The more Cardi B rose to the top of the charts, it seemed the more fans wanted to pit her against Nicki Minaj. The two eventually traded insults, which eventually blew up into the now infamous almost-brawl during NYFW 2018. Chance the Rapper, who has worked with both artists on separate occasions, opened up in a Thursday interview with Big Boy about why he believes that situation was orchestrated by everyone but the rappers themselves.
“A lot of that stuff is produced,” he said at the 1:12:40 mark of the interview. “We live in… A lot of everything is curated before we get to see it. Like, all the information, the way that they phrase it to us… The way they put people against. It’s made for you to like, accept it a certain way, so a lot of people had to choose a side. I don’t want to speak for them at all, but I feel like to a certain extent they got pushed into that too, and I don’t think that all of that was a hundred percent their feelings.”
Chance also praised both women, adding, “Just being honest, they are two of the greatest recording artists. And that’s just facts. The way that their music touches people, the way they’ve impacted music? It’s been incredible.” He referred to Nicki as a “mentor,” and said that people referred to his verse on Kanye West’s “Ultralight Beam” as his “Monster”” moment.”
Chance The Rapper speaks on Nicki Minaj and Cardi B beef
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Chance also opened up about how Offset changed his life, and revealed that he knew about his and Cardi’s marriage long before it was announced. After he was told about the situation, he told Offset that he was going to propose to his now-wife because he was inspired. “Offset definitely… probably one of the big inspirations in me manning up,” he explained.
.@chancetherapper says @OffsetYRN’s marriage to @iamcardib inspired him to propose
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