Make no bones about it, Cardi B’s “Pretty & Petty,” a song off her just-released sophomore album Am I the Drama?, is a scathing three-minute diss aimed at BIA.
As fans are well aware, the two have been publicly at odds for some time, with Cardi previously threatening to sue the “Lights Out” artist. With the new diss now out in the world for fans to decipher, we’re taking a look at key lyrics, as well as reflecting on what led to this much-discussed moment.
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Cardi B raps “Name five BIA songs, gun pointin' to your head / Bow, I'm dead” on new song “Pretty & Petty”
The track opens with Cardi declaring herself “pretty” and “petty as fuck” before setting her target on BIA.
“Name five BIA songs, gun pointin’ to your head,” the Invasion of Privacy Grammy winner raps in the first line of the first verse. “Bow, I’m dead.”
From there, Cardi highlights what she likens to a “melatonin flow,” arguing that Epic Records, the label behind BIA, should “run me my bread” for mentioning her on the record. Later, Cardi says she always thanks God “I’m not you” when praying, adding that she’d rather “die on the surgery table” than “walk around here lookin’ like you.”
Cardi continues her fiery BIA mockery in the second verse, calling her “a fake ghetto bitch” and asking “Why you always at Diddy house?” Shortly after, BIA is referred to as “Diarrhea BIA” before Cardi builds on the tall stack of disses by adding in that her foe is “built like your dad” and only gets booked “when they can’t afford Coi [Leray].”
In the track’s closing moments, Mean Girls gets a nod (“I’m a mean girl, you a Gretchen, at best”) before Cardi wonders if BIA is “dumb” for wanting a feud with her.
“Told you, don’t you ever mention my kids, bitch,” Cardi adds.
What is the history of Cardi B and BIA's beef?
As Complex detailed last year, the remix to GloRilla and Megan Thee Stallion’s “Wanna Be,” recently the subject of a headlined Cardi and Matthew McConaughey moment, found Cardi taking shots at BIA. Seemingly, the shots weren’t unprompted, as evidenced by the brewing issues between the two in the months leading up to the remix’s release.
Ahead of “Wanna Be” getting the remix treatment, BIA seemingly dissed Cardi on the remix to Dreezy’s “Bitch Duh.” Just one year earlier, BIA had claimed to fans that she had “no issues” with Cardi.
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