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Cardi B Takes Aim At Her Rivals In Offset-Directed Video For “Like What” Freestyle 

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By: London JennnCategory: News

Cardi B fans think the NYC hitmaker shaded City Girls’ JT on the “Like What” and the City Girl rapper seemingly played into the drama. 

Cardi B has blessed her fans with new music following a brief hiatus, dropping a new freestyle, “Like What,” accompanied by a video. 

The track, Cardi’s first of the year arrived at midnight on Friday (March 1) and includes a sample of Missy Elliott’s 1999 banger, “She’s a B####.” Cardi leaves little to the imagination in the video, wearing a series of revealing outfits showing off her toned bod. 

The end credits surprised fans with the announcement the video was “Directed by Offset,” before teasing “This is just the beginning …stay tuned.”    

Cardi begins the track on smoke, putting her rivals on notice. “Ayo, let me put some gas in this m##########’ year, b####,’ she says in the intro. “I ain’t really talked my s### in a minute. Like who the f### these b###### really think they talkin’ to? Like, b####, is you f#####’ dumb?” 

Cardi B – Like What

She also fired off a few subliminals throughout the freestyle including one fans suspect is a shot at former collaborator JT. The pair unexpectedly fell out in late 2022 and traded shots on the timeline before JT went on to work with longtime Cardi rival, Nicki Minaj.  

“First, that b#### hate me, then this b#### hate me,” Cardi raps. “And somehow, they link up and they become friends, like, how?” 

The lyric “Got your first pair of Ricks, now you stylin’?” also struck a chord among listeners.  

Hours before release, Cardi shared a snippet of the visuals including a scene where she dons a furry pink outfit with an eye-catching pair of Rick Owens boots.  

A short while later, the Bardi Gang fanbase noticed that JT shared a throwback photo featuring the same pink boots, leading fans to speculate the City Girls rapper was shading Cardi. 

“JT took the bait and posted them pics only for it to end up on Cardi’s song,” one fan wrote.  

Check out some of the other reactions to Cardi B’s “Like What” below.