Cardi B Delayed BIA Diss Track Video to Avoid Intimidating the Rapper on Album Release Day

Cardi B may be pretty and petty, but she wants to be clear that she’s not a bully. During an Instagram Live video Thursday evening, the Am I the drama? The rapper revealed that she decided to release a video for “Pretty & Petty,” her BIA breakaway track, on the day her nemesis’ album was released.

“That’s how I work: I know how stressful it is to release an album. And I know how fucked up you are mentally when you release an album. I feel like if I made a video for ‘Pretty and Petty’ this week, or today… I feel like I would be intimidated,” Cardi explained on her Live. “And I don’t want to feel like a bully.”

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The Instagram Live took place as BIA – who is Cardi’s direct target on “Pretty and Petty” – released her own album, titled Bianca. The album included a collaboration with Becky G, “Hard Way”, which sampled Shakira’s “Hips Don’t Lie”, and featured collaborations with Young Miko and Ty Dolla $ign.

“When I bully, God takes me away. If that bitch don’t bother me and put me in her dusty album, I ain’t gonna make a video reciting her diss song and shit like that on a day when I know she stressed out,” Cardi said. “Because then I know God will punish me.”

Cardi added that she would instead choose to make a video for “Pretty and Petty” next week and select a different video of her songs to release on Friday. “I’m going to be nice to you because it’s your album day,” Cardi said. “I don’t want to add to your stress. I’m not that bad person people think I am.”

On BIA’s diss track, Cardi directly named the singer, rapping, “Name five BIA songs with the gun to your head,” “It’s been two years since you put a number on the board,” and “They only book you when they can’t afford Coi.” [Leray].”

Cardi already said The breakfast club that their problem started when BIA accused Cardi of copying her style. The Grammy-winning rapper said she decided to retaliate against BIA because she mentioned her children.

“She had her little arguments and it was trash… I could have [left] plus, but everything on social media will be seen,” Cardi said. “When my kids grow up one day and they see that you mentioned them, they’ll ask me, ‘So what did you say?’ What you did [in response]?’ I’m not going to tell my kids, ‘I felt like she took the high road because she lost, because people weren’t on her side.’ No, I don’t tell my kids that. I am [gonna be] like: “See how I raped?

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