Cardi B disses BIA on new album track Pretty Petty

Cardi B reignited a months-long feud with Boston rapper BIA on Friday when she released her long-awaited sophomore album Am I The Drama? and opened one track, Pretty Petty, with a string of direct, personal attacks aimed at her rival. The 23-track project, released Sept. 19, landed with a diss that has quickly become the focal point of online debate as fans and industry figures parse Cardi's lyrics and the history between the two artists.

On Pretty Petty, Cardi mocks BIA's catalogue and delivery, rapping, "Name five BIA songs, gun pointed to your head. Bow, I'm dead," and dismissing her flow as "melatonin." The Bronx rapper also takes aim at BIA's appearance and industry standing with lines about surgery, a shot about whether BIA has won a BET award, and a claim that promoters book BIA only when they cannot afford Coi Leray. Cardi further raises allegations about BIA's ties to figures in the industry, asking in the song, "Why you always at Diddy house? Tell these folks what it's really about."

The exchange is the latest chapter in a feud that began in early 2024 when fans and social media users compared the two artists' styles. Those comparisons escalated when BIA released SUE...