Once upon a time, Cardi B and Nicki Minaj showed up at the Harper's Bazaar ICONS party. Everything was going fine! People looked super fashun-y! And then all of a sudden wigs were being snatched, elbows were being thrown, Cardi was being escorted out of the party wearing only one shoe, and hark, a meme was born: This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. We can all agree that their brawl was instantly iconic, but why did their feud even start in the first place? In the interest of fully understanding Nicki and Cardi B's beef, we're taking you back to the beginning. Starting with.... July 31, 2017 A simpler time when Nicki and Cardi B seemed to be on good terms. Or at least on "I'll bop around to your song at the club" terms. See? Here's Nicki dancing-ish to Cardi's hit "Bodak Yellow." This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. August 13, 2017 Cardi performs at MoMa PS1 and decides to call out a ~mystery woman~, telling the crowd, "You know this bitch, right? She never f*cking liked me and now all of a sudden she wants to be friends with me. No, bitch. I still don't like you bitch." This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. This content is imported from {embed-name}. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. August 24, 2017 Nicki raps the following verse on the song "No Flags," which many think is an obvious reference to Cardi: Lil’ bitch I heard these labels tryna make another me Everything you getting little hoe is cause of me. This content is imported from YouTube. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. But then, in a somewhat surprising (and pretty unbelievable) twist, Nicki totally denies that the song is about Cardi: This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. It sure ain't 🤷🏽‍♀️ Wrote this one a cpl months ago too #NoFlag 🚫🏳💨 https://t.co/0rukxOGyXU — BEAM ME UP SCOTTY OUT NOW (@NICKIMINAJ) August 25, 2017 This content is imported from {embed-name}. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. September 25, 2017 Suddenly, everything seems to be cool and fine! Nicki even congratulates Cardi on "Bodak Yellow" being so bomb, and Cardi responds super nicely. This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Congratulations to a fellow NEW YAWKA on a RECORD BREAKING achievement. Bardi, this is the only thing that matters!!! Enjoy it💕💞🎀 @iamcardib — BEAM ME UP SCOTTY OUT NOW (@NICKIMINAJ) September 25, 2017 This content is imported from Twitter. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Thank you!! This means sooo much coming from you!! ❤️ https://t.co/vPGwFiBAiQ — iamcardib (@iamcardib) September 25, 2017 December 7, 2017 This content is imported from YouTube. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Migos comes out with "MotorSport," which features both Cardi and Nicki. Consequently everyone is hungry for drama, but Nicki promptly shuts down "the conspiracy theories" in a series of tweets captured by The Shade Room: This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Guess things are fine? Yay! April 12, 2018 Update: THINGS ARE NOT FINE! Cardi accuses Nicki of trying to one-up her by re-recording her verse on "MotorSport," which makes Nicki feel "ambushed." Here's Nicki in conversation with Apple Music's Beats 1 about their collab: The first interview [Cardi] did after 'MotorSport' came out, it just really hurt me 'cause she looked so aggravated and angry. I kind of felt ambushed. That really, really hurt me because I really fully supported [Cardi]. And up until this recent interview she did, I had never seen her show me genuine love in an interview. And I can only imagine how many girls wished they could’ve been on a song with Nicki Minaj. I’m not saying it in a cocky way … I’m saying it, like, the first thing out of your mouth when somebody asks you about a Nicki Minaj feature is, 'She changed her verse.' Excuse me? May 7, 2018 Cardi and Nicki are seen talking at the Met Gala, causing everyone to think their feud is officially buried. HA HA HA, how wrong we were. Getty Images May 9, 2018 Cardi denies ever feuding with Nicki, telling Howard Stern, "I never was feuding with anybody, there was a misunderstanding. I think she felt a certain type of way about something. I definitely felt a certain type of way about something. I didn’t wanna ever talk about it in public because I felt like we gonna see each other again and we will talk about it, and it’s always, like, little issues. The thing is, it’s always little issues, but you know, fans are always gonna make it a big thing." Okay! So, like, things seem tense but fine? August 10, 2018 This content is imported from YouTube. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Nicki kinda-sorta-maybe trashes Cardi on her new song "Ganja Burn." Please see lyrics below: They done went to witch doctors to bury the Barbie But I double back, kill bitches, bury the body. Now as you can see, technically Nicki says "bury the body," but fans are convinced she's saying "bury the Bardi," which is one of Cardi's nicknames. Fans also think Nicki is taking shots at Cardi for not writing all her own lyrics thanks to the verse: "Unlike a lot of these hoes whether wack or lit, at least I can say I wrote every rap I spit." This content is imported from {embed-name}. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Early September 2018 Nicki allegedly likes a series of tweets that call Cardi out for supporting the rapper Kodak Black (who was indicted on criminal sexual conduct charges), especially given the fact that now Cardi's a mom: September 7, 2018 The place? New York City. The event? The Harper's Bazaar ICONS party, where sources say Nicki (who was taking a picture with Kelly Rowland and La La Anthony at the time) steps on the train of Cardi's dress. Was it intentional? Who knows—but regardless, it was the catalyst. In a video obtained exclusively by Cosmopolitan.com, Cardi can be seen taking off her shoe to throw at Nicki: Cardi is later seen leaving the party with a very painful looking bump on her head: Getty Images And only wearing one shoe: Getty Images Later That Night: 12:14 AM This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Cardi wastes no time speaking out; she releases a statement mere hours later at 12:14 a.m.<doc-sep>In a few hours, Nicki Minaj will host the first episode of her Beats 1 show Queen Radio since her fight with Cardi B at Harper's Bazaar's ICONS party on Friday night. While Cardi released an Instagram statement hours after she threw a shoe at Minaj during the party and their fight made headlines, Minaj has said nothing so far. But she is aware people have been talking about it, and she did like two tweets to set one fact straight ahead of her 1 p.m. show broadcast (where she'll presumably tell her full side of the story). Minaj liked two tweets, making it clear that she never talked ill about Cardi's baby or parenting skills. Twitter Twitter The move contradicts Cardi's statement, where Cardi wrote that Minaj's comments about baby Kulture provoked her. "I've let a lot of sh*t slide! I let you sneak diss me, I let you lie on me, I let you attempt to stop by bags, f*ck up the way I eat!" Cardi wrote. "You’ve threaten other artists in the industry, told them if they work with me you'll stop f*ckin with them!! I let you talk bug sh*t about me!! I addressed you once in person, I addressed you a second time in person, and every time you copped the plea!! But when you mention my child, you choose to like comments about me as a mother, make comments about my abilities to take care of my daughter is when all bets are f*ckin off!! I've worked too hard and come too far to let anybody f*ck with my success!!!!" This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Alyssa Bailey News and Strategy Editor Alyssa Bailey is the news and strategy editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees coverage of celebrities and royals (particularly Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton). This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io<doc-sep>We’ve been on tenterhooks the last couple of days waiting for Nicki Minaj to have her say on THAT fight with Cardi B. But after over 72 hours without a single second of sleep as we refresh Nicki’s Twitter on the minute, every minute, we’ve finally heard from her. She took to her Queen Radio show on Beats 1 on Apple Music to spill the beans on what really happened. Bryan Bedder Getty Images Nicki started the podcast by playing a recording of Cardi talking about how “nothing is off limits” in fights, including talking about people's children. This was obviously a reference to Cardi's Instagram post about Nicki allegedly talking about her baby. Nicki went on to say about the incident, “I could not believe how humiliating it all felt...how we made ourselves look. I would never discuss anyone's child and it's so sad that for someone to pin that on me because I'm the bad guy and people would believe them.” She continued, “I would never talk about anyone's child or parenting. I don't care about anyone’s parenting, and it is so crazy to me that people always need to make Onika [Nicki] the bad guy.” Nicki also said that she's not a “bitch in a strip club” or a “bitch on a reality show”. Dimitrios Kambouris Getty Images In case you missed the whole thing, here’s a video which just about shows Cardi throwing her shoe at Nicki, and accidentally exposing her whole arse. Sources from inside the party claim that it all kicked off when Cardi walked past Nicki taking a photo with Kelly Rowland and La La Anthony. Allegedly Nicki then deliberately stepped on Cardi's dress train, resulting in Cardi throwing her shoe. Cardi was later pictured leaving the party barefoot and with a noticeable bump on her forehead. Follow Anna on Twitter. 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Nicki Minaj. Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty Images Nicki Minaj may not have made a comment to the public since nearly getting into a full-on fight with Cardi B at a New York Fashion Week party, but she has liked a few interesting tweets that may reveal her thoughts on the altercation. While the two women rappers have been low-key fighting since March 2017, the feud escalated at the Harper’s Bazaar ICONS party this past Friday, when Cardi reportedly lunged at Minaj and threw a shoe at her. After Cardi was escorted out of the party, she Instagrammed a lengthy Notes app statement, claiming that she was upset with Minaj for making offensive statements about her mothering, as well as speaking ill of her daughter, Kulture. Three days later, Minaj still hasn’t publicly commented on the NYFW fight, but she has started liking tweets about it. While the majority of the tweets that she has liked are from fans who are defending her without explicitly condemning Cardi, a few have been related to the “Bodak Yellow” rapper’s allegations that Minaj made rude comments about Kulture. “Nicki has NEVER mentioned Cardi’s baby,” reads one tweet, which was quote-tweeted with, “Ever! She’s also never discussed her parenting skills. Please stop believing the lies. #FakeNews.” Ever! She’s also never discussed her parenting skills. Please stop believing the lies. #FakeNews https://t.co/SeVVkyY10O — Nicki Minaj News (@NickiDaily) September 8, 2018 Minaj also liked a tweet criticizing the public’s characterization of her as the “bad guy,” which read, “Nicki would never talk about a innocent child.” Nicki would never talk about a innocent child. But just like sis said Y'all paint her out to be the bad guy. — Kiara (@TeamNickiBarbz) September 8, 2018 Today’s episode of Queen Radio is sure to be quite interesting!