Cardi B vs. Nicki Minaj: An Illustrated Guide to the Greatest Rap Beef of Our Time

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Cardi B vs. Nicki Minaj: An Illustrated Guide to the Greatest Rap Beef of Our Time

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Cardi B vs. Nicki Minaj: An Illustrated Guide to the Greatest Rap Beef of Our Time

The self-proclaimed queen of rap and the belle of the Bronx are at it again. Here’s how it all went down.

In an iconic Love & Hip Hop: New York scene turned legendary .GIFâ€"later immortalized in her debut mixtape Gangsta Bitch Music Vol. 1’s “Foreva”â€"the artist formerly known as Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar explained, “If a girl have beef with me, she gon’ have beef foreva.” Cardi B might be th e hottest hit-maker in hip-hop right now, but at the end of the day she’s still as petty as everâ€"she’s just graduated her drama from the South Bronx to the Harper’s Bazaar ICONS party.

As befitting a chart-topper, Cardi B’s current nemesis is Nicki Minaj, the self-proclaimed Queen of Rap. Throughout her career, Minaj has carefully tended her garden of grudges, asking Miley Cyrus “what’s good” and going back and forth with Remy Ma. But Nicki vs. Cardi is the Kobe beef of celebrity feudsâ€"an extended animosity between two A-listers that reportedly culminated in Cardi B throwing a shoe. This multi-part drama has it all: airborne stilettos, Instagram rants, miscellaneous Love & Hip-Hop stars, and a CVS-length scroll of receipts.

Unfortunately, like all good things, it eventually came to an end this week, with Minaj resolving to “focus on positive things only from here on out” and vowing, “I won’t be discussing this nonsense anymore.”

But that doesn’t mean we can’t!

During a feature on Katy Perry’s “Swish, Swish,” Nicki Minaj references Cardi’s boyfriend Offset and “silly rap beefs.”

Nicki Minaj raps, “Lil’ bitch I heard these labels tryna make another me/ Everything you getting little hoe is ’cause of me.”

Cardi B calls out an unnamed artist during a show, saying, “This bitch, she never fucking liked me…I still don’t like you, bitch.”

In a red carpet interview, Cardi B insists, “I don’t really want problems with anybody,” but adds, “If somebody got a problem I don’t really got to do that whole industry beef. Like, you know, I get it popping with these hands.”

Cardi B once again denies the Nicki Minaj beef, explaining, “She ain’t never fucked my man.”

Nicki Minaj publicly congratulates Cardi B on the record-breaking success of her hit single “Bodak Yellow.”

Drama unfolds when Nicki and Cardi finally appear on the same track, “MotorSport.” When the music video drops, feud-watchers note that the two female rappers never appear onscreen together.