"That's overkill": Cardi B says she won’t “pick on” BIA over album sales amid ongoing rap feud

Cardi B might love a good clapback, but she says she's not here to kick anyone while they're down, especially not BIA.

The Bronx hitmaker recently hopped on X Spaces to address her ongoing feud with the "Super Freaky Girl" star, making it clear that bullying someone over album numbers is one thing she refuses to do.

“I don’t pick on bi***es. I don’t wake up every single day like, ‘I’mma pick on this girl ‘cause I can. I just found out BIA’s numbers yesterday. I’m not going to pick on her ‘cause of that sh**. Then that’s overkill.”

Tension between Cardi B and BIA has been palpable since around 2024, with fans believing that the beef started with BIA's alleged subtle dig at Cardi in her verse on Dreezy’s “Bi**h Duh” Remix. There, she went:

“I hear bi***es poppin’ sh** and that’s so funny to me / How you say you runnin’ down but you can’t walk on the beat?”

The verse was then speculated to have been a response to Cardi B's previous interview, where she admitted struggling with the flow of Ice Spice's "Munch."

Recalling, Cardi B revealed on Speedy Morman's podcast 360 With Speedy in March 2024 that she recorded a remix of the track alongside Central Cee, but she ultimately decided to shelve it since she was unhappy with her verse.

"I don't know about Central Cee, but I did do a thing for Ice Spice, but I just did not like how it sound. I love the record, I did not like how I sound. You know it being on a drill beat, it's not as easy as it look. I was like, 'They're gonna drag me and they're going to drag the song bad.'"

Cardi B went on:

"I just felt like it was not giving, I was like, 'I don't even want to do this to this girl.' The record is already great, I don't want to f**k it up. I just hated my verse. I was like, 'Oh my gosh, this is embarrassing. I can't catch the beat for sh**.' Doing drill music is not as easy as people think it is."

BIA drives out negativity, keeps spotlight on BIANCA amid Cardi B beef: "I wouldn’t want to disservice this"

Meanwhile, BIA released her debut album, BIANCA, on Oct. 10.

Speaking with Billboard on Oct. 20, the artist addressed her fans who had expected her response to Cardi B's “Pretty & Petty” diss. But for BIA, her album was her priority, and she didn't want to stain it with bitterness or spite.

“If I was to ever address it again, I would never attach it to my album, because this is a beautiful body of work that I believe in. I wouldn’t want to disservice this and overshadow it with noise or negativity.”

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BIA reflected on the energy she put into her debut album, adding that, while she does care about statistics and sales, her main goal is to reach her fans "in a positive way."

"I’m always more of an energy person. I believe great things happen and come when you put out good things into the world, good energy. So putting this art out into the world is solely for touching the people, to inspire people, and to make people look at music in a way where it’s like, 'Oh, someone’s being intentional about this.'"

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