Cardi B and Nicki Minaj have a complicated history dating back to about 2017.
Fans began to speculate about whether or the not the two New York City rappers liked each other as they clamored for them to collaborate and show solidarity for the sake of the five boroughs after the Bronx rapper bursted on the scene with her smash record “Bodak Yellow.”
The two would finally link up, albeit unknowingly, on the Culture II single “MotorSport” alongside the Migos — which was well received at first, but then was quickly mired in controversy after Cardi suggested on London’s Capital Xtra radio show that Minaj may’ve edited her verse.
“Well, you know, when I heard the track, her verse wasn’t finished,” Cardi B said. “Or it’s not the verse that it’s on right now. And Quavo told me that to get on the song, and I just felt like it’s a perfect opportunity for me to be on a track that’s big like them. Cause those are two big people, and I just started in the game. And I just know if I get on this record, it’s gonna be crazy. Like, who doesn’t want it?”
However, Nicki felt like the Migos should’ve cleared the air, because it made it look like she changed her verse after hearing Cardi’s verse. “The only thing with Cardi that really, really, really hurt my feelings was the first interview she did after ‘MotorSport’ came out,” Minaj told Zane Lowe. “With ‘MotorSport,’ I kinda felt ambushed. The first thing that came out of her mouth about a Nicki Minaj feature was ‘she changed the verse’ … and when it was time to clear the air about that, no one did that. All of them allowed me to look like I lied.”
Tensions then boiled over during NYFW in 2018, which produced the viral image of Cardi walking out of a Harper’s Bazaar party with a knot above her left eye after a supposed altercation with Nicki — and now we are here.
After years of sneak-dissing and not-so-sneak-dissing, the two went back and forth on social media this week, with things getting extremely personal and honestly, a bit weird.
Check out the timeline of their rocky relationship below.
The post “A Timeline of Nicki Minaj & Cardi B’s Relationship” by Michael Saponara was published on 10/01/2025 by www.billboard.com