13 Of Cardi B's Most Savage Comebacks

Cardi B has already spent a significant portion of her career doing something she shouldn’t have to do — defend herself against naysayers and haters alike. From her days as an Instagram personality to her time on “Love & Hip Hop” to her newfound success as a record artist, Cardi B has always put herself out there as transparently as possible, which includes clapping back at unfounded criticism. We rounded up 13 of her most biting comebacks, from her posts on Instagram to a radio interview and beyond. Scroll on to check ‘em out – and be sure not to get on her bad side.

1. When She Clapped Back At A Twitter User Who Mistakenly Attributed (And Criticized) A Photo of Someone’s Feet to Cardi

“B*TCH YOU LOOK LIKE A TOE…and these ain’t even my feets." — Twitter

2. On Body-Shaming

"I don't get why y'all gotta body shame b**ches who got their bodies done ....Why you so mad that a b*ch wants to look perfect?" — Instagram

3. On People Shaming Her Pregnancy

“And it’s just like, ‘You know what? I’m a grown woman. I’m 25 years old. I’m gonna say this in the most humblest way … I’m a schmillionaire, you know what I’m saying? And I’m prepared for this.’” — to the Breakfast Club 

4. On Ghostwriting Allegations

“Pardison is not a ghostwriter. He’s a co-writer. I credit him on all the songs he’s been in. I even gave him a shoutout in the iHeartRadio Awards. The ‘Be Careful’ song, I heard the song. I was like, ‘I like this.’ It didn’t even have a hook or nothing. I just liked that verse. I was like, ‘I want this song for me.’ … I’m putting my people on. They making money. I ain’t pay him off and hiding him. He right there. He been knowing me since I was shaking my a** in Sue’s. I’m putting my people on. Atlantic noticed his working skills and noticed his music. They signed him, too. Pardison got some money.” — to the Breakfast Club 

5. On Nicki Minaj Beef

“I don’t really have the time for [beef], if you ain’t f**king my man or taking my money from me, I don’t really give a f**k about you… What is it you expect me to do or say? I already said she’s an amazing artist, I already paid my respects to her, I did videos before jamming to her songs. What do you expect?” — In a radio interview

6. On Her Haters

“And I wanna thank my haters, too, because… [laughs]. They be downloading my stuff so they can hear it and talk crap about it… but it benefits me! [laughs]” — At the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Awards 

7. On People Who Claim Her Love Of Music Is A Phase

“I will never let nobody discredit me, before i sign to Atlantic i put 2 mixtapes out and i was pushing FOREVA by myself. I went to Renaissance HS for musical theater. I been love music. After high school i Stopped wanna know why? ‘Cause music DONT PAY YOUR F**KING BILLS A JOB DOES” — Twitter

8. When Someone Called Her A Disgrace to Black Women

“You talking about how I make black woman look bad yet you telling this boy ‘dry headed rasta ass’ talking bad and down on our black features. Soo what you saying his natural hair giving by God is dry and makes him a rasta. You claim I’m a hood rat but you on the comment section cursing calling people b**ches and all that …Isn’t that kind of ghetto and classless of you? …Bringing woman of your own race down and wishing them to get hit by a bus how does that make you a good representation of our black woman? Before you talk please check yourself before you check others cause you contradict your own self." — Instagram via Bossip

9. On People Who Think She’s Not “Intelligent” Enough to Have Intellectual Conversations

“I feel like sometimes I wanna talk about topics that people be like, ‘Oh, what do you know about this?’ A lot of people feel like I shouldn’t be feeling a certain type of way or I’m not intelligent, because of the way I speak … you know? I was raised in the hood so I speak really slang, with my parents’ accent … they feel like I’m just this girl who just don’t care about what’s going on the in the world. And I do care and I do have an opinion. … It affects my community, and I’m a person who reads up on these things and YouTubes types of things, and binge-watch these types of things.” — iHeartRadio 

10. On Azealia Banks

After Azealia Banks criticized “Bodak Yellow,” Cardi posted a video of the “212” rapper singing along to the track to Instagram, writing, “One of the reasons Bodak Yellow went #1! Cuz even the HATERS love it!”

11.  On People Who Are Critical Of People Who Pay For Strippers

“It past it because even a hater like you still listen to it. Talk bad or good ya still going to listen … You ain’t Hurd [sic] my speech in the iHeartRadio Awards? Love it or hate it IT BENEFITS BARDI. Thanks for listening.” — Instagram comment

13. When People Ask Why She’s Famous And They’re Not

"Don't be a 'Why her and not me?' type of b**ch. Be a 'How can I get next to that b**ch?' type of b**ch. Be a “Sh*t ,well if she could do it I could do it too’ typ eo fbitch. Don’t be a “Oh, why that ratchet ass b**ch? Because God chose me, b**ch. I dont f**king know why, and sometimes I don’t know how, but I’m here though, bitch, the f**k? Figure it out. Figure it the f**k out."

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