Cardi B Shares How Constant Controversy Wears Her Out

Cardi B has spoken out about often finding herself surrounded by controversy.

The Bodak Yellow rapper has been known for her public disputes with several artists, including Nicki Minaj, Azealia Banks, and her estranged husband Offset, which have frequently played out on social media.

In a new interview with Paper Magazine, Cardi admitted that constantly being caught up in drama has taken a toll on her.

“I be every kind of tired and it exhausts me,” she said, reflecting on her many feuds. “There’s drama that I expected to come. Because if I’m throwing shots at b**ches, I expect the drama to come from them.”

“I’m not gonna act like, ‘Oh, it wasn’t gonna come when I’m directly talking to you,’” she continued. “I can’t be surprised that a b**ch is trying me, because I pull their cards.”

The 33-year-old explained that while she understands when people respond after she initiates something, it’s the unexpected situations that wear her down.

“However, when people just be trying you, and you’re not even paying attention to them, you’re not even talking to them about them, it’s like, This is why I say that I am the drama,” she said. “I even bother b**ches when I don’t even give them attention. It’s still an issue. So that just means that is that. I am the drama.”

Cardi, whose upcoming album is titled Am I The Drama?, said that no matter what she does, avoiding conflict feels impossible.

“No matter how much I avoid it, it’s gonna come to me. It’s gonna come to me even with the stupidest stuff,” she told the magazine. “Look how it always falls on my lap, honey. One way or another, it just don’t f**king stop.”

Most recently, Cardi and Nicki Minaj exchanged heated words on X, trading personal insults, accusations involving their children, and references to their own struggles.