Overview

• On Sept. 29–30, the rappers fired off insults on X in a fast-moving exchange, with several posts deleted after screenshots circulated widely.
• Nicki Minaj mocked the $4.99 iTunes price for Am I the Drama?, rewrote Cardi’s “Magnet” lyrics to jab at sales and pregnancy, and teased her own March 27, 2026 album.
• Cardi B hit back by dubbing Minaj “Cocaine Barbie,” flipping the “Magnet” rhyme to target Minaj and her family, and arguing Minaj should measure herself against long-tenured peers.
• Both amplified the fight with memes and edited images, including Minaj’s Barney photoshops and Cardi’s pink-wig image of Minaj’s brother Jelani Maraj.
• Allies and onlookers piled in as Ice Spice reacted coyly and JT sided with Minaj, while a leaked Ice Spice song snippet and alleged Cardi audio surfaced the same day; no diss tracks or legal action have been reported.