Cardi B is returned with her 1st single record in 3 years, and her new song came with a bit of shade toward her far term opposition Nicki Minaj.
Cardi, who’s 31 year old, all set to her return to the rap world on Friday, March 1, releasing “Like What (Freestyle),” a song that shows Missy Elliott’s 1999 hit “She’s a Bitch.” Cardi made use of the sample in more ways than one, rapping, “First, that bitch hate me, then this bitch hate me / And somehow, they link up and they become friends, like, how?”
Fans suddenly pounced on the line, presuming it was about JT of the rap duo City Girls. Cardi joined JT, 31, and Yung Miami for 2018’s “Twerk,” however the 2 had a public falling-out. Cardi referred to JT as Minaj’s “lap dog” in 2022, while JT told Cardi to “go fetch a real talent.”
Cardi looked like made a more direct reference to Minaj, 41, later in the verse. “You dumb, you slow, you wildin’ / Got your first pair of Ricks [Rick Owens shoes], now you stylin’?” she raps. “Everything you got, I had five years before / I put it on the ‘Gram (haha, haha) ‘fore it even hit the store, look.”
Somehow, Minaj got her 1st solo Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 song with “Super Freaky Girl” in 2022, 5 years after Cardi topped the charts with “Bodak Yellow.” Minaj topped the Hot 100 previously with “Say So” with Doja Cat and “Trollz” with 6ix9ine. Cardi has four Hot 100 No. 1 hits in addition to “Bodak Yellow”: “I Like It” with Bad Bunny and J Balvin, “Girls Like You” with Maroon 5, “WAP” with Megan Thee Stallion and her solo record “Up.”