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Cardi B Responds To Nicki Minaj’s “Payola and Sympathy” Comments, “Nobody Can Make You Feel Like You Cheated Yourself”

On her latest episode of “Queen Radio,” Nicki Minaj spoke on the altercation that happened between her and Cardi B at New York Fashion Week. 

During Episode 8 of her radio show, Minaj began speaking of about the incident first thing.

“The other night I was part of something so mortifying and so humiliating to go through in front of a bunch upper echelon,” she began. “People who have their life together. The way they passed by looking at this disgusting commotion. I was mortified. I was in a Gaultier gown, off the motherfucking runway, and I could not believe how humiliated it all felt because we… made ourselves look—and Imma get back, but before I go, I wanna say that I would never discuss anyone’s child. And it’s so sad for someone to pin that on me because I’m the bad guy and they’re gonna believe them.”

Minaj continues on defending herself against the accusations from Cardi in her Instagram post saying that Minaj spoke ill of her child and tried to stop money from going towards Cardi. Even saying that Minaj tried to essentially bully people into not working with her.

“I would never talk about someone’s child or parenting…. It’s so crazy to me that people always need to make Onika the bad guy. If you’re right in whatever you’re doing… just speak your truth. I just want people to know that Onika Tanya Maraj has never, will never… speak ill on anyone’s child. I am not a clown. That’s clown shit. The other thing is to tell the world something just because you look fucking dumb. You knew that when that footage came out, you was about to look fucking dumb, so your publicist—also looking fucking dumb—they hurried up and put out a statement. I’m such a ill-ass bitch I didn’t even feel the need to defend myself that night. I just want everybody to marinate for two minutes…. But we did hear this woman say that nothing’s off limits… because she has built her career off of sympathy and payola.”

Well, Cardi B has posted a subliminal post on Instagram, talking about her come up and essentially addressing the accusations she did not earn her spot.

William Carter

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