Cardi B shuts down speculation that her maternity shoot is overshadowing Nicki Minaj

Cardi B denies shadowing Nicki Minaj in a pregnancy photo shoot.

The “WAP” rapper, who is expecting her third child with Offset, shared photos on social media on Sunday (September 1) of her naked baby bump while sitting on a motorcycle in front of a storefront spray-painted with graffiti.

“I want to meet my little boo, so bad already,” Cardi captioned the photos Instagram.

Shortly after the post, eagle-eyed fans noticed that the word “child killer” was written over the word “housewife” on the security gate behind Cardi. Some online viewers took it a step further, questioning whether the graffiti art was intended to prosecute Minaj's husband, Kenneth Petty, a registered sex offender who was convicted of attempted first-degree rape in 1995.

“Cardi B appears to mock Nicki Minaj's family by posing in front of 'child killer' graffiti,” one person wrote to X (formerly Twitter).

“Lol wait why does it say Pedophile on the wall??……is that nicki shade?” another fan added.

Cardi soon caught wind of the rumors and quickly shut them down on her official X account.

“First of all we literally picked a random street because the paparazzi were chasing us everywhere. this was supposed to be my original photo and we had to edit the photos within minutes because the photo shoot was leaked. wrote to X Monday (September 2).

The “I Like It” rapper added, “I didn't even have time to look into every detail because people were busy trying to expose my pregnancy as an 'aha' moment… Second, I'm ALWAYS with the s–ts, but I'm not using the download MY MATERNITY to be funny. are you dumb???”

In a separate X post, Cardi he wrote“Btch my makeup artist took the picture because we didn't have time for all that it says the date and time no one paid attention to the graffiti… second if I wanted to be petty I would have posted a lot of memes last week.. KEEP ON ME LEAVE FK ALONE!! If I say I'm not at that time DON'T MAKE ME MAKE IT AT THIS TIME. Get some rest!!”

Cardi B and Nicki Minaj have had beef dating back to 2017. The following year, the two rap stars got into a fight at the Harper's Bazaar Fashion Week party at ICONS New York. Social media footage at the time Footage released on social media showed Cardi yelling obscenities and throwing her shoe at Minaj while also leaving the event with no shoes and a knot on her forehead.

In early August, Cardi revealed that she is expecting her third child with Offset. The happy news came on the same day she filed for divorce from the Migos rapper for the second time. The former couple have two other children together: daughter Kulture, 6, and son Wave, who is almost 3.

Check out Cardi's pregnancy photos on Instagram here and her response to X below.