Cardi B has blessed her followers with new music following a short hiatus, dropping a brand new freestyle, “Like What,” accompanied by a video.
The monitor, Cardi’s first of the 12 months arrived at midnight on Friday (March 1) and features a pattern of Missy Elliott’s 1999 banger, “She’s a B####.” Cardi leaves little to the creativeness within the video, carrying a collection of unveiling outfits displaying off her toned bod.
The top credit shocked followers with the announcement the video was “Directed by Offset,” earlier than teasing “That is just the start …keep tuned.”
Cardi begins the monitor on smoke, placing her rivals on discover. “Ayo, let me put some gasoline on this m##########’ 12 months, b####,’ she says within the intro. “I ain’t actually talked my s### in a minute. Like who the f### these b###### actually suppose they talkin’ to? Like, b####, is you f#####’ dumb?”
Cardi B – Like What
She additionally fired off a number of subliminals all through the freestyle together with one followers suspect is a shot at former collaborator JT. The pair unexpectedly fell out in late 2022 and traded pictures on the timeline earlier than JT went on to work with longtime Cardi rival, Nicki Minaj.
“First, that b#### hate me, then this b#### hate me,” Cardi raps. “And by some means, they hyperlink up they usually change into buddies, like, how?”
The lyric “Obtained your first pair of Ricks, now you stylin’?” additionally struck a chord amongst listeners.
Hours earlier than launch, Cardi shared a snippet of the visuals together with a scene the place she dons a furry pink outfit with an attention grabbing pair of Rick Owens boots.
A short time later, the Bardi Gang fanbase observed that JT shared a throwback picture that includes the identical pink boots, main followers to take a position the Metropolis Ladies rapper was shading Cardi.
“JT took the bait and posted them pics just for it to finish up on Cardi’s track,” one fan wrote.
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