Rapper Cardi B and Lil Yachty are signed to the same management. Here, Cardi is pictured attending Power 105.1’s Powerhouse 2018 at Prudential Center on October 28, 2018, in Newark, New Jersey. Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images for Power 105.1
Rapping sensation Nicki Minaj has collaborated with music’s biggest rap talents over the years. She’s worked with Drake, Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Big Sean, Jay-Z and Eminem but Lil Yachty is one rapper who won’t team up with her.
As a feud between Minaj and fellow rapper Cardi B has continued to brew, Lil Yachty was asked by TMZ’s Raquel Harper on Tuesday’s episode BET show Raq Rants about whether he’d work with Minaj.
Cardi and her husband, Offset, appear on a track from Lil Yachty’s third studio album Nuthin’ 2 Prove, titled “Who Want the Smoke?” While on Raq Rants, he referred to Offset as his “big brother.” He then shared how he’d side with the 26-year-old “Money” artist “every time.”
“I couldn’t. As much as I probably would want to,” Lil Yachty said. Harper attempted to dig further on whether or not he “can’t do it,” which led the 21-year-old to simply reply “nah.”
A contractual obligation is likely the reason for Lil Yachty’s decision to remain on Team Cardi. While Lil Yachty didn’t elaborate on his stance, the “Minnesota” rapper and Cardi are signed by the same management company, called Quality Control Music. The Atlanta-based company additionally boasts clients including Lil Baby and Migos (Quavo, Offset, and Takeoff). Despite Lil Yachty declining, English pop group Little Mix is a Minaj collaborator that has chosen to side with the 35-year-old rapper.
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Minaj, as the world now knows, earned the spot. On the track, she raps: “A million I’m getting my billy on / Greatest of all time, ’cause I’m a chameleon / I switch it up for every era, I’m really bomb / These b****** really wanna be Nicki, I’m really mom.”
Little Mix was quick to deny Cardi’s allegation. “Sorry Cardi hun but this is the [tea], we’ve always wanted the queen,” The X Factor alums wrote via Instagram. The girl band additionally shared text messages that proved their plans to “confirm” Minaj for the single. Minaj, as well, reiterated how “Little Mix has been trying to get me on a song for 7 years.”
