She’s getting ahead of the press, press, press, press, press.
Cardi B denied shading Nicki Minaj’s sex offender husband, Kenneth Petty, by having the word “pedophile” in her new maternity photo shoot.
The “WAP” rapper, who is expecting her third child, shared the pictures on Instagram Sunday.
In the snaps, Cardi, born Belcalis Almánzar, bared her baby bump in an open blue-and-black leather trench coat, a gray leather push-up bra and thigh-high leather boots while sitting on a motorcycle.
Cardi B denied shading Nicki Minaj’s husband, Kenneth Petty, by having the word “pedophile” in her new maternity photo shoot.iamcardib/Instagram
The pregnant “WAP” rapper, seen above in photos shared Sunday, showed off her baby bump while posing on a motorcycle.iamcardib/Instagram
Several eagle-eyed fans noticed the word “pedophile” was written in white graffiti over the word “homesick” behind the soon-to-be mom of three.
Several social media users thought the graffiti art was meant as shade to Cardi’s arch nemesis’ husband, Petty, 46, who became a registered sex offender after being convicted of attempted rape in the first degree in April 1995 for assaulting a then-16-year-old girl named Jennifer Hough.
“Cardi B seems to be taunting Nicki Minaj’s family by taking photos in front of graffiti that reads ‘pedophile,’” one person wrote on X.
The words “pedophile” and “homesick” were written in graffiti behind Cardi.Cardi B / Instagram
Several fans thought the art was meant as shade to Petty, seen above with Minaj in 2020, who is a registered sex offender.GC Images
“it can be Kenneth who dated an underage Onika then moved out CA still moving like a rat in NY,” another surmised, using Minaj’s real first name.
“Lol wait why there’s Pedophile written on the wall??……is this a nicki shade?” asked a third confused fan.
However, Cardi, 31, denied using her maternity shoot to throw shots at Minaj’s family.
Cardi, seen above at the 2022 Met Gala, denied her maternity shoot was used to shade anyone.Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue
“I’m ALWAYS with the s–ts but I’m not using MY MATERNITY shoot to be funny. Are you dumb??” she wrote on X.iamcardib/X
“First of all we literally picked a random street because paparazzi was hounding us everywhere.. this was supposed to be my original first picture and we had to edit the photos in minutes because the shoot got leaked,” she wrote on X Monday.
“Didn’t even have time to go over every detail because people were busy trying to expose my pregnancy as ‘aha’ moment…Second I’m ALWAYS with the s–ts but I’m not using MY MATERNITY shoot to be funny. Are you dumb??”
The “I Like It” rapper and the “Barbie World” emcee have been at odds for years.
The “I Like It” rapper and the “Barbie World” emcee have been at odds for years.Getty Images
The rappers got into a physical brawl at the Harper’s Bazaar Icons party in NYC in 2018.Getty Images
At the time, rap group Migos added Cardi as a collaborator on their single “MotorSport” without consulting Minaj, 41, first — even though she was already tapped to be on the song.
Their beef escalated when the duo got into a physical brawl at the Harper’s Bazaar Icons Fashion Week party in New York City in September 2018.
Last September, the “Anaconda” rapper’s husband, Petty, was placed on house arrest for 120 days after he threatened Cardi’s estranged husband, Offset.
