Children should never be involved in adult feuds

The release of rapper Cardi B’s sophomore album, “Am I The Drama?” ignited the rapper’s longstanding feud with rapper Nicki Minaj, and this time around, things went too far.

The two rappers began feuding in 2017 after fans compared them following the release of Cardi B’s major label debut single, “Bodak Yellow.” It seemed like the two called a truce at the 2018 Met Gala when they were photographed being cordial towards one another. Still, the beef took a violent turn a few months later when the two got into a physical altercation at a New York Fashion Week party, where Cardi B reportedly threw a shoe at Minaj.

After a few years of silence, the feud was ignited for a short period when the two rappers were in the same space for the first time in a few years at the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs). Footage of Minaj, who hosted the show, showed her being mad at someone, and Cardi B took to X to post the following tweet: “I ain’t even flinch.” This time around, Minaj’s husband, Kenneth Petty, and Cardi B’s then-husband, rapper Offset, got involved in the feud. Petty posted a video saying they should link, and Offset posted a response video laughing, saying he was flying to Atlanta to stream with Kai Cenat at the time.

The feud was ignited once again in September 2025, following the release of Cardi B’s sophomore album, with the two rappers going back and forth on X, where Minaj infamously referred to Cardi B as “Barney B,” after the children’s television show character. Not only did the two throw jabs at each other regarding their careers, but they also brought up each other’s children in the feud.

The dark route started when Cardi B posted a tweet telling Minaj to go celebrate her son Papa Bear’s birthday instead of feuding with her on X. Minaj fired back by calling Cardi B’s oldest daughter, Kulture, ugly and referring to her as “Kulture Vulture” in a series of tweets. Cardi B responded to those tweets with a series of her own tweets, referring to Papa Bear as having non-verbal autism.

Both rappers were wrong to bring children into the mix. It’s one thing for the two of them to feud and make comments about one another, but it’s another to bring innocent children into the mix. Kids are off limits, and there’s no coming back from this now that children have been made the subject of vile tweets. As we all know, words carry a lot of weight and cannot be taken back. We also have to remember that both Kulture and Papa Bear may come across these tweets when they’re older.