People Are Convinced Cardi B Threw Shade At Nicki Minaj At The VMAs 2018

21 August 2018, 08:19

Awkward.

Cardi B stole the show at the MTV VMAs 2018.

Picking up three out of her ten nominated awards, she opened the show with a hilarious speech - and fans are convinced she was throwing shots at Nicki Minaj.

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The 'I Like It' star kicked things off by gracing the stage in a red gown, clutching a bundled blanket which many assumed to be her baby daughter Kulture. Alas, it was an iconic silver 'Moon Man' Video Music Award.

After welcoming the audience to the star-studded New York venue, Cardi referred to herself as the "empress". In light of Minaj's new album 'Queen', fans thought this may have been an indirect diss at Nicki.

Cardi B Opens the 2018 VMAs | 2018 Video Music Awards

Later in the show, Cardi picked up the award for 'Best New Artist'. During her acceptance speech, she made another comment which many fans took as a shot towards Nicki.

“I am so happy to receive this award,” she began. “A couple of months ago a lot of people were saying ‘you’re gambling your career, you’re about to have a baby what are you doing?’ I had a baby, I carried the baby and now am still winning awards.”

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She continued, “All of the love that fans, my friends, everybody shows me is genuine and beautiful and that’s something that God gave me that you can’t buy, ” she projected, before adding, “b***h.”

Although she didn't directly name-and-shame Minaj, many took the last line as a reference to Nicki's recent interview with Ebro. During the interview, Nicki appeared to suggest that Atlantic Records had bought Cardi her number one song.

Nicki is yet to respond.

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