joelle |last2=Kanter |first2=Sharon |title=Cardi B Left Injured After Trying to Fight Nicki Minaj at New York Fashion Week Party |url=https://people.com/music/cardi-b-fight-nicki-minaj-new-york-fashion-week-party/ |website=[[People (magazine)|People]] |access-date=October 17, 2025 |date=September 8, 2018}}</ref> Two days later, Minaj denied talking about Kulture, stating on ”Queen Radio”, “I would never talk about anyone’s child or parenting.”<ref>{{cite web |title=Nicki Minaj ‘mortified’ by Cardi B scuffle |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-45481266 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |access-date=October 17, 2025 |date=September 11, 2018}}</ref> She also described the fight as “mortifying” and “humiliating” and called Cardi B a “disgusting pig” whose career had been bolstered by “sympathy and [[payola]]”.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Coe |first1=Kairi |title=Nicki Minaj Blasts Cardi B on Queen Radio After NYFW Incident |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/nicki-minaj-blasts-cardi-b-queen-radio/ |website=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]] |access-date=October 17, 2025 |date=September 10, 2018}}</ref>

===2025: Twitter fight===

===2025: Twitter fight===

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On September 29, 2025, Minaj tweeted “$4.99″, the sale price of the album on [[iTunes]], implying that the album’s success had been overstated and inflated by discounts.<ref name=”RSExchange”>{{cite web |last1=Ihaza |first1=Jeff |title=Nicki Minaj and Cardi B Are Exchanging Incendiary Tweets — And It’s Escalating Quickly |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/nicki-minaj-cardi-b-twitter-feud-1235438830/ |website=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=October 10, 2025 |date=October 1, 2025}}</ref> In another set of tweets that day, she parodied the lyrics of the album’s track “Magnet” to mock Cardi B’s pregnancy—calling her “[[Barney (franchise)|Barney]] B” and [[Artificial intelligence visual art|AI-generating]] several photos of Cardi B as the character—and album sales, and to accuse Cardi B of having [[human papillomavirus]] (HPV) and getting surgery to look like Minaj.<ref name=”N24Fire” /> Cardi B responded with a tweet also parodying the lyrics, which referenced Minaj’s husband, Kenneth Petty, being a registered sex offender, and her brother, Jelani Maraj, being sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting his 11-year-old stepdaughter.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Squires |first1=Bethy |title=Why Are Nicki Minaj and Cardi B Fighting Now? |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/nicki-minaj-cardi-b-feud.html |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]] |access-date=October 8, 2025 |date=October 3, 2025}}</ref> In a series of tweets that followed the next day, Cardi B accused Minaj of having [[Oxycodone|Percocet]]-related fertility issues; called her “Cocaine Barbie”; and wrote that Minaj compared her own commercial success to Cardi B’s instead of that of [[Rihanna]], [[Taylor Swift]], [[Drake]], or other artists who started their careers around the same time as Minaj because she was “doing lower than all of them”.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Corrine |first1=Amber |title=Cardi B And Nicki Minaj Trade Subliminal Low Blows Online… Again |url=https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/cardi-b-nicki-minaj-subliminal-low-blows-online-1235128540/ |website=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]] |access-date=October 8, 2025 |date=September 30, 2025}}</ref> She also responded to Minaj threatening physical violence against her sister, influencer [[Hennessy Carolina]], by telling her to “drop the addy right now”.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ocho |first1=Alex |title=Cardi B Snaps at Nicki Minaj: ‘Past Words…Today Gonna Be the Day I Go to Jail’ |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/alex-ocho/cardi-b-snaps-nicki-minaj-past-words-today-gonna-be-the-day-jail |website=[[Complex Networks|Complex]] |access-date=October 10, 2025 |date=October 1, 2025}}</ref>

On September 29, 2025, Minaj tweeted “$4.99″, the sale price of the album on [[iTunes]], implying that the album’s success had been overstated and inflated by discounts.<ref name=”RSExchange”>{{cite web |last1=Ihaza |first1=Jeff |title=Nicki Minaj and Cardi B Are Exchanging Incendiary Tweets — And It’s Escalating Quickly |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/nicki-minaj-cardi-b-twitter-feud-1235438830/ |website=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=October 10, 2025 |date=October 1, 2025}}</ref> In another set of tweets that day, she parodied the lyrics of the album’s track “Magnet” to mock Cardi B’s pregnancy—calling her “[[Barney (franchise)|Barney]] B” and [[Artificial intelligence visual art|AI-generating]] several photos of Cardi B as the character—and album sales, and to accuse Cardi B of having [[human papillomavirus]] (HPV) and getting surgery to look like Minaj.<ref name=”N24Fire” /> Cardi B responded with a tweet also parodying the lyrics, which referenced Minaj’s husband, Kenneth Petty, being a registered sex offender, and her brother, Jelani Maraj, being sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting his 11-year-old stepdaughter.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Squires |first1=Bethy |title=Why Are Nicki Minaj and Cardi B Fighting Now? |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/nicki-minaj-cardi-b-feud.html |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]] |access-date=October 8, 2025 |date=October 3, 2025}}</ref> In a series of tweets that followed the next day, Cardi B accused Minaj of having [[Oxycodone|Percocet]]-related fertility issues; called her “Cocaine Barbie”; and wrote that Minaj compared her own commercial success to Cardi B’s instead of that of [[Rihanna]], [[Taylor Swift]], [[Drake]], or other artists who started their careers around the same time as Minaj because she was “doing lower than all of them”.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Corrine |first1=Amber |title=Cardi B And Nicki Minaj Trade Subliminal Low Blows Online… Again |url=https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/cardi-b-nicki-minaj-subliminal-low-blows-online-1235128540/ |website=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]] |access-date=October 8, 2025 |date=September 30, 2025}}</ref> She also responded to Minaj threatening physical violence against her sister, influencer [[Hennessy Carolina]], by telling her to “drop the addy right now”.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ocho |first1=Alex |title=Cardi B Snaps at Nicki Minaj: ‘Past Words…Today Gonna Be the Day I Go to Jail’ |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/alex-ocho/cardi-b-snaps-nicki-minaj-past-words-today-gonna-be-the-day-jail |website=[[Complex Networks|Complex]] |access-date=October 10, 2025 |date=October 1, 2025}}</ref>

The next day, Minaj called Cardi B’s then–seven-year-old daughter, whom she referred to as “Kulture Vulture”, “ugly” and said she would “kick [her] gums back into formation”, and called her youngest daughter Blossom a “monkey and a roach”.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Corrine |first1=Amber |title=Cardi B Responds To Nicki Minaj’s ‘Backhanded’ Apology After Calling Daughter Kulture ‘Ugly’ |url=https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/cardi-b-responds-nicki-minaj-apology-daughter-ugly-1235129501/ |website=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]] |access-date=October 8, 2025 |date=October 3, 2025}}</ref> She also repeatedly criticized [[Jay-Z]] throughout the argument, at one point telling him to “take off that fucking lace front”. Cardi B responded by calling Minaj’s son, whom she gave birth to with Petty in 2020 and referred to as “Papa Bear” in public, “slow”, alleged that Minaj’s drug use had made him [[Nonverbal autism|nonverbal]], and joked that his “fav color is 5″.<ref name=”RSP” /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Boogie |first1=Aqua |title=Nicki Minaj and Cardi B’s Feud Gets Ugly As Kids Are Pulled Into The Drama |url=https://www.rap-up.com/article/cardi-b-and-nicki-minaj-drag-children-into-beef |website=[[Rap-Up]] |access-date=October 8, 2025 |date=October 1, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Dunworth |first1=Liberty |title=Cardi B reignites Nicki Minaj feud with age gap barb, as well as threatening to beat up Ice Spice in leaked call |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/cardi-b-reignites-nicki-minaj-feud-with-age-gap-barb-as-well-as-threatening-to-beat-up-ice-spice-in-leaked-call-3896555 |website=[[NME]] |access-date=October 8, 2025 |date=October 1, 2025}}</ref> Minaj called for a boycott of any company affiliated with Cardi B within three days based on her “disgusting remarks about children”, specifically calling out [[Walmart]] and [[DoorDash]], and criticized [[TMZ]] founder [[Harvey Levin]] for TMZ’s coverage of the feud.<ref name=”BoycWild”>{{cite web |last1=Ocho |first1=Alex |title=Nicki Minaj Calls for Boycott Over ‘Disgusting Remarks About Children’ Amid Wild Cardi B Exchange |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/alex-ocho/nicki-minaj-urges-fans-boycott-companies-cardi-b-beef |website=[[Complex Networks|Complex]] |access-date=October 8, 2025 |date=October 1, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Oatman |first1=Alexis |title=Nicki Minaj Fires Off On TMZ Founder, Harvey Levin: ‘Your Time Is Up’ |url=https://www.hot97.com/news/nicki-minaj-fires-off-on-tmz-founder-harvey-levin-your-time-is-up/ |publisher=[[WQHT|Hot 97]] |access-date=October 8, 2025 |date=October 4, 2025}}</ref>

The next day, Minaj called Cardi B’s then–seven-year-old daughter, whom she referred to as “Kulture Vulture”, ugly she would “kick [her] gums back into formation”, and called her youngest daughter Blossom a “monkey and a roach”.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Corrine |first1=Amber |title=Cardi B Responds To Nicki Minaj’s ‘Backhanded’ Apology After Calling Daughter Kulture ‘Ugly’ |url=https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/cardi-b-responds-nicki-minaj-apology-daughter-ugly-1235129501/ |website=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]] |access-date=October 8, 2025 |date=October 3, 2025}}</ref> She also repeatedly criticized [[Jay-Z]] throughout the argument, at one point telling him to “take off that fucking lace front”. Cardi B responded by calling Minaj’s son, whom she gave birth to with Petty in 2020 and referred to as “Papa Bear” in public, “slow”, alleged that Minaj’s drug use had made him [[Nonverbal autism|nonverbal]], and joked that his “fav color is 5″.<ref name=”RSP” /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Boogie |first1=Aqua |title=Nicki Minaj and Cardi B’s Feud Gets Ugly As Kids Are Pulled Into The Drama |url=https://www.rap-up.com/article/cardi-b-and-nicki-minaj-drag-children-into-beef |website=[[Rap-Up]] |access-date=October 8, 2025 |date=October 1, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Dunworth |first1=Liberty |title=Cardi B reignites Nicki Minaj feud with age gap barb, as well as threatening to beat up Ice Spice in leaked call |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/cardi-b-reignites-nicki-minaj-feud-with-age-gap-barb-as-well-as-threatening-to-beat-up-ice-spice-in-leaked-call-3896555 |website=[[NME]] |access-date=October 8, 2025 |date=October 1, 2025}}</ref> Minaj called for a boycott of any company affiliated with Cardi B within three days based on her “disgusting remarks about children”, specifically calling out [[Walmart]] and [[DoorDash]], and criticized [[TMZ]] founder [[Harvey Levin]] for TMZ’s coverage of the feud.<ref name=”BoycWild”>{{cite web |last1=Ocho |first1=Alex |title=Nicki Minaj Calls for Boycott Over ‘Disgusting Remarks About Children’ Amid Wild Cardi B Exchange |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/alex-ocho/nicki-minaj-urges-fans-boycott-companies-cardi-b-beef |website=[[Complex Networks|Complex]] |access-date=October 8, 2025 |date=October 1, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Oatman |first1=Alexis |title=Nicki Minaj Fires Off On TMZ Founder, Harvey Levin: ‘Your Time Is Up’ |url=https://www.hot97.com/news/nicki-minaj-fires-off-on-tmz-founder-harvey-levin-your-time-is-up/ |publisher=[[WQHT|Hot 97]] |access-date=October 8, 2025 |date=October 4, 2025}}</ref>

Minaj tweeted an apology to Kulture the following day, writing that she “did all of this for a bigger purpose” but that Kulture was “an innocent child & [did not] deserve any of this”. Twitter users criticized it as a [[non-apology apology]] and Cardi B responded with a facetious apology toward Minaj’s son, calling him “Papa Perc” and writing that she hoped he could “overcome the pedophilia blood you inherited from you your grandfather, father and uncle” and would not “hate me when you grow up cause your mommy rather give me more attention than she gives you”, followed by her telling Minaj not to give her a “backhanded apology”.<ref name=”BBBackhand”>{{cite web |last1=Saponara |first1=Michael |title=Cardi B Tells Nicki Minaj to ‘Keep My Child Name Out Your Mouth’ Following ‘Backhanded Apology’ |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/cardi-b-slams-nicki-minaj-apology-kulture-1236081585/ |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=October 10, 2025 |date=October 3, 2025}}</ref> She then posted that she “need[ed] to chill” and was done being “in Vietnam” with Minaj but that she would return.<ref name=”DoneViet”>{{cite web |last1=Corrine |first1=Amber |title=Cardi B Says She’s Done Going ‘To Vietnam’ With Nicki Minaj For Now: ‘Have Y’all Fun’ |url=https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/cardi-b-done-going-to-vietnam-nicki-minaj-have-fun-1235129738/ |website=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]] |access-date=October 10, 2025 |date=October 3, 2025}}</ref>

Minaj tweeted an apology to Kulture the following day, writing that she “did all of this for a bigger purpose” but that Kulture was “an innocent child & [did not] deserve any of this”. Twitter users criticized it as a [[non-apology apology]] and Cardi B responded with a facetious apology toward Minaj’s son, calling him “Papa Perc” and writing that she hoped he could “overcome the pedophilia blood you inherited from you your grandfather, father and uncle” and would not “hate me when you grow up cause your mommy rather give me more attention than she gives you”, followed by her telling Minaj not to give her a “backhanded apology”.<ref name=”BBBackhand”>{{cite web |last1=Saponara |first1=Michael |title=Cardi B Tells Nicki Minaj to ‘Keep My Child Name Out Your Mouth’ Following ‘Backhanded Apology’ |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/cardi-b-slams-nicki-minaj-apology-kulture-1236081585/ |website=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=October 10, 2025 |date=October 3, 2025}}</ref> She then posted that she “need[ed] to chill” and was done being “in Vietnam” with Minaj but that she would return.<ref name=”DoneViet”>{{cite web |last1=Corrine |first1=Amber |title=Cardi B Says She’s Done Going ‘To Vietnam’ With Nicki Minaj For Now: ‘Have Y’all Fun’ |url=https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/cardi-b-done-going-to-vietnam-nicki-minaj-have-fun-1235129738/ |website=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]] |access-date=October 10, 2025 |date=October 3, 2025}}</ref>

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In 2025, Moises Mendez II of ”[[Out (magazine)|Out]]” retrospectively called their New York Fashion Week altercation “infamous”.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mendez II |first1=Moises |title=Cardi B and Nicki Minaj are fighting on social media (again) |url=https://www.out.com/celebs/cardi-b-nicki-minaj-new-social-media-feud-explained |website=[[Out (magazine)|Out]] |access-date=October 8, 2025 |date=September 30, 2025}}</ref>

In 2025, Moises Mendez II of ”[[Out (magazine)|Out]]” retrospectively called their New York Fashion Week altercation “infamous”.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mendez II |first1=Moises |title=Cardi B and Nicki Minaj are fighting on social media (again) |url=https://www.out.com/celebs/cardi-b-nicki-minaj-new-social-media-feud-explained |website=[[Out (magazine)|Out]] |access-date=October 8, 2025 |date=September 30, 2025}}</ref>

During their 2025 feud on Twitter, [[Charleston White]] expressed support for Minaj and accused Cardi of “fuck[ing] her way to the top”.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Turner-Williams |first1=Jaelani |title=Charleston White Sides With ‘Queen’ Nicki Minaj In Cardi B Feud: ‘She Did Not F**k Her Way to the Top’ |url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/jaelaniturnerwilliams/charleston-white-sides-with-nicki-minaj-in-cardi-b-feud |website=[[Complex Networks|Complex]] |access-date=October 8, 2025 |date=October 4, 2025}}</ref> After remaining neutral on the feud since its start, [[50 Cent]] posted on [[Instagram]] in 2025 that he hoped it would end soon due to the dangerous nature of the things both rappers were posting about one another.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cho |first1=Regina |title=50 Cent Weighs In On Cardi B And Nicki Minaj Feud With Concern |url=https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/50-cent-cardi-b-nicki-minaj-beef-response-1235129720/ |website=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]] |access-date=October 10, 2025 |date=October 3, 2025}}</ref> Users on [[TikTok]] and [[Threads (social network)|Threads]] showed support for Cardi B and largely expressed disappointment in Minaj.<ref name=”RootUgly”>{{cite web |last1=Towolali |first1=B. Kadijat |title=Cardi B and Nicki Minaj Beef Explained |url=https://www.theroot.com/the-ugly-allegations-behind-cardi-b-and-nicki-minaj-s-n-2000065687 |website=[[The Root (magazine)|The Root]] |access-date=October 8, 2025 |date=October 3, 2025}}</ref> Pie Gonzaga of ”[[Rolling Stone|Rolling Stone Philippines]]” called the feud’s reescalation potentially “the biggest and nastiest celebrity Twitter feud in a long time”, while Amber Corrine of ”[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]” wrote that the feud showed them both “stoop[ing] to new lows”.<ref name=”RSP”>{{cite web |last1=Gonzaga |first1=Pie |title=Nicki Minaj and Cardi B Reignite Years-Long Feud on X |url=https://rollingstonephilippines.com/culture/internet-culture/nicki-minaj-cardi-b-feud/ |website=[[Rolling Stone|Rolling Stone Philippines]] |access-date=October 10, 2025 |date=October 3, 2025}}</ref>

During their 2025 feud on Twitter, [[Charleston White]] expressed support for Minaj and accused Cardi of “fuck[ing] her way to the top”.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Turner-Williams |first1=Jaelani |title=Charleston White Sides With ‘Queen’ Nicki Minaj In Cardi B Feud: ‘She Did Not F**k Her Way to the Top’ |url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/jaelaniturnerwilliams/charleston-white-sides-with-nicki-minaj-in-cardi-b-feud |website=[[Complex Networks|Complex]] |access-date=October 8, 2025 |date=October 4, 2025}}</ref> After remaining neutral on the feud since its start, [[50 Cent]] posted on [[Instagram]] in 2025 that he hoped it would end soon due to the dangerous nature of the things both rappers were posting about one another.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cho |first1=Regina |title=50 Cent Weighs In On Cardi B And Nicki Minaj Feud With Concern |url=https://www.vibe.com/news/entertainment/50-cent-cardi-b-nicki-minaj-beef-response-1235129720/ |website=[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]] |access-date=October 10, 2025 |date=October 3, 2025}}</ref> Users on [[TikTok]] and [[Threads (social network)|Threads]] showed support for Cardi B and largely expressed disappointment in Minaj.<ref name=”RootUgly”>{{cite web |last1=Towolali |first1=B. Kadijat |title=Cardi B and Nicki Minaj Beef Explained |url=https://www.theroot.com/the-ugly-allegations-behind-cardi-b-and-nicki-minaj-s-n-2000065687 |website=[[The Root (magazine)|The Root]] |access-date=October 8, 2025 |date=October 3, 2025}}</ref> Pie Gonzaga of ”[[Rolling Stone|Rolling Stone Philippines]]” called the feud’s reescalation potentially “the biggest and nastiest celebrity Twitter feud in a long time”, while Amber Corrine of ”[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]” wrote that the feud showed them both “stoop[ing] to new lows”.<ref name=”RSP”>{{cite web |last1=Gonzaga |first1=Pie |title=Nicki Minaj and Cardi B Reignite Years-Long Feud on X |url=https://rollingstonephilippines.com/culture/internet-culture/nicki-minaj-cardi-b-feud/ |website=[[Rolling Stone|Rolling Stone Philippines]] |access-date=October 10, 2025 |date=October 3, 2025}}</ref>

The hosts of ”The Breakfast Club” criticized Minaj’s exchanges with Cardi B, with both [[Charlamagne Tha God]] and Jess Hilarious saying that they made her seem “miserable”. Minaj responded in a tweet, in which she called the hosts “very nasty” and tagged President [[Donald Trump]] to ask him to put them in prison.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Price |first1=Joe |title=Nicki Minaj Blasts ‘Very Nasty’ ‘Breakfast Club’ Hosts After They Criticize Her Cardi B Attacks |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/backwoodsaltar/nicki-minaj-breakfast-club-very-nasty-cardi-b-comments |website=[[Complex Networks|Complex]] |access-date=October 10, 2025 |date=October 1, 2025}}</ref> Charlamagne Tha God labeled Minaj the show’s “Donkey of the Day” in the following day’s episode, saying that she had “stank and nasty” energy and went from “inspiring a generation of young women to hating on [them]” because of her “unhealed trauma”.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Stereo |title=Charlemagne Responds To Nicki MInaj: “Your Energy Is Just Stank and Nasty’ |url=https://www.okayplayer.com/charlamagne-responds-to-nicki-minaj-your-energy-is-just-stank-and-nasty/1413130 |website=[[Okayplayer]] |access-date=October 10, 2025 |date=October 3, 2025}}</ref>

The hosts of ”The Breakfast Club” criticized Minaj’s exchanges with Cardi B, with both [[Charlamagne Tha God]] and Jess Hilarious saying that they made her seem “miserable”. Minaj responded in a tweet, in which she called the hosts “very nasty” and tagged President [[Donald Trump]] to ask him to put them in prison.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Price |first1=Joe |title=Nicki Minaj Blasts ‘Very Nasty’ ‘Breakfast Club’ Hosts After They Criticize Her Cardi B Attacks |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/backwoodsaltar/nicki-minaj-breakfast-club-very-nasty-cardi-b-comments |website=[[Complex Networks|Complex]] |access-date=October 10, 2025 |date=October 1, 2025}}</ref> Charlamagne Tha God labeled Minaj the show’s “Donkey of the Day” in the following day’s episode, saying that she had “stank and nasty” energy and went from “inspiring a generation of young women to hating on [them]” because of her “unhealed trauma”.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Stereo |title=Charlemagne Responds To Nicki MInaj: “Your Energy Is Just Stank and Nasty’ |url=https://www.okayplayer.com/charlamagne-responds-to-nicki-minaj-your-energy-is-just-stank-and-nasty/1413130 |website=[[Okayplayer]] |access-date=October 10, 2025 |date=October 3, 2025}}</ref>

==References==

==References==

Nicki Minaj–Cardi B feud
Nicki Minaj in 2017 Cardi B in 2024
Date	c. 2017–present
Medium	Social media, physical fighting
Status	Ongoing

Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj and American rapper Cardi B have been involved in a highly publicized feud since around 2017.

As Cardi B’s song “Bodak Yellow” rose to popularity in 2017, rumors of a feud between her and Minaj began circulating. Both rappers’ guest verses on songs released that year were alleged to be disses toward one another, which they both denied. They were both featured on the 2017 Migos song “MotorSport“; the two appearing separately in its music video and interviews about Minaj’s verse on the song furthered discussions of a feud between them. In September 2018, Cardi B and Minaj got into a physical altercation at a New York Fashion Week party, which left Cardi B with a welt on her head and attracted widespread media attention.

Following the release of Cardi B’s second studio album Am I the Drama? (2025), the feud was reignited when Minaj tweeted insults toward Cardi B regarding her pregnancy and her album sales. This led to a dayslong back-and-forth between them, during which Minaj called Cardi B’s daughter Kulture “ugly” and called for a boycott of brands affiliated with her, to which Cardi B responded by calling Minaj’s son “slow” and alleging that he was nonverbal due to her drug use.

American rapper Cardi B first rose to international fame starting in 2017 with the release of her song “Bodak Yellow“. During Trinidadian rapper Nicki Minaj‘s feud with fellow rapper Remy Ma and following the release of Ma’s song “Shether“, a diss track against Minaj, Cardi B performed the song “U.N.I.T.Y.” with Ma during her 2017 performance at Summer Jam. Rumors of a feud between Cardi B and Minaj soon began circulating on social media as “Bodak Yellow” rose in popularity, fueled by Minaj’s verse on the 2017 London on da Track song “No Flag”, in which she rapped, “Lil’ bitch, I heard these labels tryna make another me/Everything you getting, little hoe, is cause of me”—Minaj tweeted that she had written her verse two months prior to the song’s release and denied that it was in response to Cardi B’s performance with Ma.^[1][2] Cardi B’s feature on the G-Eazy song “No Limit“, released later that year, featured the verse “Can you stop with all the subs?/Bitch, I ain’t Jared,” which was assumed to be a response to Minaj.^[3] She stated in an interview with the radio show The Breakfast Club that the verse was directed at women from her old neighborhood rather than toward Minaj, whom she had previously spoken with.^[4] “Bodak Yellow” topped the Billboard Hot 100 in September 2017, making Cardi B the first solo female rapper to peak at number one on the chart in 19 years, when Lauryn Hill did.^[5] Minaj soon posted a congratulatory tweet addressed to Cardi B, calling it “a RECORD BREAKING achievement”.^[3]

Minaj and Cardi B collaborated on the Migos song “MotorSport“, which was released in December 2017 with a music video as a single from the group’s 2018 album Culture II.^[5] The two rappers’ verses were believed by fans to be disses toward one another.^[6] Both denied these claims, with Cardi B stating in an interview with Complex that “people just want that drama” and that fans “wouldn’t even be satisfied even if me and [Nicki] was making out” and Minaj agreeing with her in a tweet.^[7] A lyric from Minaj’s original verse (“If Cardi the QB, I’m Nick Lombardi”) was also changed to replace Cardi B’s name with Quavo‘s. Cardi B said in a Capital Xtra interview prior to the song’s release that Minaj’s verse was not finished when she was first asked by Quavo to join the song.^[8][9] Minaj alleged on Twitter the following year that Atlantic Records, Cardi B’s record label, had asked her to remove Cardi B’s name from her verse per her request.^[10] The two did not appear onscreen together in the video, which was noted by fans, though Quavo later said in an interview with Ebro Darden that he attempted to get them to.^[11] Minaj claimed in 2018 that it was because her hairstylist, Tokyo Stylez, had a scheduling conflict the day of the video shoot.^[12]

Cardi B released her debut studio album, Invasion of Privacy, in April 2018, followed a week later by Minaj releasing the singles “Barbie Tingz“, “Chun-Li“, and “Anybody“, which she dubbed “#NickiDay”; Clayton Purdom of The A.V. Club surmised that the singles were Minaj’s “passive aggressive” way of “stepping on [Cardi B’s] release window”.^[13] Also that month, Minaj said in an interview with Beats 1 that she had been “really, really hurt” by Cardi B’s lack of public support and “genuine love” toward her, citing her 2017 Capital Xtra interview as an example, and that Cardi B should have been more enthusiastic to have collaborated with her.^[8][14] The interview further fueled rumors of their feud.^[15] In another Beats 1 interview soon after, Cardi B said that the feud had been fabricated by fans online due to their being entertained by “see[ing] people beef”.^[16]

Three photographs of Minaj and Cardi B conversing at the 2018 Met Gala briefly squashed rumors of a feud between the two.^[17] Cardi B stated in an interview on The Howard Stern Show soon after that the photo showed them speaking about a “misunderstanding” and that they had never had a feud.^[18] In August 2018, Minaj said on her Beats 1 radio show Queen Radio that she “didn’t know Cardi and I had an issue” and that she “may have taken an issue with things that I’ve said”, though she did not specify what they were.^[19] Also that month, Minaj got into a separate feud with reality television personality DJ Self, who was also Cardi B’s former costar on Love & Hip Hop: New York, after he posted on Instagram that Cardi B had “the best female album out”, which he later deleted.^[20] Minaj responded, alleging that he had previously been dissing Cardi B to try and earn Minaj’s favor and that he had been spreading rumors about Cardi B to Minaj.^[21]

On September 7, 2018, during Christina Aguilera‘s performance at Harper’s Bazaar‘s invite-only “Icons” party at the Plaza Hotel for New York Fashion Week, Cardi B lunged at Minaj as she was leaving. In a video of the altercation, Cardi B yelled “Bitch, come here!” and “I will fuck you up!” at Minaj and threw a red shoe at reality television personality Rah Ali, Minaj’s friend and one of Cardi B’s co-stars on Love & Hip Hop: New York. She was escorted out of the building with a large bump over her eye, the result of one of Minaj’s security guards elbowing her in the face.^[22][9][23] A photo of her walking out of the party with the knot on her head soon went viral online.^[4] Cardi B soon posted on Instagram, alleging that the attempted fight was prompted by Minaj liking comments about her abilities as a mother and speaking about her daughter, Kulture, whom she had given birth to two months prior.^[24] She also claimed in the post that Minaj had tried to “stop [her] bags” by lying about her and threatening not to work with artists who worked with her.^[25] Two days later, Minaj denied talking about Kulture, stating on Queen Radio, “I would never talk about anyone’s child or parenting.”^[26] She also described the fight as “mortifying” and “humiliating” and called Cardi B a “disgusting pig” whose career had been bolstered by “sympathy and payola“.^[27]

Cardi B’s second studio album, Am I the Drama?, was released on September 19, 2025. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and quickly became the best-performing album by a female rapper in history.^[28] By then, she was pregnant with her fourth child and her first with her boyfriend, football player Stefon Diggs.^[29]

On September 29, 2025, Minaj tweeted “$4.99”, the sale price of the album on iTunes, implying that the album’s success had been overstated and inflated by discounts.^[30] In another set of tweets that day, she parodied the lyrics of the album’s track “Magnet” to mock Cardi B’s pregnancy—calling her “Barney B” and AI-generating several photos of Cardi B as the character—and album sales, and to accuse Cardi B of having human papillomavirus (HPV) and getting surgery to look like Minaj.^[29] Cardi B responded with a tweet also parodying the lyrics, which referenced Minaj’s husband, Kenneth Petty, being a registered sex offender, and her brother, Jelani Maraj, being sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting his 11-year-old stepdaughter.^[31] In a series of tweets that followed the next day, Cardi B accused Minaj of having Percocet-related fertility issues; called her “Cocaine Barbie”; and wrote that Minaj compared her own commercial success to Cardi B’s instead of that of Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Drake, or other artists who started their careers around the same time as Minaj because she was “doing lower than all of them”.^[32] She also responded to Minaj threatening physical violence against her sister, influencer Hennessy Carolina, by telling her to “drop the addy right now”.^[33]

The next day, Minaj wrote that Cardi B should not have resorted to using fertility issues as a point of criticism. She then called Cardi B’s then–seven-year-old daughter, whom she referred to as “Kulture Vulture”, ugly, saying she would “kick [her] gums back into formation”, and also called her youngest daughter Blossom a “monkey and a roach”.^[34][35] She also repeatedly criticized Jay-Z throughout the argument and accused him of wearing a wig, at one point telling him to “take off that fucking lace front”.^[34] Cardi B responded by calling Minaj’s son, whom she gave birth to with Petty in 2020 and referred to as “Papa Bear” in public, “slow”, alleged that Minaj’s drug use had made him nonverbal, wrote that their argument was taking place during his birthday, and joked that his “fav color is 5”.^[24][36][37] She also claimed that Minaj had been diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.^[38] Minaj called for a boycott of any company affiliated with Cardi B within three days based on her “disgusting remarks about children”, specifically calling out Walmart and DoorDash, and criticized TMZ founder Harvey Levin for TMZ’s coverage of the feud.^[39][40] Cardi B tweeted a letter addressed to Minaj that she claimed would be her last response to her, in which she wrote that Minaj needed therapy to “heal that trauma”—alleging that her father sexually abused her as a child while using crack cocaine—and made claims that Petty encouraged her alleged drug use so that he could “max out [her] credit card” and “buy the hood chains” while she was passed out.^[4][41]

Minaj tweeted an apology to Kulture the following day, writing that she “did all of this for a bigger purpose” but that Kulture was “an innocent child & [did not] deserve any of this”. Twitter users criticized it as a non-apology apology and Cardi B responded with a facetious apology toward Minaj’s son, calling him “Papa Perc” and writing that she hoped he could “overcome the pedophilia blood you inherited from you your grandfather, father and uncle” and would not “hate me when you grow up cause your mommy rather give me more attention than she gives you”, followed by her telling Minaj not to give her a “backhanded apology”.^[28] She then posted that she “need[ed] to chill” and was done being “in Vietnam” with Minaj but that she would return.^[42]

For CNN, Deena Zaru wrote in early 2018 that the feud had been “made-up” by fans on social media. Radio personality Angela Yee described it at the time as “mak[ing] it seem like there can only be room for one woman to be an artist at a time in this hip-hop world”, while academic Treva Lindsey said of the feud that “mediocre and less than mediocre” male rappers were not put in competition with one another in the same way as female rappers, which she attributed to the patriarchy.^[43] In April 2018, Kyle Munzenrieder wrote for W that rumors of a feud between them were social media–led “conspiracy theories” spurred by it being the first time since 2001 that two female rappers were famous enough “where even random white moms at least recognize their name”.^[1]

In 2025, Moises Mendez II of Out retrospectively called their New York Fashion Week altercation “infamous”.^[44]

During their 2025 feud on Twitter, Charleston White expressed support for Minaj and accused Cardi of “fuck[ing] her way to the top”.^[45] After remaining neutral on the feud since its start, 50 Cent posted on Instagram in 2025 that he hoped it would end soon due to the dangerous nature of the things both rappers were posting about one another.^[46] Users on TikTok and Threads showed support for Cardi B and largely expressed disappointment in Minaj.^[47] Pie Gonzaga of Rolling Stone Philippines called the feud’s reescalation potentially “the biggest and nastiest celebrity Twitter feud in a long time”, while Amber Corrine of Vibe wrote that the feud showed them both “stoop[ing] to new lows”.^[24] For The Cut, Olivia Craighead called it a “truly ugly fight” centered around both rappers’ children that made her “tired”, adding, “There are a lot of other ways to go about this that aren’t in front of millions of people online.”^[34]

The hosts of The Breakfast Club criticized Minaj’s exchanges with Cardi B in October 2025, with both Charlamagne Tha God and Jess Hilarious saying that they made her seem “miserable”. Minaj responded in a tweet, in which she called the hosts “very nasty” and tagged President Donald Trump to ask him to put them in prison.^[48] Charlamagne Tha God labeled Minaj the show’s “Donkey of the Day” in the following day’s episode, saying that she had “stank and nasty” energy and went from “inspiring a generation of young women to hating on [them]” because of her “unhealed trauma”.^[49] Minaj posted on her Instagram account later that month that three different people had been making unauthorized purchases to her American Express card totaling nearly $25 thousand, which social media users connected to Cardi B’s claims that Petty used Minaj’s Amex card while she was “sedated”.^[41]