Cardi B Responds to Latto Checking Her on ‘Gimme Dat’ Over Leaked Call: ‘I Let My Mouth Get the Best of Me’

Cardi B wants to make things right with Latto, but she hasn’t been able to properly reconnect with the Atlanta rapper following the leaked call in September, which found Cardi calling Latto a “p—y.” That leaked recording led to the women’s relationship fracturing.

After seeing Latto address the situation and confirming she referenced Cardi on her Big Mama album during an interview with The Breakfast Club Thursday (June 4), Cardi B issued a detailed response on X to clear the air publicly.

“I truly understand how you feel…and that’s exactly why I chose to apologize publicly because the disrespect became public,” she began in her post. “On that call I didn’t even mean to call you that, I didn’t mean any harm.. There’s a difference in what I said vs what I meant. What I could have said was you was too forgiving and gave too much mercy in that situation.”

Cardi explained that she was stressed at the time of the leak, as she was expecting her fourth child (and first with Stefon Diggs) and Am I the Drama? had just arrived. The “WAP” rapper was actually enraged at Ice Spice, but Latto ended up catching a stray.

“But it was a heated conversation and I let my mouth get the best of me,” she added. “When the call came out I was eight months pregnant, had just released my album, and was extremely overwhelmed and emotional. Thats not to excuse what I said but to let you know where I was in my head. I genuinely felt bad about what happened. In 2025 and 2026 I made multiple attempts to connect.”

Cardi B claimed that she tried to reach out to Latto directly via text — which Latto confirmed in the interview — and spoke with her manager and sister about rectifying the situation to “take full responsibility.” However, she didn’t appear to enjoy Latto addressing it on her new album.

“I always had love and respect for you ! I always wanted to make it right but making it right looks different for the both of us,” Cardi continued. “I wanted to connect with you but you wanted to address it on your album.”

For context, Cardi B dissed Latto during a leaked phone call with Ice Spice’s manager, James Rosemond Jr., which took place just days after Latto hopped on the “ErrTime” remix for Cardi’s Am I the Drama? album last September. “I ain’t p—y a– Latto,” she said at the time. “I’m not Latto. I’ma beat her the f–k up!”

Cardi felt bad about the shots at Latto and immediately apologized publicly, while promising to buy her a new designer bag.

Fast forward to May 29, and Latto’s Big Mama arrives. She references Cardi’s offer on “Gimme Dat,” but essentially says she doesn’t need the bag. “Talkin’ ’bout buying Big Mama a bag like my n—a ain’t already bought it,” she raps.

Latto confirmed the lyric was about Cardi during her The Breakfast Club appearance Thursday. She also detailed where she’s at with Cardi and the situation at the moment, but shared she’s open to having another conversation to make amends.

“It’s someone I deadass looked at as a friend,” she said. “Like, I understand this industry shirt first, too. But we was on a texting basis. So I feel like, ‘Yeah, you tweeted to the world, but we got each other number.’ So then probably like two months later, something like that, she did text me, but by that time I’m like, ‘I’m not even thinking about that.’”

Latto continued: “I’m open to the conversation. When? I don’t know cuz I got a baby now, life done kept moving. The people just now hearing that song but like I made that song when that was a topic in my life. It wasn’t no diss, that’s just what was happening in my life. Like, you talking about buying Big Mama a bag? I don’t need no damn bag.”

Billboard has reached out to Cardi and Latto’s reps for comment. Watch the clip of Latto on The Breakfast Club below.