Nicki Minaj Details Why She Has Issues With Cardi B

On Thursday (April 12), Nicki Minaj premiered two new songs — "Barbie Tingz" and "Chun-Li" — on Beats 1, and in common Nicki style, each track featured a host of subliminals. In an accompanying interview with Zane Lowe, the Queens rapper opened up about the origins of her tension with fellow MC Cardi B, and gave fans a potential hint about who she could be referencing on wax.


"The only thing with Cardi that really, really, really hurt my feelings was the opening interview she did soon after 'Motorsport' came out,” Nicki mentioned, referencing her collab with Migos and Cardi. "I remember any time Once I first came in the game, if a women of that stature had done a feature with me on it, I would only be singing their praises and saying thank you. The opening interview she did right after 'Motorsport' came out it just really hurt me, because she looked so aggravated and mad and the only thing she kept saying was, 'Oh, I didn't hear that. I didn't hear that verse. She changed her verse.'"





Nicki continued her story by describing how "Motorsport" was created and stressing her disappointment at Quavo for not backing her up any time whenever she told fans on Twitter how the song was made.


"With 'Motorsport' I sort of felt ambushed,” she explained. "I felt like Quavo at that time, Quavo is my baby. I love Quavo. At that time I went on Twitter and explained how 'Motorsport' came about and people were saying that I was lying. So I texted Quavo and I mentioned, 'Hey, could you back me up on this?' Because I don't want people to think I'm lying. What do I have to lie about? And he didn't back me up. And he texted me. He was like, 'I would go on Twitter and back up in the event you were my girl, lol.'"


The Pinkprint rapper capped the conversation with a statement about why she thinks it's key for new female rappers to show respect.


"I really, completely supported [Cardi], and until this recent interview I had never seen her show me proper love in an interview," Nicki mentioned. "I can just imagine how several women wish they could have been on a song with Nicki Minaj. I’m not saying it in a cocky way."


Looks like one of hip-hop's longest cold wars right now has the potential to go nuclear.