Cardi B and Nicki Minaj, the rap titans whose 2024 feud has been a fireworks display of fire and fury, have detonated a new depth of depravity by dragging their children into the fray, with Minaj labeling Cardi’s three kids a “curse on the industry” and Cardi retaliating with a savage shot at Nicki’s son, leaving the hip-hop world stunned, social media in a storm of 7.2 million #KidCurse posts, and fans fractured between fury and fallout. On September 30, 2025, Minaj, 42, reignited the inferno on X with a thread blasting Cardi’s pregnancy announcement with Stefon Diggs (“I’m having a baby with my boyfriend Stefon Diggs – happy and strong!”): “Your kids are the curse – Kulture’s karma for chaos, Wave’s wipeout waiting, Blossom’s blight you birthed.” The venomous volley, tying to Offset’s July 2024 divorce filing (“irreconcilable differences,” custody “hostile”), crossed a line into the “unthinkable,” with Cardi, 32, firing back hours later on IG Live: “Talk about my babies? Nicki’s son is the real ‘blight’ – raised by a bitter Barbz!”
The “silence-shattering” slamfest? Savage: Minaj’s “curse” clips racked 5M views, her “industry hex” a hex on Cardi’s trio – Kulture Kiari, 7; Wave Set Cephus, 4; Blossom Nyla, 1 – a cruel callback to 2018’s pregnancy reveal (“He’s mine – no more side chicks!”) amid Offset’s infidelity leaks. Cardi’s “blight” barb at Nicki’s son Pope Sebastian, 5, born 2020, struck at Minaj’s “queen mum” core, her “raised by bitter” a blade to the Barbz boss’s “Big Foot” diss (January 2024). The “dragging their own children”? A depraved depth: Fans flood #ProtectTheKids with 3.8M posts, “Boycott both!” vs. “Nicki’s nasty!” The “stunned” socials? Supernova: Cardi’s IG Live (10M views) wept “My babies are innocent,” Minaj’s retort “Truth hurts – karma comes.”
The “divided” discourse? Deafening: The feud, reignited by Minaj’s “Big Foot” (January 2024, “super freaky freak”) and Cardi’s “Like That” remix (March, “big me”), escalated with Offset’s Migos mess (Quavo feud, 2024 tour cancel) and Lopera’s paternity suit (claiming Diggs fathered Charliee, stalled September 2025). Celebs cascade: Megan Thee Stallion’s “Kids out – grow up!” tweet, Offset’s “enough” silence a stark shift. The “hip-hop world stunned”? A schism: Barbz boycott Cardi’s Fenty (£1.4B empire), Bardigang shade Offset’s “obsessed” X. September 30? Not rant – a reckoning. The world’s watching – whispering “what next?” The beef? Beyond bars – a blight on brotherhood.
