Nicki Minaj Says Quavo & Cardi B Let Her Get Slaughtered Over “Motorsport” Confusion

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

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New York rapper Nicki Minaj is pulling for Cardi B‘s success but has a bone to pick with the “Bartier Cardi” star. The hip-hop diva has addressed her issue with the fellow Big Apple native not putting some respek on her name after their “Motorsport” collaboration came out last fall.

In a new Beats 1 interview with host Zane Lowe, Nicki did not hold back on revealing she caught feelings over Cardi not feeling in awe about collaborating with her.

“I have no clue. That particular song I wrote in Paris about a year and a half ago. It was actually for Drake’s last album. That’s to tell you how long ago I wrote that song,” Nicki said when asked about a leaked song allegedly dissing Cardi. “I definitely didn’t want to discuss a leak, why would I want to do that? But I will say, shout-out to Cardi and all the new female rappers who have been doing their thing. There are certain girls that show me genuine love that I want to shout-out. Shout-out to Miss Banks – Kash Doll. Asian Doll always shows me genuine love. There’s a new girl who showed me genuine love the other day, Malibu Mitch I think is her name. It just warms my heart when the girls do that. I’m not gonna lie and act like it doesn’t, it makes me feel good. With Cardi B, she’s done exactly what she should have done – the only thing with Cardi that really, really hurt my feelings was the first interview she did after ‘Motorsport’ came out. I remember when I first came in the game, if a female of that stature had done a feature with me on it, I would only be singing their praises and saying thank-you. The first interview she did after ‘Motorsport’ came out, it just really hurt me because she looked so aggravated and angry and the only thing she kept saying was, ‘Oh, I didn’t hear that verse. I didn’t hear that verse. She changed her verse.’ I’m like, ‘What?’ I remember when I first did a song with Trina for the first time, that’s why to this day I love Trina.” (Beats 1)

Nicki took things a bit further by addressing Migos’ Quavo not coming to her defense when grilled about how the song came together.

“I texted Quavo and was like, ‘Can you back me up on this,'” Nicki said referring to wanting Quavo to explain how “Motorsport” came together. “I didn’t want people to think I was lying, what do I have to lie about? And he didn’t back me up. He texted me and was like, ‘I would go on Twitter and back you up if you were my girl. LOL.’ And that hurt because he’s somebody, I love him. There are certain rappers who I call my baby. Quavo. Weezy is my baby. Swae Lee is my baby. Quavo told me, ‘I’m not gonna go on Twitter and address that sh*t. If I do an interview, then I’ll address it.’ And I was like, ‘Yikes.’ It hurt my feelings to know that people would watch me be slaughtered and not one person will step in to tell the truth. They’ll run with that lie. They’ll allow people to run with the lie because it’s entertaining to let Nicki seem like a bad guy and it’s sad. Quavo texted me, I still have the text in my phone, first of all, Quavo came to my studio and played ‘Motorsport.’ He was the only person on ‘Motorsport.’ I said, ‘Oh that’s a hit. That’s out of here.’ He wanted me to get on a record called ‘For Keeps.’ I said, ‘No, please, please, let’s do ‘Motorsport.’ All the guys wanted to be on ‘Motorsport.’ I was like, ‘Alright.’ I knew that much because they were all working on their group album and he texted me and said is it OK to put Cardi on it. I still have the text on my phone where I said, ‘Yeah, let’s do it.’ And that’s the only story I told. You know, I said exactly how it came about and when it was time to clear the air about that, no one did that.” (Beats 1)

Coincidentally, Quavo recently celebrated their “Motorsport” going three times platinum.

Back in November, Cardi B suggested Nicki changed up her verse before the final “Motorsport” version came out.

“I spoke to her before, I saw her in person before,” Cardi said when asked if she’s “good” with Nicki Minaj with “Motorsport” out. “We spoke about things. I don’t like getting into detail because you know [how things can become]. Well, you know, when I heard the track, her verse wasn’t finished. Well, it was not the verse that is on right now. [Migos’] Quavo told me to get on the song, and I just felt it was a perfect opportunity for me to be on a track that’s big like them. Because there’s two big people – I just started in the game, so I know that if I get on this record, it’s gonna be crazy. Like, who doesn’t want it? So, it’s like, I’m gonna jump on it and I jumped on it.” (Capital Xtra)

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Written by Cyrus Langhorne

SOHH.com Writer. When I'm not covering hip-hop news and announcements, I'm deep into an Audible book and eating veggies.

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  1. I knew them niggas wasn’t up to no good trying to put female’s against each now they want to use Cardi a mule to start a race riot and bs between bloods and the crips that B retarded don’t like her and she should know that was one of the reasons 2Pac may have got murdered disturbing the peace east coast and west coast and that goes for everyone trying to get people to do there dirty work God Sees everything so it want surprise me when he take ppl down for being evil

  2. The hypocrisy of this girl. Did she not steal Kim’s whole style and shit on her afterwards?? Hope Cardi keeps her foot on Nikki’s kneck and shows no mercy. Nikkie stole Kim’s style and some of her rhymes and didnt pay homeage to Kim, and now karma got her and she is crying gtfoh smh lol

    • Nicki is a grown ass woman… not a girl. And the distance between her and Kim are ages apart so no she didn’t steal her style.

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